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pumpkin

(Science: botany) A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion. Pumpkin seed. The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin.

(Science: zoology) The common pondfish.

Origin: For older pompion, pompon, OF. Pompon, L. Pepo, peponis, Gr, properly, cooked by the sun, ripe, mellow; so called because not eaten till ripe. Cf. Cook.


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Narrow Sense Heritability

... values from the parent to offspring. Example, in my Evolutionary biology class the professor posed a question that a farmer wanted to grow larger pumpkins, therefore he only allowed the pumpkins weighing >= 9 kg to reproduce. The weights of the parental generation allowed to reproduce were: ...

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by mjp
Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:40 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Narrow Sense Heritability
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How much vegetables in a day?

They say 5 portions of fruit or vegetables. So 5 blueberries is not enough and 5 Pumpkins maybe too much. A rule of the thumb is one portion is about the size of your fist. So you need just a few "flowers" of broccoli, but plenty of blueberries. Diversity ...

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by canalon
Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:08 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How much vegetables in a day?
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hmm

It's alright. If you understood the pumpkins matter, then what is the answer out of the four possible answers? And about the chromosomes, i'll simply put it:The answer for both parts of the question (which is already known to you) must be of ...

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by Imemine
Tue May 10, 2005 7:31 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Several basic questions concerning DNA..urgent:)
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Views: 3286

Re: ...

Thanks for the reply(though late), but... Thanks, and please reply fast. :wink: for pumpkins you're right I crossed AaBb*AaBb. When you want to do something fast..... :oops: :oops: but for meiosis.Again? :shock:

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by zami'87.
Tue May 10, 2005 5:39 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Several basic questions concerning DNA..urgent:)
Replies: 17
Views: 3286

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... in the gamettes..So you must use either of these 4 answers, and remember that in the first question there's only one cell. 2)Concerning the pumpkins..Your answer didn't include all possible combinations (don't sum to 16)..It may be 1/4-6, 1/2-5,1/4-4 or 1/16-2, 1/16-4,1/4-5,1/4-1,3/8-3 or ...

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by Imemine
Tue May 10, 2005 3:30 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Several basic questions concerning DNA..urgent:)
Replies: 17
Views: 3286


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