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Some biologists speculate that they do this so that their mothers would be willing to mate again more quickly.
Nevertheless, until more complete genome sequences are available for comparative genomic analyses, we can only speculate on the mechanism by which genes have been altered, sometimes contributing to the formation of a new species.
The Post , however, writes that "some participants in the financial markets had begun to speculate that Clinton might not reappoint [Greenspan], or that the administration would try to influence Fed interest-rate policy in exchange for the reappointment."
As realty data show that the median single family home price surged to $530,000 by the year 2000, making Marin County one of the least affordable counties in the nation [ 18 ] , we speculate that women in the age group 45-64 years who may have had more children at younger ages left the county over the decade, while younger, perhaps professional, women who did not have children or who delayed child-bearing immigrated to or stayed in the county.
It would be tempting to speculate that, because mefloquine's effects on rat neuronal ER calcium homeostasis were more potent than that for dog-brain microsomes, there might exist a species difference in sensitivity to the drug.