What's the difference between harlequin and multicolor?

Harlequin


Definition:

  • (n.) A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy.
  • (n. i.) To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
  • (v. t.) Toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After two complete rounds of DNA synthesis in the presence of BrdU "harlequin" chromosomes were observed.
  • (2) The structure of harlequin-stained chromosomes following substitution with low levels of 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdUrd) over two cell cycles and high levels over the last part of one cycle (replication banding) was studied in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells.
  • (3) He talks up the "experience" aspect of Electric Daisy Carnival, from its dazzling barrage of state-of-the-art lighting to its dance troupes whose costumes are pitched midway between harlequin and hooker.
  • (4) The sympathetic nervous system is proposed to be an etiologic factor in the pathophysiology of Moyamoya disease as well as Harlequinism.
  • (5) The Harlequin baby syndrome is a rare but lethal ichtyosis.
  • (6) An eight-month-old infant developed autonomic seizures, manifested by skin reaction (harlequin-like syndrome) and paroxysmal bradycardia.
  • (7) is described from the harlequin quail (Coturnix delegorguei arabica) from Tahama, Saudi Arabia.
  • (8) The results demonstrate that longer toxaphene treatment times were not necessary for obtaining sufficient harlequin-stained cells for SCE analysis, but that higher numbers of SCEs occurred in slower dividing cells, following prolonged incubation of cultures treated with toxaphene.
  • (9) Using BrdU harlequin sister-chromatid differentiation four Revell ratios can be defined and these have been obtained and tested as a block in V79 hamster cells.
  • (10) Both families had a previous history of harlequin ichthyosis.
  • (11) Jaunty tailored jackets, harlequin coats and trousers with zips at the ankle were styled with high-collared printed shirts and ponytails.
  • (12) At birth, the newborn infant bore the appearance of a harlequin fetus.
  • (13) Radiographs of ten liveborn infants with chromosomally confirmed triploidy showed six findings highly suggestive of this diagnosis: harlequin orbits, small anterior fontanelle, gracile ribs, diaphyseal overtubulation of long bones, upswept clavicles and antimongoloid pelvis.
  • (14) An infant with phenotypic harlequin ichthyosis survived for nine months, then died a crib death.
  • (15) These findings are interpreted as obvious gene dosis effects of the incompletely dominant merle gene which is used to produce a characteric harlequin dappling in many breeds of dogs.
  • (16) Harlequin samples showed variable degrees of staining ranging from little to heavy apical cytoplasmic staining of granular cells.
  • (17) Details of the progress of another harlequin fetus to 6 months of age are given.
  • (18) We report the prolonged survival of a harlequin fetus who was treated with intensive supportive measures, emollients, and oral etretinate.
  • (19) Finally, a defect in lamellar body organellogenesis may underlie harlequin ichthyosis.
  • (20) The irradiation time and dose to produce distinct harlequin stained chromosomes has been found.

Multicolor


Definition:

  • (a.) Having many, or several, colors.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Using a multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization approach based on combinatorial probe labeling and digital imaging microscopy we demonstrate the simultaneous visualization of probe sets specific for chromosomes 13, 18, 21, X and Y.
  • (2) A detailed phenotypic analysis of intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) of the small intestine was performed using multicolor fluorescence flow cytometry.
  • (3) The production of sterigmatocystin by Aspergillus rugulosus was confirmed, and the toxicity of Aspergillus stellatus and Aspergillus multicolor is described.
  • (4) Aspergillus oryzae and Penicillium multicolor beta-galactosidases also produced derivatives galactosylated at side chains of branched CDs.
  • (5) Polymerase chain reaction analysis of somatic cell hybrids mapped the keratin 5 gene to chromosome 12, and multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization localized it to 12q very near D12S14.
  • (6) Using multicolor flow cytometry, spleens from neonatal mice of increasing age and adult bone marrow were analyzed for expression of the Fc gamma RII.
  • (7) The software and interface also provide control of a filter wheel in the microscope for use in multicolor fluorescence assays.
  • (8) Moreover, APC has been conjugated to monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies for use in multicolor FACS analysis, with the conjugated antibody activity remaining stable for at least 2 years.
  • (9) An industrial hygienist's routine and ad hoc requirements for information retrieval and analysis support are met by screen displays, printed reports, and graphical summaries which may be presented on the screen, in a printed form, or as multicolored plots.
  • (10) Some examples show absorption maxima at or near 514 nm, an excitation wavelength that is useful for multicolor fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, and DNA sequencing.
  • (11) A modular detector for measuring multicolor fluorescence from cells illuminated by single or multiple lasers has been developed for flow cytometers.
  • (12) Advances in fluorescence-activated cell sorter technology have brought about multicolor analysis of cell phenotypes.
  • (13) Multicolor in situ hybridization also excluded the possibility of pericentric inversions in two unrelated patients with CMT1 and neurofibromatosis type 1.
  • (14) Antibodies coupled to 7-aminocoumarin (AMCA) emit a bright blue fluorescence under ultraviolet (UV) excitation and are therefore ideal for three-color immunofluorescence (IF) with fluorescein (FITC) and phycoerythrin (PE) labeled reagents; however, due to the different absorption spectra, the use of these fluorophores for multicolor flow-cytometric analysis requires a double light excitation source (e.g., two-laser system).
  • (15) For color, we stimulated the subjects with a multicolored abstract display containing no recognizable objects (Land color Mondrian) and contrasted the resulting blood flow maps with those obtained when subjects viewed an identical display consisting of equiluminous shades of gray.
  • (16) By multicolor hybridizations we have been able to determine relative map position and to easily detect 10 kb overlap between individual cosmid clones, each of which shows linear beaded signals of ca.
  • (17) The described triple immunofluorescence staining technique facilitates true multicolor analysis of individual cells on a single laser flow cytometer.
  • (18) The significance of early diagnosis of the 'multicolored' saroiliac X-ray is looked onto; the syndesmophyte, squaring-phenomenon, barrel-shaped vertebra, Romanus and Andersson lesions, and the ossification of ligaments are discussed.
  • (19) Monoclonal antibodies to CD34 and HLA-DR were used in a multicolor staining protocol in conjunction with SR-1 to further define the phenotypes of various classes of hematopoietic progenitor cells.
  • (20) Data were drawn from production records for 27 pairs of multicolor jobs performed over three four-week periods.

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