What's the difference between elk and ibex?

Elk


Definition:

  • (n.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti.
  • (n.) Alt. of Elke

Example Sentences:

  • (1) That’s when you heard the ‘boom’.” Teto Wilson also claimed to have witnessed the shooting, posting on Facebook on Sunday morning that he and some friends had been at the Elk lodge, outside which the shooting took place.
  • (2) Eight cases of snakebite occurred in seven of 11 captive Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) during June and July 1987.
  • (3) We have previously identified, cloned and characterized one of the divergent ets-related members elk-1 and shown that it codes for a sequence-specific DNA-binding transcriptional activator.
  • (4) Protein products of 24 loci from the genomes of Yellowstone Park elk were analyzed by electrophoresis.
  • (5) Brucellosis has been present in one of the two elk herds since at least 1930, and the incidence of infection among mature females in both herds was approximately 50% during this study.
  • (6) Proteins of the ets proto-oncogene family bind to similar sequences and we have found that a member of this family, Elk-1, forms SRF-dependent ternary complexes with the SRE.
  • (7) In the elk this part of the gut usually constitutes a greater part of the spiral loop than the coil proper, and runs in several irregular loops and small coils between the coil proper and the jejunal attachment.
  • (8) The Yakut elk is an obligatory intermediate host of E. granulosus (Batsch, 1786).
  • (9) We report here the immunolocalization of scrapie amyloid (PrP27-30) in plaques observed in brain tissues of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) and hybrids of mule deer and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) naturally affected with CWD.
  • (10) In elks 1 and 2, rupture of the semi-membranosus muscle was associated with massive hemorrhage and swelling.
  • (11) The amino terminal ETS-domain of Elk-1 was shown to be necessary and sufficient for direct DNA-binding activity.
  • (12) This grassy plain is well stocked with all kinds of wildlife, including the Rocky Mountain Elk and Black-tailed deer that are the wolves’ main sources of food.
  • (13) Streptokinase euglobulin lysis time (SK-ELK), fibrin and fibrinogen degradation products (FDP) and fibrinogen in the blood were determined to know the proper dosage of t-AMCHA which would not cause the ischemic complications yet suffice to prevent the rebleeding of ruptured intracranial aneurysm.
  • (14) Three elk with severe scabies had an estimated 0.6 x 10(6), 3.8 x 10(6) and 6.5 x 10(6) mites, respectively.
  • (15) Efficient ternary complex formation by Elk-1 is mediated by the B box, a conserved 21 amino acid region located 50 residues C-terminal to the Ets domain, which also acts to inhibit autonomous DNA binding.
  • (16) Conditions of foliage forests with high grass, where occur hosts of all developmental phases of ticks (elks, hares, rodents, insectivores), are most favourable for I. persulcatus.
  • (17) Peptides were isolated from the disulphide bridge and active-site regions of the A and B chymotrypsins of moose and elk by diagonal peptide-'mapping' techniques.
  • (18) Cattle, bison, and elk serum samples were treated with 0.2 M-mercaptoethanol before examination in MAT.
  • (19) In elk 3, several of the large muscles of the hindlimbs as well as the biceps brachii muscles of the forelimbs appeared pale, dry, and friable.
  • (20) elk is predominantly expressed in brain, while flk RNA is widely distributed and most abundant in testes.

Ibex


Definition:

  • (n.) One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Spain's IBEX has tumbled more than 2%, despite its central bank predicting that the country's recession is over.
  • (2) Campa was speaking as the Ibex index of Madrid's most traded stocks plunged for a second day and the cost of protecting investors against a default of Spanish debt reached a record high.
  • (3) Spanish IBEX: up 42 points at 7476, +0.55% Italian FTSE MIB: up 68 points at 15335, +0.45% Worryingly, Italian and Spanish longer-term debt has not rallied as much as the shorter-term bonds.
  • (4) UK FTSE 100: down 0.75%, or 44 points, at 5845 Germany DAX: down 0.9% France CAC 40: down 0.9% Spain IBEX: down 1.1% Italy FTSE MIB: down 1% 8.20am BST In the Wall Street Journal this morning Charles Goodhart and Sony Kapoor ask whether the eurozone crisis has turned a corner.
  • (5) In female ibex up to an age of six years, a sufficiently accurate age determination can be made based on the degree of skeletal ossification and length of the bones (s. Table 2).
  • (6) Spanish 10-year bond yields fell to a six-month low of 5.5% and the Ibex stock market in Madrid jumped by 1.4%, after Moody's confounded investors' expectations and left the country's rating unchanged.
  • (7) Here's an early round-up: FTSE 100: up 18 points at 5827, +0.3% DAX: up 40 points at 6959, + 0.6% CAC: up 28 points at 3430, + 0.85% IBEX: up 139 points at 7193.
  • (8) The FTSEurofirst300 index fell 1.4%, driven by selloffs in Frankfurt (DAX down 1.9%), Paris (CAC down 2.65%), Madrid (IBEX down 1.2%) and Milan (FTSE MIB down 2%).
  • (9) Virus isolates from a blue wildebeest, a sika deer and an ibex had restriction endonuclease DNA cleavage patterns that were in general similar to each other.
  • (10) • FTSE 100 : up 18 points at 5811, + 0.3% • German DAX : up 49 points at 7278, +0.6% • French CAC : up 30 points at 3419, + 0.9% • Spain's IBEX : up 56 points at 7708, + 0.75% • Italy's FTSE MIB : up 120 points at 15632, + 0.8% Spread-betters had been predicting that concerns over the global economy would push shares lower.
  • (11) The Italian blue-chip index, the FTSE MIB index, fell by 3.25%, while the Spanish Ibex lost 2.8%.
  • (12) • The FTSE 100 has fallen 0.62% at 5793.32 • Germany's Dax is down 0.68% • France's Cac has closed 0.72% lower • Spain's Ibex is off 1.06% • Italy's FTSE MIB has dropped 0.78% • The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently down 11 points But Spanish and Italian bond yields have edged lower again, so Spain may well feel it can hold out on any bailout request.
  • (13) The Dax in Frankfurt is up 0.5% while the Ibex in Madrid has perked up 0.6%.
  • (14) The biggest falls on European bourses were in Milan, where the FTSE MIB slid 549 points to 13,114 and in Madrid, where the Ibex shed 252 points to 6624.
  • (15) Here's a closing summary: FTSE 100: down 22 points at 5893, - 0.37% German DAX: down 10 points at 7401, - 0.14% French CAC: down 26 points 3555, - 0.73% Spanish IBEX: down 6 points at 8148, -0.08% Italian FTSE MIB: down 154 points at 16470, - 0.93% With Spanish bond yields still sharply higher today, there is concern in the City that the eurocrisis is poised to flare up again.
  • (16) Updated at 10.10am BST 8.12am BST EUROPEAN MARKETS FALL AT THE OPEN Financial markets in Europe have dropped at the start of trading: FTSE 100 index: down 34 points at 5858, - 0.6% German DAX: down 49 points at 7354, -0.8% French CAC: down 23 points at 3530, - 0.66% Spanish IBEX: down 50 points at 8097, - 0.6% Italian FTSE MIB: down 95 points at 16375, - 0.6% Spain isn't the only reason.
  • (17) 9.32am BST Market update Not much drama to report in the financial markets, where stock markets are pretty flat in early trading (Spain's IBEX is the most 'interesting', down around 0.5%).
  • (18) FTSE 100: up 18 points at 5798, + 0.3% German DAX: up 32 points at 7322, + 0.45% French CAC: up 6 points at 3446, + 0.2% Spanish IBEX: up 44 points at 7886, + 0.57% Italian FTSE MIB: up 80 points at 15529.
  • (19) FTSE 100: up 17 points at 5675, + 0.3% German DAX: up 25 points at 6989, + 0.25% French CAC: up 11 points at 3417, up 0.35% Spanish IBEX: up 59 points at 7553, up 0.79% Italian FTSE MIB: up 60 points at 15188, up 0.38% Cameron Peacock , market analyst at IG Markets, warned that shares could swiftly retreat if the ECB doesn't deliver: Should Mr Draghi fail to provide the market with an acceptable level of detail of the intended programme, there is the very real risk of a short-term pull back in the euro, particularly now, given it has rallied on the back of last night’s leaks.
  • (20) • The FTSE 100 has finished down 0.11%, a fall of nearly 100 points on the week • Germany's Dax is down 0.58% • France's Cac has closed up 0.47% • Italy's FTSE MIB is 0.09% lower • Spain's Ibex is up 0.16% • The Athens market is up 0.92% • The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 64 points at the moment And with that we're off.

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