Biology
- Some Ecology Definitions
1.What is Ecology? The study of the interaction between living organisms and their environment 2. What is a population? A group of organisms of the same species 3. What is a community? Community is all of the organisms, of all the different species, living...
- Xenoantigen
Term: xenoantigen Literally meaning: ?antigen from foreigners? Origin: Anc Greek?????/xenos(=foreign, stranger)+ ????-/anti- (=prefix meaning opposed to, against, instead) + ?????/geno(=produce, give birth to) Coined/History(?)DefinitionXenoantigen...
- Pathogenesis
Term: pathogenesisLiterally meaning: ?disease development?Origin: Anc Greek????-/patho-(=prefix denoting ?suffering?) > ????? / pathos(=passion, sorrow, strong emotion)+???????/genesis(=birth, creation, production) > ?????/geno (=?give birth...
- Allopatric
Term: allopatricOrigin: Anc Greek?????/allos(=other)??????/patris(=fatherland)?????/pater(=father)Ernst Mayr (1904 ?2005) Coined: The term was proposed by Ernst Mayr (1904 ?2005) based on his work on birds . Previously British evolutionary...
- Deep Ecology
Deep Ecology Platform Deep ecology provides a fairly radical framework to analyze the relative position of humans on the planet. Basically, deep ecology requires that we view ourselves as just another species, not more important or less. It requires a...
Biology
cryptogenic
Term: cryptogenic
Literally meaning: ?hidden origin?
Origin: Anc Greek
??????/crypto(=hide, cover)
+?????/geno(= ?produce?, ?give birth to?, ?create?) >???????/genesis(=origin)
Coined/History
The term ?cryptogenic species? coined by Jim Carlton in 1996 and it refers to those species that cannot be demonstrably classified as native or introduced in a particular region. Carlton
Sourse
James T. Carlton ?Biological Invasions and Cryptogenic Species? Ecology, 77(6) 1653-1655
Definition
1. (ecology)cryptogenic species is one which origin is unknown
2. (medicine)cryptogenic is a disease of unknown cause such as cryptogenic stroke in which classic risk factors are usually absent.
- Some Ecology Definitions
1.What is Ecology? The study of the interaction between living organisms and their environment 2. What is a population? A group of organisms of the same species 3. What is a community? Community is all of the organisms, of all the different species, living...
- Xenoantigen
Term: xenoantigen Literally meaning: ?antigen from foreigners? Origin: Anc Greek?????/xenos(=foreign, stranger)+ ????-/anti- (=prefix meaning opposed to, against, instead) + ?????/geno(=produce, give birth to) Coined/History(?)DefinitionXenoantigen...
- Pathogenesis
Term: pathogenesisLiterally meaning: ?disease development?Origin: Anc Greek????-/patho-(=prefix denoting ?suffering?) > ????? / pathos(=passion, sorrow, strong emotion)+???????/genesis(=birth, creation, production) > ?????/geno (=?give birth...
- Allopatric
Term: allopatricOrigin: Anc Greek?????/allos(=other)??????/patris(=fatherland)?????/pater(=father)Ernst Mayr (1904 ?2005) Coined: The term was proposed by Ernst Mayr (1904 ?2005) based on his work on birds . Previously British evolutionary...
- Deep Ecology
Deep Ecology Platform Deep ecology provides a fairly radical framework to analyze the relative position of humans on the planet. Basically, deep ecology requires that we view ourselves as just another species, not more important or less. It requires a...