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Predictive dormancy occurs when an organism enters a dormant phase before the onset of adverse conditions. For example, photoperiod and decreasing temperature are used by many plants to predict the onset of winter. Consequential dormancy occurs when organisms enter a dormant phase after adverse conditions have arisen. This is commonly found in ...
Theba pisana snails aestivating on Foeniculum vulgare in Montbazin, France. Aestivation (Latin: aestas (summer); also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, although taking place in the summer rather than the winter.
In the United Kingdom, a dormant company is a company whose transactions have been limited to payment for shares taken by subscribers to the memorandum of association, fees paid to the Registrar of Companies for a change of company name, the re-registration of a company, filing a confirmation statement and payment made in respect of civil penalties imposed by the Registrar of Companies for ...
The winner will earn a spot in the conference championship game opposite No. 6 Georgia and play for an appearance in the College Football Playoff; for the Longhorns, a win should be enough to lock ...
“Normally, PACs go somewhat dormant after a big election,” Musk wrote in a post on the social platform X, which he owns. “@America PAC is going to do the opposite and keep grinding ...
A beast dormant (French: "sleeping") is lying down with his head lowered, resting upon the forepaws, as if asleep. [8]
Atavism has also recently been induced in avian dinosaur (bird) fetuses to express dormant ancestral non-avian dinosaur (non-bird) features, including teeth. [11] Other examples of observed atavisms include: Hind limbs in cetaceans and sirenians. [3] [12] Extra toes of the modern horse. [3] [13] [14] Reappearance of limbs in limbless ...
Dormant, a heraldry attitude signifying a sleeping animal with head resting upon paws; Dormant title, an hereditary title of nobility or baronetcy for which the rightful claimant has yet to be found; Dormant, an order of knighthood which is no longer conferred