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== Foraminifera [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vivo in vivo] ==
 
== Foraminifera [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vivo in vivo] ==
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In fact, ''in vivo'' is used to indicate the presence of a whole/living organism, in distinction to a partial, dead or fossil organism, or a computer model.
  
 
== Foraminifera [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro in vitro] ==
 
== Foraminifera [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro in vitro] ==
 
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Main in vitro of experiments deals with molecular biology of foraminifers ([http://www.unige.ch/sciences/biologie/biani/msg/people/Jan/forams.htm DNA], proteins).
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro In vitro] foraminiferal methods focus on culture experiments of living foraminifers in aquaria. Most of experiments searches for behavioral and/or morphologic responses of foraminifers to changing conditions, such as food supply, salinity and temperature fluctuations, substrate effect etc. Another category of experiments deals with molecular biology of foraminifers ([http://www.unige.ch/sciences/biologie/biani/msg/people/Jan/forams.htm DNA], proteins).  
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Most of experiments focus on culture experiments of living foraminifers in aquaria and are conducted ''in vivo'' in small glass containers. Such experiments search for behavioral and/or morphologic responses of foraminifers to changing conditions, such as food supply, salinity and temperature fluctuations, substrate effect etc.  
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro In vitro] foraminiferal methods focus on culture experiments of living foraminifers in aquaria.
  
 
== Foraminifera [[in fossilio]] ==
 
== Foraminifera [[in fossilio]] ==
  
 
== Foraminifera [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_silico in silico] ==
 
== Foraminifera [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_silico in silico] ==

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