If evolutionary processes are blind to the difference between function F being performed by conscious organism O and non-conscious organism O *, it is unclear what adaptive advantage consciousness could provide.

If an organism ( such as bacteria ) attaches to a valve surface and forms a vegetation, the host immune response is blunted.

If the chemistry is right, the organism ( or fragment of organism ) can act as a nucleus for the precipitation of minerals such as siderite, resulting in a nodule forming around it.

If a mutation occurs within a gene, the new allele may affect the trait that the gene controls, altering the phenotype of the organism.

If an organism lives half as long as others of its species, but has twice as many offspring surviving to adulthood, its genes will become more common in the adult population of the next generation.

# If the damage cannot be repaired, the cell should initiate apoptosis ( programmed cell death ) to remove the threat it poses for the greater good of the organism.

" If we placed a living organism in a box ... one could arrange that the organism, after any arbitrary lengthy flight, could be returned to its original spot in a scarcely altered condition, while corresponding organisms which had remained in their original positions had already long since given way to new generations.

< p > If the stationary organism is a man and the traveling one is his twin, then the traveler returns home to find his twin brother much aged compared to himself.

If a developing organism such as an unborn child is irradiated, it is possible a birth defect may be induced, but it is unlikely this defect will be in a gamete or a gamete-forming cell.

* If the mixture produces bubbles or froth, the organism is said to be ' catalase-positive '.

* If not, the organism is ' catalase-negative '.

If there is little plasticity, the phenotype of an organism can be reliably predicted from knowledge of the genotype, regardless of environmental peculiarities during development.

If Byzantine literature is the expression of the intellectual life of the Byzantine Greeks during the Christian Middle Ages, then it is a multiform organism, combining Greek and Christian civilization on the common foundation of the Roman political system, set in the intellectual and ethnographic atmosphere of the Near East.

If two alleles of a given gene are identical, the organism is called a homozygote and is homozygous with respect to that gene ; if instead the two alleles are different, the organism is a heterozygote and is heterozygous.

If any doubt remained, it was dispelled in 1994, when genetic analysis of the non-photosynthesizing Euglenoid Astasia longa confirmed that this organism retains sequences of DNA inherited from an ancestor that must have had functioning chloroplasts.

If the different cells have emerged from the same zygote, the organism is called a mosaic.

If you ’ re not a member of my group and you do something good I say, “ Noam Chomsky gave me directions to MIT .” But if he steps on my toe I say, “ He ’ s a lousy organism ,” or “ He ’ s an inconsiderate person .”

If the patient remains febrile after 4 – 5 days and no causative organism for the infection has been identified, antibiotics are, in general, changed to a glycopeptide ( e. g., vancomycin ), and subsequently an antifungal agent ( e. g., amphotericin B ) is added to the regimen.

If a somatic cell contains chromosomes arranged in pairs, it is called diploid and the organism is called a diploid organism.

If the organism is split and stained, its characteristic pattern resembles the familiar " smiley face " symbol.

If this new Bible does not increase in significance by repeated readings throughout the years, it will not survive the ages as has the King James Version.

If birds don't belong in a Square or Park, what does??

If private brand competition hasn't been felt in your product field as yet, have you thought how you will cope with it if and when it does appear??

If Af leads to an address Af that is equal to the address computed from Af, even though Af does not match Af, the chain of information cells is extended from Af by storing the address of the next available cell in the Y-region, Af, in Af.

If both George and a piece of information George does not have are prominent in the context, but the idea of telling George is new, then dominant stress will probably be on tell in why not tell George??

If, on the other hand, it is not settled, or while it is being debated and resolved, does the Federal government have a responsibility in situations like that in Prince Edward County??

If this threefold division of costs were to have its counterpart in the actual rates of charge for service, as it actually does have in some rates, there would result a three-part rate for any one class of service.

If this attitude is seriously questioned in the Soviet Union, it does not necessarily follow that the majority of the society in which I live is too aware of the necessity for clarity on this ethical as well as aesthetic point of view.

If a continuation card follows a statement that does not permit continuation cards, the compiler will generate a NOP and issue an error message.

If the compiler does encounter such statements, a warning message will be issued.

If the fourth dimension is a physical concept and not purely metaphysical, through what medium does it extend??

If a child does lose his first teeth prematurely because of decay -- and if no preventive steps are taken -- the other teeth may shift out of position, become overcrowded and malformed.

If he does, it's still better than an even chance he won't notice the transposition of the numbers, and if he should notice it, the thing can be passed off as an honest mistake.

If the administration does not succeed in passing the sales tax bill, or any other tax bill, it could very well be faced this spring at the fiscal session of the Legislature with an interesting dilemma.

If Bultmann's own definition of myth is strictly adhered to ( and it is interesting that this is almost never done by those who make such pronouncements ), the evidence is overwhelming that he does not at all exaggerate the extent to which the mythological concepts of traditional theology have become incredible and irrelevant.

If you know that he ( God ) is just ( righteous ), know that everyone also who does what is just ( righteous ) has been born of him.

If I get a low M. R., I do so because I want it that way or my dark self does.

* If it is required to use a single number X as an estimate for the value of numbers, then the arithmetic mean does this best, in the sense of minimizing the sum of squares ( x < sub > i </ sub > − X )< sup > 2 </ sup > of the residuals.

If the appellate court does find a legal defect in the decision " below " ( i. e., in the lower court ), it may " modify " the ruling to correct the defect, or it may nullify (" reverse " or " vacate ") the whole decision or any part of it.

If it does, ocean levels would rise by a few metres in a very short period of time.

If, however, there are no shares left when the chain is founded, then the founding player does not receive the free share.

If Anne formed an attachment to Weightman it does not imply that he was attracted to her.

If the numbering does not start at 0, the constant B may not be the address of any element.

If abiotic stress does not have a strong presence in an area, the biodiversity will be much higher.

If light moves instantaneously, the telescope does not move, and the true direction of the star relative to the observer can be found by following the line ES.