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According to Eichler and Sankoff the two mean processes in eukaryotic chromosome evolution are 1) rearrangements of chromosomal segments and 2) localized duplication of genes. Clustering could be explained by reasoning that all genes in a cluster are originated from tandem duplicates of a common ancestor.
An arête is a thin ridge of rock that is formed by glacial erosion. [2] Pressure ridge (ice) An ice pressure ridge is a ridge of deformed ice along the boundaries of individual ice floes when the ice floes on a lake or ocean collide and compress their edges. The average height of a sea ice pressure ridge is between 5 and 30 meters. [8]
This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...
Ridge (biology), a domain of the genome with a high gene expression Ridge (meteorology), an elongated region of relatively high atmospheric pressure Ridge detection, an image descriptor for capturing elongated objects that are brighter than their surrounding
Above, the linea aspera is prolonged by three ridges. The lateral ridge is very rough, and runs almost vertically upward to the base of the greater trochanter.It is termed the gluteal tuberosity, and gives attachment to part of the gluteus maximus: its upper part is often elongated into a roughened crest, on which a more or less well-marked, rounded tubercle, the third trochanter, is ...
In medicine, the term arcus superciliaris or the English translation superciliary arch. This feature is different from the supraorbital margin and the margin of the orbit. Some paleoanthropologists distinguish between frontal torus and supraorbital ridge. [2] In anatomy, a torus is a projecting shelf of bone that unlike a ridge is rectilinear ...
The apical ectodermal ridge (AER) is a structure that forms from the ectodermal cells at the distal end of each limb bud and acts as a major signaling center to ensure proper development of a limb. After the limb bud induces AER formation, the AER and limb mesenchyme —including the zone of polarizing activity (ZPA)—continue to communicate ...
Limb development in vertebrates is an area of active research in both developmental and evolutionary biology, with much of the latter work focused on the transition from fin to limb. [ 1 ] Limb formation begins in the morphogenetic limb field , as mesenchymal cells from the lateral plate mesoderm proliferate to the point that they cause the ...