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Dictionary » C » Colony ColonyDefinition noun, plural: colonies (biology) Several individual organisms (especially of the same species) living together in close association. (cell culture) A cluster of identical cells (clones) on the surface of (or within) a solid medium, usually derived from a single parent cell, as in bacterial colony.
In biology, typical examples of colonies are insect colonies. For example, an ant colony is comprised of ants that live closely together due to mutual benefits, such as to make stronger defense. Single-celled organisms can also form colonies, as coenobium is a colony of single-celled Volvox species. Bacteria form colonies when grown in a solid medium. The colony is actually (and ideally) a group of bacterial clones since they are all derived from only a single parent cell.
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Results from our forumRe: Natural selection is proven wrong... or are born with unique markings, yet they are all the same species and subspecies. Ants and bees are a good example where members of the same colony look entirely different depending on what they do. Although it is sometimes very difficult or impossible to determine exactly where and when ...
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Natural selection is proven wrong... their genes will have a future. In mammals, parents and children share 50% of their genome, and so do siblings. In colonial insects, the entire colony is centered around the queen and her constant reproduction. Every offspring she hatches is a sibling to the entire rest of the colony; thus they ...
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Re: Transformation frequency calculationsorry...i still don't get ur idea...here's my problem.. i have ermm...my plasmid weight = 0.5 uL colony count is 15 Molecular weight of my vector (pTrcHis2) = 1361.50 kDa how shud i link them all together o0?
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M Biology... don't necessarily need the species. Would be a plus if I could come close to figuring it out. Here are the results of all the tests I performed. Colony morphology Circular, Raised, smooth, glistening Cell morphology Rod, Bacillus (single) Gram stain Pink, Gram - Osmotic sensitivity Up to 20% ...
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Re: incubation of fungiUnderstand you may have limitations in what's available but colony morphology is not going to serve well, even if you're an experienced mycologist, and no way will you be able to adequately id "pathogens" even fumigatus. Scotch tape is messy ...
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