Body plan

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(Shipbuilding)	an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length.
	etc. See under Body, Floor, etc.

See also: Body, Plan

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Gemma reveals her fitness journey in her new book, The Ultimate Body Plan, which "focuses on feeling great, not on vanity".

Strong isn't a size, sexy isn't a size - it's all about health; A new approach to fitness has changed Gemma Atkinson's physique and her attitude to life - and she couldn't be happier. By GABRIELLE FAGAN

Now the ex-Hollyoaks star is guiding us to a happier, healthier and more confident new year with The Ultimate Body Plan. It contains weights workouts, high-intensity interval training - HIIT - plus 75 easy recipes to offer "real results in just 21 days".

BE FIT & FAB; See great results in 21 days with Gemma's Ultimate Body Plan; Glam star's recipe to fighting flab; EXCLUSIVE

The animal was named after Tokumm Creek, which flows through the area where the fossils were found, and the Greek word for "seizing." (http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature22080) A paper describing it was published Wednesday in the journal Nature under the title "Burgess Shale fossils illustrate the origin of the mandibulate body plan."

Sea Creature From 507 Million Years Ago Discovered

rulesof summer slimming PERfEcT beach body plan Eat more beans and pulses like lentils and chickpeas.

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By letting them grow past the point at which they would be planted in the womb, experts in Britain and America say for the first time they can define how embryos will take shape and how the body plan is decided.

Embryos at 13 days give new insight

These genes encode proteins that establish the embryo's body plan and direct organ development.

Genes silenced in embryonic stem cells

WANT to know my secret beach body plan? 'Course you do.

THE FIRST WORD; UK Regional Press Awards Supplement of the Year

*Holly's 12 Week Body Plan is available now from Amazon and you can see her on screen on tonight's Geordie Shore which will air on MTV at 10pm.

Geordie Shore star Holly Hagan films drug test to prove weight loss was not down to cocaine; The Middlesbrough born Geordie Shore housemate, who released her 12 Week Body Plan book this week, has been the subject of much speculation

Found by co-author Peiyun Cong near Kunming, it belongs to the species Fuxianhuia protensa, an extinct lineage of arthropods combining advanced internal anatomy with a primitive body plan.

520-million-year-old shrimp-like creatures had 'modern' hearts and blood vessels

It contains labeled images, concise descriptions, tables, schematics, concepts, captions, summaries, and glossaries, and begins with an overview of the major developmental periods, the mechanisms of abnormal development, and the classification of anomalies, then addresses gastrulation, the vertebrate body plan, and the placenta, and each of the body systems and the head and neck region.

Netter's atlas of human embryology, rev.ed. (online access included)

The scientists didn't demonstrate that the changes in snail body plan after exposure to platinum were heritable, and we don't know if the next generation would have had shells or not.

Shell-less snails

rex by around 60m years, the two carnivores shared the same body plan, having a large skull, tiny forearms and athletic hind legs designed for running.