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Order Of Magnitude

A degree in a continuum of size or quantity; it was on the order of a mile; an explosion of a low order of magnitude.


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Natural selection is proven wrong

... 70 or 80 million years the rate of evolution accelerated by an order of magnitude (as defined in terms of the extinction and origination rate of species[4]) and the ...

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by gamila
Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:31 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16697

bacterial growth curves and cell numbers

... strains, the OD will give you a good idea of the cell number +/- 1 order of magnitude. It can be enough precision or not depending on what you want to do

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by canalon
Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:55 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: bacterial growth curves and cell numbers
Replies: 1
Views: 334

clonıng problem...

... reaction? It doesn't need to be perfect, but should be within an order of magnitude of target. I'm assuming that your competent bacteria are still viable and competent--that ...

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by blcr11
Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:32 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: clonıng problem...
Replies: 3
Views: 702

Mathematical Biology, metabolism, origins of life, evolution

... that the fact that birds and rats of the same mass have life spans an order of magnitude different, is considered just as much an exception to the rule as is the longevity ...

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by GregorioKelly
Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:19 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Mathematical Biology, metabolism, origins of life, evolution
Replies: 0
Views: 869

A Monkey's Uncle

... physical stability and its stability within an ecosystem. stability = order. The journey of Earth has always been towards more and more order. ... matching. This allows for rapid change and, I suspect, changes of some magnitude in the gene codes. This doesn’t matter a bit to a toad or a gnu ...

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by narrowstaircase
Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:46 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: A Monkey's Uncle
Replies: 26
Views: 5319
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