Questions tagged [growth]
In reference to a biological system over time, growth refers to the increase in physical size/mass as well as the progression through its life cycle.
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Calculating the canopy size (crown) of a newly planted tree at a future date
Assuming that one knows the maximum area of the canopy and the age of the tree when it achieves this. And given an initial canopy size from the nursery. How would I calculate the canopy size at a ...
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Does Acromegaly cause actual expansion of the zygomatic(cheek) bone
Acromegaly is a disorder in adults involving excess growth hormone production. Since epiphyseal fusion has already taken place in most bones of adults , this does not cause an increase in stature. ...
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What is the connection between exercise and muscle growth
From a physiological perspective, all that is done during exercise is the expending of energy in the form of ATP to fuel muscle contraction and extension.
When I looked up why muscle grow due to ...
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Why do humans stop growing? [closed]
Humans grow most quickly when young, and to a lesser extent in preadolescence and early adolescence. However an equilibrium is then reached in adulthood, typically at around 1.6/1.7 meters tall.
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Total dark deprivation at day-neutral plants
First of all, I am not a biologist.
Almost for a week, a question has come to my mind:
"Is it harmful ceaselessly exposing a plant to light?"
(I mean with natural & artificial light ...
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How does aging affect fingerprint?
Do fingerprints change as we grow from child to adult? Most notably, what is the effect of the increase in surface area of palms and fingers on the finger print? Does the finger print simply increases ...
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Can we artificially increase human growth using HGH?
Robert Pershing Wadlow was a man who lived in the first half of the twentieth century. He had hyperplasia of his pituitary gland, which caused him over-produce human growth hormone (HGH), and as a ...
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Pituitary giants - is the fusing of growth plates dependent on amount of growth hormone in blood?
I wanted to ask a couple questions related to pituitary giants (people who are giants because of some anomaly, such as a tumor, in their pituitary gland).
Some of these giants seem to keep growing ...
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If higher levels of atmospheric oxygen can lead to larger animals, can it also lead to larger plants?
According to some information, in the ancient past (at least some) animals grew larger due to a higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere. So for example there is this study regarding dragonflies.
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Do people grow shorter as they age, how common is it, and what triggers it?
Is it true that people become gradually shorter as they age?
If it is, is it more common in one gender than the other?
And is it known what triggers this? (Considering that the "shortening" probably ...
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Circulating factors affecting human health/longevity
Circulating factors present in young mice have been shown to promote rejuvenation of aged mice, suggesting that tissues have inherent capabilities to regenerate, and circulating factors may be ...
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Bigger animals needs bigger amount of oxygen? [closed]
Bigger animals, like Elephants, or Dinosaurs for example, are in need for more oxygen than the amount of oxygen that small animals need? (humans, dogs, cats, etc)
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Is it possible to simulate the effects of high altitudes for plants?
Note- I considered asking this on gardening.stackexchange.com but i believe it is better suited for this site since it deals with more complicated material.
As I understand it, certain plants (...
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Mechanisms of bone growth
The length of a bone is caused by growth of hyaline cartilage which is then replaced by bone tissue. How do cells know whether they should grow the hyaline cartilage? What are the key molecules that ...
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Which C. elegans would be appropriate for general study?
Would wild type N2 be best or Dyp-11? I know they're different, but I just want to observe the worms to see life stages, movement, etc. Dyp-11 seems like it would be easy to see but N2 is the wild ...
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What is the fastest growing bacterium?
E. coli has a generation time of about 20 min, and a single CFU will generate a colony a few millimeters in diameter after 16 hours of incubation.
Is this the upper limit? How much faster can ...
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Scale up of Bacterial growth from 250mL to 1-5L?
I am currently growing up a specific strain of E.Coli with a knockout in 40mL of growth medium (LB) in a 250mL shaker flask... My ultimate goal is to scale up this process to a 1-5L large scale setup ...
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Genetically improved *Leucaena leucocephala* seeds
I am looking for fast growing Leucaena leucocephala seeds. Now, I am cultivating Leucaena leucocephala which can grow 6 meters in a year. But I am looking for a genetically improved seed which can ...
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How do mushrooms react to being grown in a microgravity environment?
I'll use Agaricus Bisporus as an example mushroom. If cultured in potato dextrose yeast extract agar, will the resulting growth grow in a normal pattern? Will the sporocarps emerge from the surface (...
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Is process, opposite for growth, known for mammals?
Every animal born small, then grow larger and larger.
The same is true for parts of the animal bodies.
Is there any cases, when body or part of the body diminishes in size and mass, while staying ...
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With an excess supply of nutrients, in how much time will the number of algae cells double in full sun?
I am growing algae in a container in my roof. It gets sunlight for the whole day as there are no clouds nowadays in my area. There is no lack of nutrients as I am constantly adding water mixed with ...
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I'm 20. Can I still grow taller? [closed]
I'm 20, in about 6 months I turn 21. For some time I've been wondering whether there are natural, non-surgical and non-pharmaceutical ways that humans can continue to grow after reaching adulthood.
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Do insects' muscles become stronger with exercise?
I am curious to know if insect muscles become stronger with exercise, because I have seen many insects get tired out, but I have never seen one get stronger. They always seem to become permanently ...
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