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Crest

Crest

1. A ridge, especially a bony ridge.

See: crista.

2. The ridge of the neck of a male animal, especially of a stallion or bull.

3. Feathers on the top of a birds head, or fin rays on the top of a fish's head.

Synonym: crista.

Origin: L. Crista


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FACS results analysis

... trace, if we adjusted frame at the begining of experiment , then we could not change it in the following process? Actually I thought 1st wave crest should be involved in the frame. So confused about it 6 in table, there are 2 percent, parent percent and total percent , what’s the difference ...

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by jasmina
Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:05 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: FACS results analysis
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Views: 1660

Which is true?

... and tunicate share which of the following: Jaws adapted for feeding A high degree of cephalization Formation of structures from the neural crest A notochord and a dorsal, hollow nerve cord (I figured out the answer to my previous question before anyone answered, so I edited it with one ...

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by A5HLEY
Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:51 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Which is true?
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Views: 390

Quadratus Lumborum

its origin is from the posterior 1/3 of inner lip of iliac crest and ilio-lumbar ligment it attach to the medial 1/2 of last rib and tips of transverse processesof lumbar vertebra and intervertebral discs between from T2 to L5 so now you can guess the ...

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by raghda
Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:21 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Quadratus Lumborum
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Views: 670

The Fiber Disease

... M, Hammerschmidt M, Kane DA, Warga RM, Beuchle D, Vogelsang L, Nusslein-Volhard C. Zebrafish pigmentation mutations and the processes of neural crest development. Development 1996;123: 369–389 34. Haffter P, Odenthal J, Mullins MC, Lin S, Farrel MJ, Vogelsang E, Hass F, Brand M, van Eeden FJ ...

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by codon blue
Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:12 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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Search of the First Flower

... to be earliest angiosperms. The fruits are small follicles formed from conduplicate carpels helically arranged. Adaxial elongate stigmatic crests are conspicuous on each carpel. The basal one-third of the axes bore deciduous organs of uncertain affinities. No scars of subtending floral ...

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by Miyis
Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:08 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Search of the First Flower
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