Unanswered Questions
4,192 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Additive genetic variance components from LMER in R
I've set up some dummy data in R which makes 40 genetically related lines, they are all siblings within a line so are genetically related by a factor of ½ thus additive genetic variance should be ...
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Effect of Aging on SA node's sympathetic fibers
I am trying to understand the effect of aging on the sympathetic fibers of SA node.
I know that aging shifts the vagal curve to left in frequency due to aging.
However, I am interested if aging has ...
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At which step should I apply a detection filter when preprocessing microarray data? (Before/After normalization, batch effects removal)
What is the best practice when preprocessing microarray data using a detection filter (on scanner p-value)?
Suppose I have a microarray dataset that I have to normalize with Loess and correct with ...
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Identifying Some Kind Of Fossil
This was found off the coast of Ireland by a friend of mine. The running gag is it's some kind of fetish or totem and should be immediately discarded, but we're interested in whether it's perhaps a ...
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How do antibiotics combined with a non-Western diet affect weight loss?
Wikipedia describes a Western diet as:
... higher intakes of red and processed meat, butter, high-fat dairy products, eggs, refined grains, white potatoes, french fries, and high-sugar drinks.
In ...
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What is this thing that is growing in my yard? And should I get rid ot if?
I live in Wilmington, Delaware (Mid-Atlantic USA). The north side of my yard is largely shaded by my house and grass is spotty.
Periodically when I go into the yard I will find as many as four pod-...
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Are there certain symmetric-pair muscles that are slightly bigger and NOT due to handedness?
Ok, hear me out, I was just thinking about an article in Nature I read in the past titled "Scrotal asymmetry in man and in ancient sculpture"$^{\dagger}$ and more recently an entire medical textbook ...
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Help identify this creature
I found this strange insect while on Son Tra, Da Nang in central Vietnam. It was about 4cm long and although it was on the ground, was obviously capable of flying. I've never seen anything like this ...
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Anatomical Angle Made by the Fingers of an Extended Palm
Does the angle made by the fingers (excluding the thumb) of an extended palm (as shown in the figure below) have a name (such as the Lovibond or Cobb angle, for instance) ?
I have already checked ...
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Do ring species exist?
In trying to understand evolution better, I have been looking at examples of speciation, and have thus come across the topic of ring species. I have tried to find concrete examples of how these work, ...
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I am trying to identify this plant
I am trying to identify this medium arching shrub growing to about 1.5m high x 2m wide in the subtropical climate of the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens in Brisbane, Australia. Unfortunately there was no ...
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What is the half-life of dNTPs at 95⁰C?
I'm looking for the half-life of dNTPs, either as a whole or broken into individual bases, at 95 degrees C (or similar). A titration would be great if that exists. I can provide more specifics if need ...
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Did I just watch a spider die?
So I'm sitting in my office and all of a sudden a small spider is gliding down on a web string from the ceiling, right in front of my eyes, and down onto my desk. It proceeds to make a few awkward ...
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What percentage of the genetic variance is explained by the 'n'- most important loci?
Introduction
Standard models in population genetics look up at the evolution of few loci which impact fitness. The variance in fitness is determined by the genetic variance and the environmental ...
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What is this underwater creature?
West Bali, about 10 meters deep. Body is roughly 10 cm across.
Does not move.
