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  2. Four-terminal sensing - Wikipedia

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    Four-point measurement of resistance between voltage sense connections 2 and 3. Current is supplied via force connections 1 and 4. In electrical engineering, four-terminal sensing (4T sensing), 4-wire sensing, or 4-point probes method is an electrical impedance measuring technique that uses separate pairs of current-carrying and voltage-sensing electrodes to make more accurate measurements ...

  3. Hypoxia in fish - Wikipedia

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    A key adaptation to long-term survival during hypoxia is the ability of an organism to store large amounts of glycogen. Many hypoxia-tolerant species, such as carp, goldfish, killifish , and oscar contain the largest glycogen content (300-2000 μmol glocosyl units/g) in their tissue compared to hypoxia-sensitive fish, such as rainbow trout ...

  4. Type VI secretion system - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] While most of the early studies of Type VI secretion focused on its role in the pathogenesis of higher organisms, it is now known to function primarily in interbacterial antagonism. [3] Studies have also shown that T6SS plays a role in the acquisition of essential metals, such as manganese and iron, from the surrounding environment.

  5. Antenna (zoology) - Wikipedia

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    The collective term for the segments between the club and the antennal base is the funicle; traditionally in describing beetle anatomy, the term "funicle" refers to the segments between the club and the scape. However, traditionally in working on wasps the funicle is taken to comprise the segments between the club and the pedicel. [10]

  6. Electroreception and electrogenesis - Wikipedia

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    This is important in ecological niches where the animal cannot depend on vision: for example in caves, in murky water, and at night. Electrolocation can be passive, sensing electric fields such as those generated by the muscle movements of buried prey, or active, the electrogenic predator generating a weak electric field to allow it to ...

  7. Methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins - Wikipedia

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    Most MCPs contain: (a) an N-terminal signal peptide that is a transmembrane alpha-helix in the mature protein; (b) a poorly-conserved periplasmic receptor (ligand-binding) domain; (c) a transmembrane alpha-helix; (d) generally one or more HAMP domains and (e) a highly conserved C-terminal cytoplasmic domain that interacts with downstream ...

  8. Vomeronasal organ - Wikipedia

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    The vomeronasal organ plays an important role with its sensitivity toward chemicals that are related to mating or sensing prey. For example, snakes use the organ to detect the presence of prey or predator by gathering chemical cues in the environment through the flicking behavior of the forked tongue.

  9. Active sensory systems - Wikipedia

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    Examples include echolocation of bats and dolphins and insect antennae. Using self-generated energy allows more control over signal intensity, direction, timing and spectral characteristics. By contrast, passive sensory systems involve activation by ambient energy (that is, energy that is preexisting in the environment, rather than generated by ...