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  • 71homunculus — noun (plural homunculi) Etymology: Latin, diminutive of homin , homo human being more at homage Date: 1656 1. a little man ; manikin 2. a miniature adult that in the theory of preformation is held to inhabit the germ cell and to produce a mature… …

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  • 72preformationist — noun or adjective see preformation …

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  • 73Irreducible complexity — This article covers irreducible complexity as used by those who argue for intelligent design. For information on irreducible complexity as used in Systems Theory, see Irreducible complexity (Emergence). Irreducible complexity (IC) is an argument… …

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  • 74Epigenetics — In biology, the term epigenetics refers to changes in gene expression caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence. These changes may remain through cell divisions for the remainder of the cell s life and may also last… …

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  • 75Timeline of biology and organic chemistry — A timeline of significant events in biology and organic chemistryBefore 1600* c. 450 B.C. Sushruta writes the Sushruta Samhita , describing over 120 surgical instruments and 300 surgical procedures, classifies human surgery in 8 categories, and… …

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  • 76Epigenesis — can refer to one of the following: * In geology, changes in the mineral composition of a rock because of outside influences, e.g. the injection of a vein of ore into existing rock. * Epigenesis (biology) describes morphogenesis and development of …

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  • 77Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch — Born 8 October 1867 Bad Kreuznach Died …

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  • 78Caspar Friedrich Wolff — (January 18, 1733 ndash; February 22, 1794) was a German physiologist and one of the founders of embryology.LifeWolff was born in Berlin, Brandenburg. In 1759 he graduated as an M.D. from the University of Halle with his dissertation Theoria… …

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  • 79Alpine Bistort — Taxobox name = Alpine Bistort image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Caryophyllales familia = Polygonaceae genus = Polygonum binomial = Polygonum viviparum binomial authority = L. synonyms =… …

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  • 80Joseph Margolis — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophers era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = name = Joseph Margolis birth = May 16, 1924 flagicon|USA|size=20px Newark, New Jersey death = school tradition = Historicism,… …

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