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121fasciculation — Tendency of developing neurites to grow along exisiting neurites and hence form bundles or fascicles. Selective fasciculation in developing vertebrate nervous systems is thought to involve the axon associated cell adhesion molecules L1, F11,… …
122linkage — Tendency for certain genes tend to be inherited together, because they are on the same chromosome. Thus parental combinations of characters are found more frequently in offspring than non parental. Linkage is measured by the percentage… …
123monolayering of cells — Tendency of animal tissue cells growing on solid surfaces to cover the surface with a complete layer only one cell thick, before growing on top of each other. This non random distribution is generated by contact inhibition of locomotion, a… …
124thigmotropism — Tendency of an organism or part of an organism to turn towards or respond to a mechanical stimulus …
125periodicity — Tendency to recurrence at regular intervals. diurnal p. a circadian rhythm with primary expression of the p. during daylight hours, as in the release of microfilariae of Loa loa into the peripheral blood during the day, with far fewer released at …
126carcinisation — Tendency for decapods to evolve towards a crab like form [Poore, 2004] …
127S&P phenomenon — Tendency of stocks newly added to the S&P composite index to rise in price due to a large number of buy orders as S&P related index funds add the stock to their portfolios. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
128option sensitivities — Tendency of option price ( premium) to change as a result of changes in key factors; changing prices in the underlying instrument for example (see delta, vega and theta). LIFFE …