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Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda). (Photo copyright © John E. Randall)
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A circle, with radius, diameter, and circumference indicated. (Credit: McGraw-Hill Education)
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Nine-point circle and Euler line PMH.
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Computerized artwork of the human cardiovascular system, including the heart, lungs, and major arteries and veins. (Credit: Science Photo Library RF/Getty Images)
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Diagram of the heart and major vessels of a fetus just before birth. Small arrows within the liver indicate alternative blood routes by way of hepatic sinusoids. (Credit: Based on an original drawing by B. M. Patten; copyright © McGraw-Hill…
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Single type of circulatory system. (Credit: Based on an original drawing by C. K. Weichert; copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)
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Double type of circulatory system in a vertebrate having a four-chambered heart (ventral view). (Credit: Based on an original drawing by C. K. Weichert; copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)
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Illustration of the human cardiovascular system, which involves pulmonary circulation and systemic circulation. Red vessels transport oxygenated blood; blue vessels transport deoxygenated blood; and purple vessels are involved in gas exchange.…
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Launch of a sonobuoy from an antisubmarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. (a) In flight. (b) Buoy strikes the water in a nearly vertical attitude. (c) Antenna and hydrophone are positioned automatically.
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Myelophthisic anemia results from a space-occupying lesion in the bone marrow, which hinders hematopoiesis (the process by which the cellular elements of the blood are formed). In this photomicrograph, the bone marrow space is expanded, and the…
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Scanning electron micrograph of (top) an elongated, flattened sickle cell and (bottom) a normal red blood cell. (Credit: Callista Images/Image Source/Getty Images)
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Colored scanning electron micrograph of round leukocytes from a patient with leukemia. (Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library)
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Allometric lines for the mass of some organs across mammal species. (These are best-fit lines: individual species may lie above or below them.) Note that the skeleton is disproportionately heavy in large species (positive allometry), whereas the…
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Three different types of allometry. Each curve shows the growth allometry of organ size in a different species. The adults of each species show static intraspecific allometry. The circles indicate a particular stage of the life history (for example,…
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Domesticated goats (Capra hircus) raised for meat goat production. (Photo by Susan Boyer, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
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Close-up view of a Saanen goat. (Photo by Milan Kořínek)
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Mechanical (automatic) milking of a purebred Nigerian Dwarf dairy goat on an elevated stand. (Photo courtesy of Lesa Wilke, Bramblestone Farm, Ohio; www.bramblestonefarm.com)
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Trihedron and trihedral angles.
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Spherical triangle ABC formed by intersection of sphere with a trihedron. The center of the sphere is at the vertex of the trihedron.
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Passive, lumped-element filters. (a) RC low-pass filter. (b) LC band-pass filter.
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Ladder structure. (a) Overall structure with alternating series and shunt arms. (b) LC circuit whose impedance contains both a finite-frequency pole and a zero. Such circuits are used in the series and shunt arms of the ladder structure.
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Mechanical filter.
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Single-amplifier filters. (a) Low-pass Sallen-Key filter. (b) Low-pass, infinite-gain, single-amplifier filter. (c) Cascade of second-order filter realizations.
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Multiple-amplifier filters. (a) State-variable (KHN) filter. (b) Tow-Thomas filter.
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Simulated-inductor realization of fifth-order high-pass filter. (a) RLC prototype, normalized for cutoff frequency of 1 rad/s (0.159 Hz). (b) Direct active-RC realization.
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Direct broadcasting television satellite system.
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Xenophyophorids. (a) Stannoma dendroides. (b) Stannophyllum zonarium. (c) Psammetta erythrocytomorpha, section showing interlacing tubules and dark inclusions of uncertain nature.
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Porcini mushrooms (Boletus edulis) are members of the Basidiomycota division of Fungi. (Credit: Digoarpi/Shutterstock)
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Spore types (upper illustrations) and structures of parent mycelia (lower illustrations) in fungi.
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Sporangia of saprophytic Rhizopus. (Credit: Richard Gross; copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)
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Sexual mechanisms in fungi: (a) gametic copulation; (b) gametangial copulation; (c) gamete-gametangial copulation; and (d) somatic copulation.
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Colorized scanning electron micrograph of brewer's yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). This fungus consists of single vegetative cells, and small daughter cells can be seen budding off from the larger cells. Brewer's yeast is used in the…
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Empire apple (Malus pumila). (Credit: Peggy Greb/Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture)
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Apple trees in an orchard in late autumn. (Credit: Sandrine Bouvier/Alamy)
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Microscopic view of bacterial pneumonia, which is a type of pneumonia caused by bacterial infection. (Credit: Stocktrek Images/Corbis)
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Bacteria culture growth on agar medium in a petri dish. (Credit: Sompraaong0042/Shutterstock)
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Transgenic zebrafish cells. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) is a fluorescent protein first discovered in the jellyfish Aequorea victoria. GFP is commonly used as a reporter of gene expression in other species. Here, GFP is expressed by zebrafish…
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Genome editing technologies. In particular, targeted nucleases are a powerful tool for precise genome editing in GMOs. Among these tools are (a) transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), (b) zinc-finger proteins (ZFPs), (c) homing…
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Annual tree rings are distinct features of wood anatomy. The combined concentric bands of light and dark areas can help investigators to determine the age of a tree. (Credit: DrimaFilm/Shutterstock)
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Light micrograph of a section through the stem of a lime tree (genus Tilia). The pith is at the center and is surrounded by a layer of wood (xylem). A thin cambium separates this from the phloem. An outer layer of collenchyma is enclosed by the…
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Structure of a typical hardwood. (Credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture)
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Structure of a typical softwood. (Credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture)
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Three-dimensional (3D) protein crystal structure of channelrhodopsin variant C1C2. (Image courtesy of Protein Data Bank 3UG9, Molecular Modeling Database 96737)
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Chemical structure of melatonin (C13H16N2O2).
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Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) 2.5-m (98-in.) telescope at Apache Point Observatory, New Mexico. The secondary mirror is visible in the center of the aperture. The square structure surrounding the primary and secondary mirrors shelters them from…
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Spectrum of a galaxy (image inset) receding at around 6000 km s−1 (3700 mi s−1), or about 2% of the speed of light. The vertical line shows the wavelength at which one expects to observe the emission line Hα for an object at rest (656.3 nm). The…
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Distribution of galaxies within 4° of the celestial equator from the SDSS. In this polar plot, the radius indicates the distance from the Milky Way, and the angle is the right ascension. The diameter shown is 8 × 109 light-years. Blank areas have…
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Map of stars in the SDSS. Grayscale signifies density of stars on the sky. Several streams of stars are noticeable. Areas in background are those unobserved by the survey. (Courtesy of Vasily Belokurov; Sloan Digital Sky Survey)
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Image of Canes Venatici I, a recently discovered satellite of the Milky Way Galaxy. (Photo courtesy of Vasily Belokurov; Sloan Digital Sky Survey)
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Hubble sequence of galaxies, as observed by the SDSS. Elliptical galaxies (types marked E0 and E6) are old, spheroidal, and very massive. Spiral galaxies are on average less massive. While some spiral galaxies (S0 and Sa) tend to have very little…
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Musk-ox (Ovibos moschatus). (Credit: Brent Huffman/Ultimate Ungulate Images)
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Asteroid 121 Hermione and its moonlet companion observed with the adaptive optics system mounted on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope [consisting of four 8.2-m (25-ft) telescopes] at six different times. The satellite revolves…
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum), also known as the Irish potato. (Credit: Peggy Greb/Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
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Diagram of a potato plant. (Credit: Potato Association of America)
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Potato tubers infected by late blight (caused by Phytophthora infestans). (Credit: G. D. Franc)
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Sites at which different phospholipases cleave the typical phospholipid phosphatidylcholine. F1 and F2 are long-chain fatty acids esterified at positions 1 and 2 of the glycerol backbone, respectively.
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Mechanisms by which activated receptors coupled to phospholipase C (PLC) through heterotrimeric G proteins produce their physiological responses. Terms: PIP2, phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate; DAG, diacylglycerol; PKC, protein kinase C; IP3,…
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Depiction of gamma function Γ(z) for real values of z.
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Persian melon (Cucumis melo). (Photo by Mehrdad Aref-Adib)
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American marten (also known as the American pine marten; Martes americana). (Photo by Gerald and Buff Corsi; copyright © California Academy of Sciences)
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Saturn viewed on April 25, 2016 by the Cassini orbiter as the planet neared its northern hemisphere's summer solstice. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
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Saturn viewed from the Cassini orbiter. The soft velvety appearance of the low-contrast banded structure is due to scattering by the haze layer above the planet's cloud deck. The image has been rotated so that north is up. The Sun illuminates Saturn…
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Presentations of Saturn's ring system over the course of a Saturnian year.
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Images from the Cassini spacecraft show the life cycle of Saturn's great northern storm beginning on December 5, 2010, when a small white cloud appeared at latitude 33°N. In these views, the Cassini spacecraft was in the ring plane, and the ring…
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A natural color view of Saturn's rings from the Cassini Orbiter taken on August 22, 2009, at a distance of 2.05 million km (1.27 million mi) from Saturn. (Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
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Structure of Saturn's rings observed by two different approaches. The upper half of the image is a natural-color mosaic of images by the Cassini narrow-angle camera. Such images have information about how ring structure differs both with distance…
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Saturn's F ring viewed from the Cassini orbiter. Features resembling drapes and kinks are visible, and several distinct ringlets are present, in addition to the bright knotted core of the ring. The structure in the ring and its strands has been…
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Titan superimposed in front of Saturn, captured by the Cassini spacecraft. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
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The satellite Phoebe taken during Cassini's flyby on June 11, 2004. The image shows evidence for the theory that Phoebe is an ice-rich body coated with a thin layer of dark material. (Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
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In humans and other mammals, DNA methylation involves the addition of a methyl group to a cytosine ring, forming methylcytosine. The methylation is carried out by a DNA methyltransferase (DNMT). (Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)
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Transcriptional silencing via DNA methylation. The methylated configuration blocks proteins that activate gene transcription, preventing them from acting as gene activators. (Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)
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Materials and method for applying cover slip to balsam wholemount. (a) Correct way; notice that the cover slip is held vertically centered over the drop of balsam. (b) Wrong way; this method draws the object to one side. (After P. Gray, Handbook of…
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Making a smear preparation. (a) Place the drop about 1 in. (2.5 cm) from end of slide. (b) Apply a second slide just in front of the drop. (c) Push slide smoothly forward to spread the smear. (After P. Gray, Handbook of Basic Microtechnique, 3d ed.,…
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Rotary microtome produced by the American Optical Co. (From P. Gray, Handbook of Basic Microtechnique, 3d ed., McGraw-Hill, 1964)
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Method of mounting the wax block on the block holder. (After P. Gray, Handbook of Basic Microtechnique, 3d ed., McGraw-Hill, 1964)
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Basic steps in cutting and mounting paraffin ribbons prior to staining. (a) Starting the ribbon. (b) Cutting the ribbon in lengths. (c) Mounting the dry ribbon. (d) Flooding the ribbons. (e) Warming the flooded ribbons to flatten them. (After P.…
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Coplin jars for starting a slide through the reagent series. (After P. Gray, Handbook of Basic Microtechnique, 3d ed., McGraw-Hill, 1964)
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Modern boundaries of the constellation Capricornus, the Sea Goat. The celestial equator is 0° of declination, which corresponds to celestial latitude. Right ascension corresponds to celestial longitude, with each hour of right ascension representing…
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Vancomycin and an analog that is active against vancomycin-resistant bacteria.
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Foldamers that mimic proteins.
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The rate of this intramolecular lactonization, relative to that of intermolecular esterification, mimics the rate increase caused by an enzyme's binding and orienting substrates for a bimolecular reaction.
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Intramolecular models of enzymatic general acid and general base catalysis. (a) Intramolecular general acid catalysis causes this acetal to hydrolyze at pH 7 more than 107 times faster than the corresponding acetal without the carboxylic acid group.…
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An antibody raised against the phosphonate analog of a tetrahedral intermediate catalyzes the hydrolysis of cocaine to ecgonine methyl ester.
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A functionalized cyclodextrin mimics the enzyme RNase by catalyzing the regioselective hydrolysis of a model phosphodiester.
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Enzyme-catalyzed reactions that have been commercialized as industrial processes.
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Mechanism of DNA scission by calicheamicin. Reductive or nucleophilic cleavage of the trisulfide triggers conjugate (Michael) addition to the enone, rehybridization of the bridgehead carbon, and Bergman cyclization of the enediyne, generating a…
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One characteristic feature of type 1 diabetes is glomerulosclerosis (Kimmelstiel-Wilson lesion), which involves the scarring or hardening of the glomeruli (blood vessels) in the kidneys. (Copyright © McGraw Hill)
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Stages in the development of type 1 diabetes. (Credit: Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet)
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Common positions of human parathyroid glands on the posterior aspect of the thyroid. (After W. H. Hollinshead, Anatomy of the endocrine glands, Surg. Clin. N. Amer., 32(4):1115–1140, 1952)
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Section of human parathyroid gland, demonstrating the two main parenchymal cell types. Zenker-formal fixation, Mallory-azan stain. (After D. Bloom and D. W. Fawcett, A Textbook of Histology, 9th ed., Saunders, 1968)
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Leviapseudes bipartitus. [K. Larsen, Deep-Sea Tanaidacea (Peracarida) from the Gulf of Mexico, Brill, Leiden, 2005]
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Typhlotanais ohtsukae: (top) female; (bottom) male. [K. Larsen and M. Shimomura, Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Japan: II. Tanaidomorpha from the East China Sea, the West Pacific Ocean and the Nansei Islands, Zootaxa, 1464:1–43, 2007]
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Colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Schizosaccharomyces pombe yeast. This single-celled fungus is studied widely as a model organism for eukaryotic cell division. It is a rod-shaped yeast that grows by elongation at its ends, and it…
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Cell shapes of yeasts are extremely varied: (a) rectangular; (b) pear-shaped; (c) apiculate; (d) ogival; (e) spherical; (f) globose; (g) ellipsoidal (oval); (h) elongate; (i) tetrahedral. (Copyright © McGraw Hill)
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Colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of cells of brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). This yeast consists of single vegetative cells. Small daughter cells can be seen budding off from the larger cells. Saccharomyces cerevisiae ferments…
