Speciation
... begins when subpopulations of a species become
isolated geographically (for example, by habitat fragmentation or migration). The
isolated populations are then liable to diverge ... lead one subpopulation to become reproductively
isolated from the other. Many examples of this kind of ...
Species
... natural populations which are reproductively
isolated from other such groups" (however, see ... we could not recognise it), is reproductively
isolated (else the lineage would merge into others, given ... for living things, they began to place formerly
isolated species into a context. To the modern mind, many ...
Stem cell
... derived adult stem (ADAS) cells have also been
isolated from fat, e.g. from liposuction. This source of ... (22 March 2005, p. 4):
Adult stem cells
isolated from the olfactory mucosa (cells linking the ... the unprecedented clinical test, the scientists
isolated adult stem cells from umbilical cord blood and ...
Antibiotic
... bacterial secretions, the German scientist E. de Freudenreich in 1888
isolated a bacterial secretion and noted its antibacterial properties. Pyocyanase, ... successful use of an oral antibiotic. During the same era, Rene Dubos
isolated tyrothricin , an antibiotic used topically for skin infections, from ...
Antibody
... the antigen into a small mammal, such as a mouse or rabbit. Blood
isolated from these animals contains polyclonal antibodies -- multiple ... chromatography. If the lymphocytes that produce the antibodies can be
isolated and immortalized, then a monoclonal antibody can be obtained. ...
DNA
... isolation of DNA
Working in the 19th century , biochemists initially
isolated DNA and RNA (mixed together) from cell nuclei. They were relatively quick ... ) discovered a substance he called "nuclein" in 1869 . Somewhat later, he
isolated a pure sample of the material now known as DNA from the sperm of salmon, ...
Ebola
... disease back under control. This quarantine simply meant that the area was
isolated until every ill person died. Dr. Ngwete Kikhela , the Minister of Health ... severe illness with a fever (CDC 23).
Next, the infected patient must be
isolated from other, uninfected patients and from health care workers who are not ...
Photosynthesis
... Joseph Priestley , a chemist and minister, discovered that when he
isolated a volume of air under an inverted jar, and burned a candle in it, the ... water, was performed by Robin Hill in 1937 and 1939 . He showed that
isolated chloroplasts give off oxygen in the presence of unnatural reducing ...
Photosynthesis
... Joseph Priestley , a chemist and minister, discovered that when he
isolated a volume of air under an inverted jar, and burned a candle in it, the ... water, was performed by Robin Hill in 1937 and 1939 . He showed that
isolated chloroplasts give off oxygen in the presence of unnatural reducing ...
Adaptive radiation
... of an environmental change is the rapid spread and development of mammalian species after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Archipelagoes .
isolated ecosystems , such as islands and mountain areas, can be colonized by a new species which upon establishing itself undergoes rapid divergent ...
Alexander Fleming
... Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming ( August 6 , 1881 – March 11 , 1955 ) discovered the antibiotic substance lysozyme and
isolated the antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum .
Biography
Fleming was born on a farm at Lochfield in ...
ATP synthase
... the stalk being the gamma subunit of F 1 , and the base and "roots" being the F O particle embedded in the membrane. The F 1 particle was first
isolated by Ephraim Racker in 1961.
The F 1 particle is large and can be seen in the transmission electron microscope by negative staining (1962, ...
Avian influenza
... of the outbreak. As of April 17 , the outbreak had claimed at least 50 human lives — most in Vietnam.
Vietnam and Thailand have seen several
isolated cases where human-to-human transmission of the virus has been suspected. In one case the original carrier, who received the disease from a bird, was ...
Cell growth
... diagram, below) and the rate of increase in cell size is slowed, the time period between cell divisions is increased. Yeast cell size mutants were
isolated that begin cell division before reaching the normal size ( wee mutants). The Wee1 protein is a tyrosine kinase . It normally phosphorylates the ...
Colchicine
...
2.2 Colchicine as medicine
2.3 Toxicity
2.4 Laboratory use
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History
The colchicine alkaloid was first
isolated in 1820 by the two French chemists P.S. Pelletier and J. Caventon (Pelletier PS, Caventon J. Ann. Chim. Phys. 1820;14:69).
Colchicum extract was ...
Evolution
... species from one. There are various mechanisms by which this may take place. Allopatric speciation begins when subpopulations of a species become
isolated geographically, for example by habitat fragmentation or migration. Sympatric speciation occurs when new species emerge in the same geographic ...
Insulin
... examined several weeks later the pancreatic digestive cells had died and been absorbed by the immune system, leaving thousands of islets. They then
isolated the protein from these islets to produce what they called isletin .
Macleod saw the value of the research on his return from Europe, but demanded ...
Metapopulation
... of metapopulation theory, in conjunction with the development of source-sink dynamics emphasis the importance of connectivity between seemingly
isolated populations. Although no one population may be able to guarantee the long-term survival of a given species, the combined effect of many ...
Modern evolutionary synthesis
... and another as a result of genetic drift , gene flow and natural selection . Speciation occurs gradually when populations are reproductively
isolated by geographic barriers.
Further advances
The modern evolutionary synthesis continued to be developed and refined after the initial ...
Neutral theory of molecular evolution
... substitutions tend to accumulate, and genomes tend to evolve.
According to the mathematics of drift, when looking between two species or two
isolated populations, most of their single-nucleotide differences can be assumed to have accumulated at the same rate as individuals with mutations are born. ...
Parthenogenesis
... double the rate of population growth under ideal conditions. Organisms that can reproduce through parthenogenesis are also more able to settle
isolated habitats like oceanic islands, as only a single (female) member of the species has to reach the habitat to start the population. Another consequence ...
Polymerase chain reaction
... prior to making a protein, and those strands of RNA that hold the instructions for protein sequence are known as messenger RNA (mRNA). Once RNA is
isolated it can be reverse transcribed back into DNA (complementary DNA to be precise, known as cDNA), at which point traditional PCR can be applied to ...
Prion
... both propagates the disease and generates new infectious material. Since the original hypothesis was proposed, a gene for the PrP protein has been
isolated (the PRNP gene), several mutations that cause the variant shape have been identified and successfully cloned, and studies using genetically altered ...
Punctuated equilibrium
... pool]. New and favorable mutations are diluted by the sheer bulk of the population through which they must ... [in] small, peripherally
isolated groups [that] are cut off from their parental stock ... selective pressures are usually intense because peripheries mark the edge of ecological ...
Restriction enzyme
... II, and it is these that find the most use as laboratory tools.
Naming
Restriction enzymes are named based on the bacteria in which they are
isolated in the following manner:
E Escherichia (genus)
co coli (species)
R RY13 (strain)
I First ...
Secondary structure
... (3, 4 or 5 turn)
E = beta sheet in parallel and/or anti-parallel sheet conformation (extended strand). Min length 2 residues.
B = residue in
isolated beta-bridge (single pair beta-sheet hydrogen bond formation)
S = bend (the only non-hydrogen-bond based assignment)
In DSSP residues which are ...
Varicella zoster virus
... is available and is marketed under the trade name Varivax . It was developed by Merck, Sharp & Dohme in the 1980s from the Oka strain virus
isolated and attenuated by Michiaki Takahashi and colleagues in the 1970s. It was submitted to the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration for approval in 1990 ...
Yellow fever
... of several devastating epidemics.
The disease is caused by an arbovirus of the family Flaviviridae , and is one of the smallest RNA viruses
isolated from man.
Mosquitos are the primary in transmission of the disease from forest monkeys to man and in man-to-man transmission. The mosquitos ...
Vitamin
... factors"—in addition to proteins , carbohydrates , fats , etc.—that were necessary to the human body. When Kazimierz Funk
isolated the chemical that Fletcher had identified, he proposed that it be named "Vitamine". The name soon became synonymous with Hopkins' "accessory ...