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Mar 7 |
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Fibonacci sequence in nature, truth or just wishful thinking? The pattern forming processes generate a fibonnachi pattern, but there are other processes that occur as well. |
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Mar 7 |
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How is instinctual information encoded? +1 sound good, do you have any primary references? |
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Sep 5 |
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What is the Edward O. Wilson fuss about? How is the fact that group selection does not hold in theory reconcile with observations / experimental tests? Is there another explanation for inherited religious, social, or political groups? |
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Sep 5 |
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What is the Edward O. Wilson fuss about? I started reading David Sloan Wilson's work on group selection a decade ago and am surprised that the field still has such a reluctance to move on. |
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Sep 5 |
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From which ancestor species did humans inherit orgasm? -1 using the term "Invented" makes this question nonsensical. |
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Jul 3 |
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Where can I find approximate rates of sequestration of CO2 for different species of algae? here is a good start: zanran.com/q/algae_photosynthesis_production_rate |
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Jul 3 |
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Where can I find approximate rates of sequestration of CO2 for different species of algae? where have you looked? what do you mean by "I do not need scientific values"? What kind of values do you want? What units? How many different species? |
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Jun 19 |
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Can I estimate leaf temperature from air temperature? What other information would be required? @nico perhaps because the error of measurement is >= than the error introduced by this assumption (e.g. if the delta-T is ~1-2C the error might be on the order of 10%). If there is a reference, I haven't seen it cited, and this assumption is made ~ 10% of the time - usually in older papers before thermocouples on the leaf surface at the time of measurement were integrated into standard equipment. |
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Jun 19 |
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Features in individuals causing high population variation The term "striving" and the phrase "the individual should strive" raise concerns like those in the comment by @DQdlM. I would suggest re-phrasing the question. |
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Jun 12 |
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Compare and contrast “Rubisco activity” and “assimilation rate” (is there a difference, and if so, what is it)? more or less in general. It seems like a less direct measure (since the sugar pool presumably has losses to respiration as well as inputs from assimilation). It also seems more difficult in general, although perhaps less expensive. |
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Jun 12 |
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What are the units of Q10 (temperature sensitivity)? how do you calculate k, are the curves in the figure something like e^{-kt}? |
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Jun 12 |
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Compare and contrast “Rubisco activity” and “assimilation rate” (is there a difference, and if so, what is it)? This is a useful answer, and it does answer my question. However, I was not familiar with measuring assimilation using 14C-CO2. Almost every leaf-level measurement I have found in the literature has been measured with a LI-6400, which measures exchange of [CO2] and [H2O] between the leaf and atmosphere. In what cases is 14C used? |
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Mar 20 |
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How does the human body metabolize gasoline? Much of this answer is not relevant to the question about injesting gasoline (not inhaling it, inhaling exhaust, or being exposed to hexane); -1 |
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Mar 20 |
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What's the effect of oxygen deficit on plants? Can you address @Anixx's point? |
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Mar 11 |
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RHEB senses amino acids in order to recruit mTOR. Do we know if RHEB is more sensitive to some amino acids (like methionine) than other amino acids? Might be a good question in the context of your class, but that doesn't make it a good question for this forum since it does not provide any of the necessary context to readers. |
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Mar 11 |
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If inhibiting S6 kinase decreases protein translation, then could inhibiting S6 kinase could possibly slow down long-term potentiation in neurons? Could you please summarize the potential link between S6kinase and neurons? Your question seems to rely entirely on an abstract and lacks context. |
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Mar 11 |
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What are the effects of combining rapamycin with dietary restriction? Please explain the question more clearly without reliance on jargon |
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Mar 9 |
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How to decide which is the correct scientific name for a particular species I was mostly pointing out that name changes are tractable through the ICN, and that the keeping up to date with the ICN is sufficient. |
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Mar 9 |
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How to decide which is the correct scientific name for a particular species I would go with results from the first site you mention (www.theplantlist.org) |
