Arabidopsis thaliana as a model organism Arabidopsis thaliana is a small plant in the mustard family (Mitchell-Olds‚2001) that became the best studied model system in plant species. Thaliana is considered a weed. The flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana is a important model system to identify genes and determine their functions. In 1964‚ Plant scientists made a prediction that Arabidopsis thaliana would become the botanical equivalent of Drosophila‚ and history has carried out this prediction
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THE GEOLOGIC TIMESCALE Divisions of Geologic Time * Eras are subdivided into periods...periods are subdivided into epochs. * Geological time begins with Precambrian Time. Precambrian time covers approximately 88% of Earth’s history. FOUR Eras… * PRE-CAMBRIAN – 88% of earth’s history * Paleozoic (ancient life) * 544 million years ago…lasted 300 million yrs * Mesozoic (middle life) * 245 million years ago…lasted 180 million yrs * Cenozoic
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multicellular organisms. They contain chlorophyll‚ which helps them prepare their own food by the process of photosynthesis in which plants convert energy from sunlight into food. This kingdom includes all types of plants like herbs‚ shrubs‚ trees‚ flowering and non flowering plants. The biggest kingdom is the kingdom of the animals. The animals are the most complex organisms because they are multicellular‚ they eat food for survival‚ and they have nervous systems. Besides‚ there are more species of animals
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Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States. It is made from the dried leaves and flowering tops of the Indian hemp plant Cannabis Sativa. People smoke‚ chew‚ or eat marijuana for its hallucinogenic and intoxicating effects. The flowering tops of the Cannabis plant secrete a sticky resin that contains the active ingredient of marijuana‚ known as Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The plant has both male and female forms. The sticky flowers of the female plant are the most
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RELG 203: Final Exam Revision * 666: Satan’s number‚ associated with the fact Satan had 3 faces and 3 sets of wings‚ the number of the beast * 70 Weeks: Seventy sevens decreed for Jerusalem to finish their transgression and stop sin‚ From the time the world goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem‚ until the Anointed one comes‚ there will be seven sevens and sixty two sevens. The anointed one will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy
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Mara Mayora Professor Pappas ARTH 22 Term Paper: Comparing Two Depictions of the Betrayal of Christ and the effects of the Protestant Reformation 2/15/13 Betrayal of Christ by Albrecht Durer‚ 1508 Betrayal of Christ by Lucas van Leyden‚ made in 1521. With the rise of the Protestant Reformation in the early 16th century‚ many artists found themselves either supporting Protestant or Catholic religious belief. It was during this period that visual imagery was being challenged greatly
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“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!” There have been countless speeches made throughout the course of time; some that have managed to change laws and mindsets‚ and others who have simply expressed a logical opinion or proposed a vengeful disputation. However‚ amongst these varying disquisitions‚ only a few have managed to remain memorable. By using various literary devices‚ one particular man was able to remain in the memories of many‚ and deliver one of the most famous patriotic speeches in our
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5.1 Introduction Images of leaves at various stage of growth are captured from the plant in the field without plucking the leaves. Image of leaves from various bitter gourd plant are selected during different seasons. For each stage of growth 200 images are captured for the study. Unwanted background images are eliminated in photoshop version 7 and saved in PNG format. Median filter is used for preprocessing the images in various stages and sample screen shots are shown in figure 5(a).The images
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People have these romantic notions that the medieval time period was full of knights in shining armor and fairytale princesses‚ when in all reality‚ the medieval time period was a bloodthirsty and violent time period. Government and religious officials used sadistic torture to punish suspects and obtain confessions. Torture is the deliberate and cruel infliction of mental and physical suffering to obtain information or for any other reason. ”The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear” (
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The Passion of the Christ directed by Mel Gibson depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth‚ on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem. This Movie is hardly a historical documentary. It was designed to bring to life the vivid nature and magnitude of Jesus’s sacrifice‚ although theologically it was quite accurate‚ it does contain some historical discrepancies. This movie was accurate in its cinematic portrayal of the attitude and actions of Pilate‚ the Jewish hierarchy‚ the Jewish
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