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  2. Dominance hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    Alpha male savanna baboons have high levels of testosterone and stress; over a long period of time, this can lead to decreased fitness. The lowest-ranking males also had high stress levels, suggesting that it is the beta males that gain the most fitness, avoiding stress but receiving some of the benefits of moderate rank. [ 20 ]

  3. Alpha cell - Wikipedia

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    Michael Lane was the one to discover that alpha cells were histologically different than beta cells in 1907. [3] Before the function of alpha cells was discovered, the function of their metabolic product, glucagon, was discovered. The discovery of the function of glucagon coincides with the discovery of the function of insulin. In 1921, Banting ...

  4. Relative biological effectiveness - Wikipedia

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    Photons and beta particles have a low linear energy transfer (LET) coefficient, meaning that they ionize atoms in the tissue that are spaced by several hundred nanometers (several tenths of a micrometer) apart, along their path. In contrast, the much more massive alpha particles and neutrons leave a denser trail of ionized atoms in their wake ...

  5. Hemoglobin A - Wikipedia

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    The beta chain will pair with the alpha chain. It is the combining of two alpha and non-alpha chains which create a hemoglobin molecule. Two alpha and two gamma chains form fetal hemoglobin or hemoglobin F (HbF). After the first five to six months after birth, the combining of two alpha chains and two beta chains form adult hemoglobin (HbA).

  6. Globulin - Wikipedia

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    Alpha globulins; Beta globulins; Gamma globulins (one group of gamma globulins is the immunoglobulins, which are also known as "antibodies") Globulins can be distinguished from one another using serum protein electrophoresis. Globulins exert oncotic pressure. Their deficiency results in loss of carrier functions of globulins, oedema due to ...

  7. HLA-DQ - Wikipedia

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    These receptors can be made from alpha+beta sets of two different DQ haplotypes, one set from the maternal and paternal chromosome. If one carries haplotype -A-B- from one parent and -a-b- from the other, that person makes 2 alpha isoforms (A and a) and 2 beta isoforms (B and b). This can produce 4 slightly different receptor heterodimers (or ...

  8. Alpha vs. beta in investing: What’s the difference? - AOL

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    You can’t earn alpha by investing in a benchmark index fund such as an S&P 500 index fund, which is the definition of beta. Bottom line. While alpha and beta might sound like complex and ...

  9. Alpha diversity - Wikipedia

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    In ecology, alpha diversity (α-diversity) is the mean species diversity in a site at a local scale. The term was introduced by R. H. Whittaker [ 1 ] [ 2 ] together with the terms beta diversity (β-diversity) and gamma diversity (γ-diversity).