(n.) The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.
Example Sentences:
(1) [5alpha-(3)H]5alpha-Androst-16-en-3-one (5alpha-androstenone) was infused at a constant rate for 180min into the spermatic artery of a sexually mature boar.
(2) The group of animals with sexual disorders included boars with inferior ejaculate quality and low fertility (24 animals) and cases with disturbed sexual potency (33 boars).
(3) Incubation of normal pig lymphocytes in serum samples collected from 10 sows immediately before, and at daily intervals after mating with a vasectomized boar significantly elevated the rosette inhibition titre (RIT) of a standard antilymphocyte serum in 6 animals on the first but not on the 2nd and 3rd day after copulation.
(4) The nuclei were isolated from boar spermatid or sperm cells at three distinct stages of spermatogenesis: just before the completion of a maturation process in the testis (late spermatid), immediately after a subsequent transformation into spermatozoa (caput spermatozoon), and after full maturation (cauda spermatozoon).
(5) In addition, prior saturation of the substrate layers with acrosin inhibitor (SSPI-I, II) from boar seminal plasma prevented the lysis reaction.
(6) E. coli from wild boars in a zoological garden has less sensitivity than from domesticated animals.
(7) This study investigated the applicability of the method to boar sperm motility measurement.
(8) In the same boar, the lengths of the fully synapsed arms of the quadrivalent varies from one quadrivalent to the other and heterosynapsis was obvious.
(9) Using the indirect immunofluorescent technique, the occurrence and distribution of the low molecular weight acid-stable acrosin inhibitors from boar seminal plasma (BSAI) in the boar genital tract was studied applying specific inhibitor-directed rabbit-immunoglobulins.
(10) Type 2 abnormalities were seen in only two boars, at 0.66 and 1.33 per cent.
(11) The stepwise freezing procedure A appeared as the best alternative for boar semen, considering this in vitro evaluation.
(12) In the domestic pig seasonal influences on prolificacy still exist: for example, AI boars not only show decreased steroid synthesis, sperm counts and libido in summer compared with the optima which occur in winter but also a biphasic pattern with a transient increase in spring.
(13) Sperm extracts prepared from directly frozen-thawed sperm suspension and 0.1-10 mM of taurine or hypotaurine had no effect on the fertilizing ability of boar spermatozoa.
(14) Furthermore, cross-hybridization to the M53 cDNA revealed homologous mRNA species in rat, human, rabbit, ram and boar epididymal RNA.
(15) Performance test records collected from 1978 to 1987 from on-farm tests of young Polish Large White boars from 94 herds and reproductive records of Polish Large White sows from 81 nucleus farms were used to estimate the phenotypic, environmental, and genetic trends.
(16) A simple, cheap and rapid method for the quantitative determination of the boar taint substance, 5 alpha-androst-16-en-3-one, in pig adipose tissue is described.
(17) High-resolution two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analyses have indicated that several major boar sperm plasma membrane polypeptides (PMPs) increased in concentration during maturation in the epididymis.
(18) Homogenates of boar Cowper's gland contain both factor and mucin; thus direct-reading non-diffusible N-acetylneuraminic acid appears when such homogenates are stored.
(19) The importance of rank changes coupled with the increased accuracy of these more complex evaluation methods strongly suggest that best linear unbiased predictors of genetic value be utilized in comparing boars in central test stations.
(20) Serological results obtained in badgers and wild boars also demonstrates the absence of direct or indirect horizontal transmission of the recombinant virus.
Grice
Definition:
(pl. ) of Gree
(n.) A little pig.
(n.) See Gree, a step.
Example Sentences:
(1) The statistics office's chief economist Joe Grice said the bigger picture in Wednesday's GDP data is that the UK economy, in volume terms, was flat between January and March compared with the same period last year.
(2) Joe Grice, chief economist at the UK's Office for National Statistics, is always chiding journalists for not loooking at the long term trend in GDP data, and maybe we need to take the same healthy scepticism to today's figures from Japan 9.03am BST Telecoms giants enter tariff battle Bloomberg is reporting that Nokia and Ericsson have told the EU to drop a probe into unfair subsidies for Chinese phone makers.
(3) Varising osteotomy of the calcaneum offers the advantage of avoiding sacrifice of the calcaneo-talar joint, as in the Grice-Green arthrodesis, which although indicated for the paralytic valgus flat foot, is not appropriate in the idiopathic variety.
(4) After predictable failure of a Grice procedure, a persisting good correction was obtained by fibula lengthening combined with talus reposition and fixation on os calcis.
(5) Grice-OP is able to prevent severe deformities but it is often followed by a subtalar arthrodesis after growth arrest.
(6) This study reports the results of a computerized baropodometric analysis of the function of primary valgus pronated flat foot submitted to talocalcanear arthrodesis according to the Grice-Green method (Grice, 1952; 1955) as modified by Vigliani et al., (1978).
(7) Joe Grice, chief economist at the ONS, said: “These figures - rising employment and falling unemployment and inactivity – continue the strong trend in the labour market that has been seen in recent months.
(8) A retrospective review was done of 19 poliomyelitis feet on which the standard Grice subtalar arthrodesis was performed for correction of valgus feet deformity.
(9) 9.40am BST Photograph: Sky News Joe Grice, the head of the ONS, is refusing to make any predictions for how the UK economy may fare in the months ahead.
(10) 9.35am GMT The recovery has been somewhat erratic, says Joe Grice, but it "feels like the economy now has a better tone".
(11) Lumbar segmental coupled motion categories according to the scheme of Cassidy and Grice, as well as a modified scheme.
(12) UK economic growth accelerated to 0.6% before Brexit vote – live updates Read more Joe Grice, chief economist at the ONS , said there was little evidence that concern about a possible Brexit vote had a negative impact on the economy before the referendum.
(13) The pseudarthrosis rate was 41 per cent, which is considerably higher than that reported for the Grice extra-articular arthrodesis.
(14) The best results were obtained with early subtalar arthrodesis (Grice) and biplanar K wire fixation.
(15) The results of the Grice extra-articular subtalar arthrodesis were evaluated in 102 feet of 60 ambulatory patients with spasticity at an average of five years postoperatively.
(16) A retrospective review of 45 patients (62 feet) who had undergone a Grice subtalar arthrodesis and who had reached skeletal maturity was undertaken.
(17) Confirming the new measure recently, ONS chief economic adviser Joe Grice said: While it’s right that GDP plays a central role in monetary and fiscal policy, it has long been recognised as presenting an incomplete picture of how our society is doing.
(18) A case presentation involving complications resulting from errors in surgical technique with the Grice-Green procedure is discussed in this report.
(19) 10.17am BST And here's what a bumpy, shallow recovery looks like ( via the Guardian's Datablog ) Photograph: Datablog 10.10am BST ONS: Britain's bumpy and shallow recovery The ONS's chief economist Joe Grice said the 0.3 per cent growth registered from January to the end of March fitted the pattern in recent years.
(20) Grice declined to say when UK workers might finally see wages rising in real terms, but did point out that inflation has recently fallen.