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Fc piece

Fc piece --> fc fragment

(Science: immunology) The constant region on an immunoglobulin molecule. The area that is exactly the same on all antibodies. The region is found on the heavy chains and is not involved in binding antigens.


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Re: sterilization in microwave oven

... you know what you are doing. I do not agree that what I described is what happens in an autoclave or a pressure cooker. That was the point of the piece that I wrote was to describe how heating steam in a microwave was different to other methods of conductive heat like autoclaves or pressure cookers ...

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by brzezinski2
Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:32 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: sterilization in microwave oven
Replies: 12
Views: 10191

publish my report

... of amazing journalistic background I wouldn't waste your time by trying to submit to a magazine either... unless it's quite literally a flawless piece of work. Magazines are able to piece together information on their own (hence their staffs of science writers). Your best bet would be to get ...

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by jyaron
Sun Aug 09, 2009 5:00 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: publish my report
Replies: 6
Views: 105

Osmosis and Diffusion

You can also try skin (epidermis) of fleshy scales of onion. Easy to get. Just peel off a piece. Place it in a drop of water on the slide. Keep it expanded..i.e make sure it is not folded. Add a couple of drops of salt solution..say 10% potassium nitrate. You get result ...

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by freshbiology
Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:25 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Osmosis and Diffusion
Replies: 2
Views: 191

Re: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

So you are either so dense that you can't comprehend my bird explanation, or you just refuse to consider it. Either way, I feel like I've said my piece, and am content in the argument I've put forth. If you feel like it, reread my posts a couple of times and maybe it'll all sink in. Unlike you, ...

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by AstusAleator
Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:26 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
Replies: 120
Views: 2145

Regarding Mutation

It seems as if a translocation could occur that would add information - a piece moves to another chromosome from a source, and then the added-to chromosome winds up in a gamete with the source chromosome's unmutated homologous match. Offspring gets a chromosome ...

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by Darby
Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:41 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Regarding Mutation
Replies: 5
Views: 287
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