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Psychological imprinting
A remarkable genetic phenomenon that occurs in animals, and theoretically humans, in the first hours of life. The newborn creature bonds to the type of animals it meets at birth, and begins to pattern its behavior after them. In humans…
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- Genome, Bos taurus See: Bovine genome
- Psoas Muscles of the lower back (the loin). There are two psoas muscles on each side of the back. The larger of the…
- Industrial health A branch of public health concerned with the health and well-being of workers. Its aims are to eliminate…
- PSP Progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurologic disorder of unknown origin that gradually destroys cells in many…
- Vitreous type Stickler syndrome Stickler syndrome, type I. See: Stickler syndrome
- Common bile duct The duct that carries bile from the gallbladder and liver into the duodenum (the upper part of the small…
- Cytoplasm All of the substance of a cell outside of the nucleus. The cytoplasm contains a number of different types…
- Nerve, efferent A nerve that carries impulses away from the central nervous system (CNS). An efferent nerve is the opposite…
- Vaginitis, atrophic Thinning of the lining (the endothelium) of the vagina due to decreased production of estrogen. This may…
- Cholera genome The genome of the bacterium called Vibrio cholerae that causes cholera. This genome contains over 4 million…