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analogy /anal·o·gy/ (ah-nal´ah-je) the quality of being analogous; resemblance or similarity in function or appearance, but not in origin or development. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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BMP receptor signaling occurs in a manner analagous to the TGF-[beta] pathway, with Smad1/5/8 binding to the type I BMP receptor, followed by phosphorylation of these factors upon ligand activation (Miyazono et al. Within a framework of limited technology and circumscribed social and aesthetic aspirations, vernacular solutions tended to prevail and in many cases are directly analagous to a particular climate. This approach for handling measurement error is analagous to errors-in-variables regression (Heise, 1975, 1986; Fuller & Hidiroglou, 1978; Warren, Keller-White, & Fuller, 1974) in which regression coefficients are estimated in the presence of errors in measurement. |
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