Proximity

... by removal of the repeating code that forms a protective layer that makes the ends not-sticky. Then when not-sticky ends are in close enough proximity molecular forces of attraction take over then fusion occurs. What causes telomeres to become not sticky to fuse like this, is not fully known. ...

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... "knot" of bone showing trauma. On the lower jaw is a green stain, which appears to be a wash of copper patina from metal that was in proximity to the skull after burial, perhaps a chinstrap. The original skull is in a private collection obtained from a turn-of-the-century phrenology ...

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Yup, it does bind the substrate by making a suitable shape for the substrate (proximity & orientation effect). Then it places the nearby active groups in the substrate to the proper amino acid sidechain in the active site (strain & distortion effect). This ...

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... binds). Binding of transcription factors at these sites influences transcription through looping of DNA that brings the bound TFs into the proximity of the promoter, where they can help to recruit or initiate the polymerase. One way to identify regulatory elements is to align genome sequences ...

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Geb asks "So why did the bird species ever bother to specialize within close physical proximity of one another? What drives such behavior?" I think a partial explanation, which might also explain racism, would be the following: We over-rely on vision to help ...

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