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Respiration Defined

An energy-yielding metabolic process in which electrons from an oxidizable substrate are transferred by a series of oxidatin-reduction reactions (i.e., via an electron-transport chain) to an exogenous terminal electron acceptor such as oxygen, nitrate, or fumarate). (Contrast with fermentation).

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Brainy Genes, Not Brawn, Key To Success On Mussel Beach

Published October 9, 2008, 1:09 pm, Science Daily

Scientists have found that mussels in their natural habitat express their genes in cyclic waves, in what appears to be a survival strategy akin to the circadian rhythms that govern sleep. In addition, two sets of genes used to cope with heat stress are identified, in the first real-time molecular sampling of two mussel communities.

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Brainy genes, not brawn, key to success on mussel beach

Published October 9, 2008, 10:33 am, PhysOrg

It's hard being a mussel: you have to worry about hungry starfish and even hungrier humans, not to mention an environment that can change your body temperature 50 degrees Fahrenheit in just a few hours.

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Structure Of Important Neurological Receptor Defined By Scripps Research Scientists

Published October 7, 2008, 4:10 am, Medical News Today

Findings establish a platform to understand G protein-coupled receptors; may help in development of new class of Parkinson's treatments Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have determined the structure of an adenosine receptor that plays a critical role in a number of important physiological processes including pain, breathing, and heart function.

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Creating 'The Way We Work' was famed illustrator's most daunting challenge

Published October 5, 2008, 11:41 am, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

For more than 30 years, illustrator David Macaulay has peered under the hood of the manmade world and showed us how things work. But it took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to explain the human organism in his new book, "The Way We Work."

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