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    The Gaia hypothesis (/ˈɡaɪ.ə/), also known as the Gaia theory, Gaia paradigm, or the Gaia principle, proposes that living organisms interact with their...
    77 KB (9,253 words) - 08:00, 1 August 2024
  • described as a "myth". Detractors argue that the hypothesis is inconsistent with historical evidence regarding salt deficiency in Africa or the causes of death...
    8 KB (878 words) - 15:55, 23 May 2024
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    It is caused by the presence of mutations in both copies (alleles) of the gene encoding the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein...
    161 KB (18,072 words) - 18:48, 2 August 2024
  • In biology, saltation (from Latin saltus 'leap, jump') is a sudden and large mutational change from one generation to the next, potentially causing single-step...
    30 KB (3,692 words) - 07:03, 19 February 2024
  • linkage of plasticity-related genes with harmful genes). Given the shortcomings of the beneficial acclimation hypothesis, researchers are continuing to...
    15 KB (1,547 words) - 17:55, 20 August 2023
  • time on the definition of the gene, before them. Linus Pauling proposed that DNA might be a triple helix. This hypothesis was also considered by Francis...
    194 KB (22,701 words) - 23:18, 31 July 2024
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    genes: gene therapy gene therapy for epilepsy gene therapy for osteoarthritis gene therapy for color blindness gene therapy of the human retina gene therapy...
    29 KB (2,490 words) - 08:20, 6 August 2024
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    Β-Glucuronidase (redirect from GUSB (gene))
    to neonatal jaundice. The protein is encoded by the GUSB gene in humans and by the uidA gene in bacteria. Human β-glucuronidase is synthesized as an 80...
    24 KB (2,644 words) - 18:43, 11 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Adderall
    United States, with more than 30 million prescriptions. Mixed amphetamine salt tablet/capsule is commonly used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity...
    58 KB (21,582 words) - 23:34, 14 July 2024
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    the number of grandchildren they produce. An alternative hypothesis is that some of the genes that enable males to develop impressive ornaments or fighting...
    20 KB (2,047 words) - 01:24, 15 July 2024
  • Metabolic syndrome Native American health Obesity in the Pacific Thrifty gene hypothesis Gracey, Michael (1995). "New World syndrome in Western Australian aborigines"...
    4 KB (412 words) - 17:49, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blood Falls
    microorganisms could have survived when the Earth (according to the Snowball Earth hypothesis) was entirely frozen over. Ice-covered oceans might have been the only...
    12 KB (1,327 words) - 14:47, 14 July 2024
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    Apolipoprotein E (redirect from APOE gene)
    increased vulnerability to AD in individuals with that gene variation. Recently, the amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease has been questioned, and an...
    58 KB (6,464 words) - 16:27, 29 July 2024
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    29 December 2022. McLachlan S, Alpi K, Rapoport B (2011). "Review and Hypothesis: Does Graves' Disease Develop in Non-Human Great Apes?". Immunology, Autoimmunity...
    72 KB (7,884 words) - 18:15, 30 May 2024
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    E.C. Theriot favours a different hypothesis of phylogeny, which has been termed the structural gradation hypothesis (SGH) and does not recognise the Mediophyceae...
    148 KB (15,286 words) - 01:00, 24 July 2024
  • research for her hypothesis such as skepticism from the scientific community. Chang SF, Lee HH (2011). "Analysis of the CYP21A2 gene with intergenic recombination...
    28 KB (3,370 words) - 15:59, 27 June 2024
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    through the IP3 receptor. In humans, the σ1 receptor is encoded by the SIGMAR1 gene. The σ1 receptor is a transmembrane protein expressed in many different tissue...
    28 KB (3,061 words) - 11:28, 4 June 2024
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    (ApoE4), but will have no effect in ApoE4- carriers. Another more recent hypothesis is that higher levels of ACE can prevent Alzheimer's. It is assumed that...
    24 KB (2,536 words) - 02:33, 8 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
    the CFTR gene. Geneticist Lap-Chee Tsui and his team identified the CFTR gene in 1989 as the gene linked with CF (cystic fibrosis). The CFTR gene codes for...
    60 KB (6,439 words) - 03:43, 3 August 2024
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    lineage. Additional reconstruction through shared genes in sex chromosomes supports this hypothesis of independent evolution. This feature, along with...
    46 KB (4,515 words) - 05:45, 22 July 2024
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