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  • noun Plural form of microtubule.

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Examples

  • At the risk of having Joy correct me on my misunderstanding again, I suggest that the idea of consciousness at the cellular level via microtubules is supportive of EAM.

    A Peaceful Eve 2007

  • At the risk of having Joy correct me on my misunderstanding again, I suggest that the idea of consciousness at the cellular level via microtubules is supportive of EAM.

    A Voice from the Middle Ground 2007

  • All quantum effects (including those in microtubules) are interconnected in the space-time continuum forcing consistency.

    Behe Responds 2007

  • However, living organisms contain microtubules that are very active with quantum effects.

    A Third Choice (ID Hypothesis) 2007

  • At the risk of having Joy correct me on my misunderstanding again, I suggest that the idea of consciousness at the cellular level via microtubules is supportive of EAM.

    A Voice from the Middle Ground 2007

  • The presence of microtubules is also a common trait of all these "intelligent" organisms.

    Coordinated Evolution 2007

  • It is where Hameroff partners up with Penrose to suggest that quantum effects in microtubules provide consciousness to living things.

    Another predictable argument against front-loading 2007

  • 1994 – Quantum optical coherence in microtubules: Implications for brain function

    Behe vs. Dawkins 2007

  • When you get down to the smallest structures in the brain, the so-called microtubules that allow only one ion of sodium to pass through them (like a fat person who can barely make it through the door), simple pictures won't work.

    Deepak Chopra: What Is the Brain's Future? 2010

  • Rapidly growing cells, such as those of leukemia, typically create a skeletal scaffold of proteins called microtubules that allows two daughter cells to separate from each other and thereby complete cell division.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

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