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- noun Plural form of
invagination .
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Examples
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It actually has factually support: specifically, that a coatamere that mere bends membranes to form invaginations is both functionally and physically less complex that a complex that creates pores of any function at all.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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It actually has factually support: specifically, that a coatamere that mere bends membranes to form invaginations is both functionally and physically less complex that a complex that creates pores of any function at all.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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The eye, the ear, the tongue, and the nose all evolved from invaginations and specializations of the skin.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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The eye, the ear, the tongue, and the nose all evolved from invaginations and specializations of the skin.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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There are 2 primary groups of anatomies specializing in gas exchange: 1. organs formed as evaginations (B), e.g., gills; 2. organs formed as invaginations (C), e.g., lungs.
Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009
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There are 2 primary groups of anatomies specializing in gas exchange: 1. organs formed as evaginations (B), e.g., gills; 2. organs formed as invaginations (C), e.g., lungs.
Anatomy of a breath—Part 1 AYDIN 2009
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Yet, curving the membrane would be all the functionality that is needed for invaginations of an outer membrane to increase surface area.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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Bending membranes is sufficient to form invaginations, useful for vesicle formation.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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Binding membranes is sufficient to form invaginations, useful for vesicle formation.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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The whole performance does indeed remind me of the foldings and invaginations that the membranes of an embryo undergo as it morphs itself from blastula to gastrula to neurula.
The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006
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