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Constancy

Constancy

The quality of being constant.

Origin: L. Constantia, fr. Consto, to stand still


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EVOLUTION; what influences allele frequency to change?

... i gotta come up with hypothesis for each.. I think random mating would not affect the allele freq. since random mating itself is required for constancy of allele frequency according to hardyweinberg principle. As for genetic drift, it would change the allele freq since it will result in evoultion ...

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by onetwostep
Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:07 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: EVOLUTION; what influences allele frequency to change?
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Views: 2850

Re: What is biological stability?

... relative terminology used to explain the condition of open- and close-systems. For example, in the case of the human body, It denotes the dynamic constancy of the composition, as well as the physico-chemical stability of the internal environment (body fluids: blood, lymph, interstitial fluid; ...

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by abbassido
Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:48 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is biological stability?
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HOW MAINTENANCE OF HOMEOSTASIS IS ACHIEVED IN THE HUMAN BODY

... feedback loop). The internal environment is then never absolutely constant. The process of homeostasis is best concieved as a state of dynamic constancy, in which conditions are stabilized above or below the set-point. Conclussively, I would like to add, that all control systems of the body ...

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by abbassido
Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:58 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: help
Replies: 4
Views: 885

The Fiber Disease

London! I admire your constancy.

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by tamtam
Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:49 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 748648

The Fiber Disease

... grown in a defined synthetic medium. To start with we propose to identify every cell in the worm and trace lineages. We shall also investigate the constancy of development and study its control by looking for mutants.

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by London
Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:25 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 748648
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