simple organism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsimpleandorganism
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simple
adjective
uk/ˈsɪm.pəl/us/ˈsɪm.pəl/
easy to understand or do; ...
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organism
noun[C]
uk/ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈɔːr-/
a single living plant, animal, ...
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(Definition ofsimpleandorganismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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What is true for asimpleorganismlike the honey bee is even more true for complex organisms like humans.
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Thus, whatever activities constitute the core requirements for nervous system development and function are present in some fashion in thissimpleorganism.
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A variety of hypotheses have been advanced based on the few morphological characteristics of thissimpleorganismthat could be identified.
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Responses of relatively simple organisms, such as bees, support the notion that the processes involved are likely to be perceptual.
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Simple organisms can learn patterns of action without any detailed episodic recall, again, like human infants.
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Our results imply that the complexity of mutational events in a simple organisms like a virus results in considerable resistance to extinction.
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Emotion is said to be primary because even relatively simple organisms with limited cognitive capacities possess the panoply of specific motivational tendencies necessary for survival and reproduction.
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These simple organisms make up the majority of the standing stock of photosynthesizing marine life in this ecosystem.
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Simple organisms may have once lived where water once was.
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In metabolic reactions, sulfur compounds serve as both fuels and respiratory (oxygen-replacing) materials for simple organisms.
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Seemingly simple organisms, such as bacteria and amoebas, have a much higher gene density than humans.
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Resveratrol is a sirtuin stimulant that appears to extend lifespan in simple organisms such as nematodes and short-lived fish.
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He showed that activator proteins, which previously had been shown to play crucial roles in regulating gene expression in simple organisms, also exist in higher organisms.
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Clements suggested only comparisons to very simple organisms.
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Lamarck saw spontaneous generation as being ongoing, with the simple organisms thus created being transmuted over time becoming more complex.
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Since these simple organisms lack a complex neural network, computational modeling focuses on the various biochemical pathways of the cells, such as transcription, translation, post-translational modification, and protein-protein interactions.
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