(n.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidae.
Example Sentences:
(1) Furthermore, female zebra finches responded strongly to AE-treated males and preferred intact males given small AE implants to unsupplemented males.
(2) Intracellular recordings were made from zebra finch hyperstriatum ventrale pars caudale (HVc) neurones in in vitro slice preparations.
(3) These results are compatible with the idea that tamoxifen does not block the action of estradiol in the brain of zebra finches, and suggest that the effects of early tamoxifen treatment on the morphology of the song system may reflect central actions of tamoxifen.
(4) After 6 and 9-h advance and delay shifts of the LD cycle, the 3 species of finches similarly re-entrained their activity rhythms in the direction of the shifted zeitgeber.
(5) The direct contact of the nervous element to the gastro-enteric endocrine cells has recently been reported in the proventricular mucosa of the finch.
(6) Margaret Finch and Sean Mcloughlin Directors, TRP solicitors, Birmingham
(7) Professor Adam Tickell of the University of Birmingham, who served on the working group behind Finch's report, said UK universities "recognise and embrace the strong moral case that the public who fund our research should have unimpeded access to the results of that research".
(8) Prof Finch, a sociologist at the University of Manchester, was asked by the government to consult academics and publishers on how the UK could make the scientific research funded by taxpayers available free of charge while maintaining high standards of peer review and without undermining the UK's successful publishing industry.
(9) They said they don’t think they’d need to because the activity won’t have a significant impact on the finch,” she said.
(10) "In the longer term, the future lies with open access publishing," said Finch at the launch of her report on Monday.
(11) In the subtropical finch, spotted munia (Lonchura punctulata), circanual rhythms (of gonads, fattening, feeding) have been demonstrated in an information-free environment of continuous illumination (LL), rendering it an ideal model for research on the physiology of the circannual clock.
(12) Any offset strategy will result in a net loss of habitat for the black-throated finch.” Concerns over the impact of mining upon the black-throated finch have previously been dismissed by federal MP and businessman Clive Palmer , who has plans for a separate Galilee Basin mine and pointed out that the birds “have wings and can fly” from danger.
(13) "I think this could be a good thing for Spain in a strange way as it will make them realise that some players will need to go before the next World Cup (Arbeloa, Torres etc) and maybe blood some of the younger ones (take your pick from the under 21s)," writes Carl Finch.
(14) Libor scandal: the bankers who fixed the world’s most important number | Liam Vaughan and Gavin Finch Read more Labour’s shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, called for a new investigation on the back of the broadcaster’s report.
(15) "Transport and housing budgets always gets cut in a spending squeeze," said Dermot Finch, director of thinktank Centre for Cities.
(16) The steroid modulation of the aromatase might be related directly to the activation of sexual, aggressive, and nest-building behaviors, whereas the stable dimorphism in 5 alpha- and 5 beta-reductase observed in the nuclei of the song system might be one of the neurochemical bases of the sex differences in the vocal behavior of the zebra finch.
(17) This contrasts with the zebra finch, a species in which only the males sing: a considerably greater proportion of male zebra finch cells in HVc and MAN are labeled than in females.
(18) The chromatin core particle DNA conformation deduced in broad outline by Finch et al.
(19) If you caught Anthony Wall [who ran Arena with Nigel Finch from 1985 to 1995 and who is still in charge of the strand] at the right moment in the bar, and had a good idea, you'd be doing it the next day.
(20) Paramyxovirus type 2(PMV-2) (Yucaipa-like), unreported in free-flying passerines in the Americas, was recovered from a finch, wren, and chicken, each from a different location.
Junco
Definition:
(n.) Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or blue snowbird.
Example Sentences:
(1) The aggressive tendencies of male dark-eyed juncos Junco hyemalis did not differ significantly following deprivation from food for 20 and 60 min.
(2) Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) were maintained on one of three semi-synthetic diets, differing only in their sulphur amino acid content.
(3) Species of the genus Junco are polymorphic for chromosomes 2 and 5.
(4) A male migratory songbird (dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis) was used as a model for studies on the influence of testosterone (T) on feeding, and on interactive effects on this behavior between T and the opioid antagonist naloxone hydrochloride (Nal).
(5) Male, dark-eyed juncos, Junco hyemalis, were held in captivity under conditions simulating winter temperature and photoperiod.
(6) T-treated juncos exhibited a decreased sensitivity to the anorexic influence of Nal administration, demonstrating that T interacts with opioids to control food consumption.
(7) Diplotene karyotypes of 61 adult male Dark-eyed Juncos, Junco hyemalis, were analyzed in order to determine the basis of the polymorphisms.
(8) To assess whether alterations in the normal pattern of testosterone (T) secretion might be beneficial or detrimental, we studied a breeding population of dark-eyed juncos in which we elevated T experimentally and measured its effect on potential correlates of fitness.
(9) Changes in deposition and the utilization of lipids during one night of migratory activity (nocturnal physical activity) were investigated in dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) held in large outdoor aviaries.
(10) During vernal migration (May), captive Juncos were sampled at the beginning and conclusion of one night of nocturnal restlessness.
(11) We used two phylogenetically distant avian species (dark-eyed junco, hyemalis, Passeriformes; domestic pigeon, Columba livia, Columbiformes) to determine the immunocytochemical distribution of opioid (leucine-enkephalin, dynorphin B) and non-opioid (adrenocorticotropic hormone) peptides in the n. intercollicularis (ICo), a midbrain region which plays a central role in the control of vocalizations.