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    environmental factors that affect the conservation and physiology of earthworms (M.L. Presley et al, 1996). Biological indicators can include earthworms, plants, and leaf litter. Atmospheric indicators include carbon dioxide emissions. Interactions among these three indicators can also help to assess if the ecosystem is functioning. It is hypothesized that a functioning ecosystem is related to many types of interactions, such as earthworms eating leaf litter and leaf litter falling from the plants. It

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    Esterobacter asburae YT1, which are then inserted to egg through microinjection. Microinjection is a process where screw held syringe is loaded with required DNA or RNA and inserted to animal cell. By this technique the cloned gene is inserted to egg of earthworm. The egg hatchs and develops further producing transgenetic species having gene of gut bacteria. Sodium dodecyl sulphate PolyAcrylamide Gel Electroporesis (SDS-PAGE) is a technique used for separating protein based on their size and structure [14]

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    Food Web Lab

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    can be divided roughly into five main sections. The first section is the nutrients found in the soil, such as, phosphorus, and dead oak tree leaves. The second section is fungal hyphae, tree roots, and bacteria. The third section is nematodes, and earthworms. The fourth section is insects, such as, mites, wolf spiders, beetle larvae, and entomobryomorphan collembolan. The top part of the food web is the bird, robin. Generally speaking, the first section is the food source for the second section. The

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    The brown pelican has an intricate digestive system in its body. For example, the bird’s digestive system is specially adapted for consuming fish. In contrast, Pelecanus occidentalis cannot digest large fish bones, such as those from different kinds of sport fishes. Bird beaks and bills act as a mouth for the pelican. When food enters the birds’ bill, the food is sent down the esophagus to the stomach (proventriculus). The pelican then stores the food in the crop, a temporary storage solution for

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    The Earthworm, starfish, frog, fetal pig, and human all have much in common; however, some have more in common than others. Many have a matching digestive system but not a matching skeletal or circulatory system. Thought numerous dissections we can compare and contrast the various animal systems and gain knowledge on more than just the external side of an animal. All 5 species have a working-normal digestive system. Although the frog, earthworm, fetal pig, and human all have an intestine. The starfish

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    Introduction Systems and their function: All living things must obtain and use nutrients, get rid of waste, interact with their environment, and perform other processes in order to live. The complexity of an organisms will determine the way the organisms will carry out these processes. Unicellular organisms are organisms containing only one cell such as bacteria and some algae. These types of organisms performs all of the process necessary for life using only a single cell. Multicellular organisms

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    the tyrannical ruling of her wealthy and publicly respected father, undergoes a series of both physical and mental change as she experiences life in Aunty Ifeoma’s house in town Nsukka. Adichie incorporates natural symbols, such as the verandah, earthworms, rainwater and Odim hill throughout the novel to highlight and signify Kambili’s growth and development towards freedom and adulthood. The author implements the verandah as a window for Kambili to observe other characters, creating harmony as

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    Flatworm Lab Report

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    a digestive system that is like a tube, open at both ends. Segmented worms have long, round bodies made up of linked segments. Segmented worms also have a closed circulatory system. Earthworms, that we were learning in our lab are from phylum Annelida. In the lab we were examining the internal anatomy of the earthworms and comparing it to a human's. 1 Re-do Statement:

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    This allows you to feel things that you touch and that are touching you. The mouth, throat, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, rectum, and anus join together and make up the digestive system. The circulatory system of an earthworm

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    Parameter Extraction for Neuron Model Simulation of Action Potential in Earthworm giant nerve fiber Rashmi Deka Department of Electronics and Communication Engg. Tezpur University Tezpur, Assam, India Email: rashmee@tezu.ernet.in Jiten Ch. Dutta Department of Electronics and Communication Engg. Tezpur University Tezpur, Assam, India Email: jitend@tezu.ernet.in Abstract— Proper modeling of neuron plays an important role in biophysical description of action potential of nerve fibers. Measurement

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