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soma

(Science: anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr, the body. Alternative names for the body of a human being; Leonardo studied the human body; he has a strong physique; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.


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altruism and evolution

I don't why my phrase "sterile soma" has been substituted with "generic drug".

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by anfiosso
Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:21 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: altruism and evolution
Replies: 13
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altruism and evolution

... organism, pluricellular algae for example, clusters of some cells have renounced at their pluripotent phenotype, and they established a sterile soma, whose ending scope is to protect the germinal lineage. What do you think about this reductionist approach?

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by anfiosso
Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:17 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: altruism and evolution
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centrosomes

According to its name, it refers to the center: Centrosoma = central (adj. centre) + soma (body) or Centriola = central (adj. centre) + -iol (something small) But I believe it does not exactly locate in the centre because nothing is perfect :)

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by Dr.Stein
Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:21 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: centrosomes
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lysosomes

... They are built in the Golgi apparatus. The name comes from the Greek words "lysis" which means dissolution or destruction and "soma" which means body. They are frequently nicknamed "suicide-bags" by cell biologists due to their role in autolysis. Lysosomes were ...

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by keef
Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:30 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: lysosomes
Replies: 20
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The Fiber Disease

... the sensory neuron, the pheromone molecules have to cross the hair wall through the pore tubules (Kaissling and Williams, 1990.... Source: http://soma.npa.uiuc.edu/courses/physl490b/models/pheromone_searching/pheromone_searching.html ---------------------------------------------------------- "Lepidoptera ...

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by Skytroll
Sat May 06, 2006 4:34 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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