Fitness, Not Fatness, Predicts a Longer Life

...cally fit outlived their contemporaries -- even thin ones who weren't physically fit, the researchers said. "Cardio-respiratory fitness is a strong determinate of mortality in older men and women," said lead researcher Steven N. Blair, a professor at the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public He...

Determinate in Biological News

How to build a plant

... genome, and the diversity between inbreds." Meristems are classified as determinate or indeterminate. Indeterminate meristems are groups of cells that are sel...ike stems, branches, leaves, and flowers throughout the life of the plant. determinate meristems are groups of cells that are gradually consumed after producing a...

A giant among minnows: Giant danio can keep growing

...afish and giant danio as models for muscle growth: determinate versus indeterminate growth as determined by morph...e growth in vertebrates is defined as being either determinate or indeterminate,?the authors wrote. “Animals such as mammals exhibit determinate growth, in which there is a finite size. In contra...

A molecule impedes the destruction of the 'Brucella' bacteria

... Research carried out with the participation of the University of Navarra has shown how a determinate molecule helps an important pathogen, Brucella abortus, escape destruction within the cells charged with eliminating infectious agents (macrophages). ...

Determinate in Biological Dictionary

Determinate growth

...to growth that is not terminated in contrast to determinate growth that stops once a genetically pre-determin...lowers and fruit until... Aspects of the topic determinate - growth are discussed in the following places at...eads of humans, is rare among mammals. Hairs with determinate growth are subject to wear and must be replaced p...