(a.) Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable.
(a.) Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.
Example Sentences:
(1) Osteogenesis imperfecta is the common term for a heterogeneous group of heritable disorders of connective tissue with lethal and nonlethal forms.
(2) This study focuses on the expansion and maturation of the fatty streak in the aorta of Watanabe Heritable Hyperlipemic rabbits and comparably hypercholesterolemic fat-fed rabbits between 2 and 6 months duration of hypercholesterolemia.
(3) Our results illustrate, once again, that heritability is not a constant, but depends on the precise characteristics of the population and the time at which it is studied.
(4) A significant relationship with heritable fragile sites was found in this study.
(5) The heritability of the two traits of walking behavior was remarkably different; the former was estimated to be about 7%, the latter 26%.
(6) The heritability for one of the measures of attention deficit was also significant (h2g = 0.76).
(7) As in earlier series, estimates of heritability are higher for mothers than fathers.
(8) The genetic implications of establishing the diagnosis of this common heritable X-chromosome abnormality and the therapeutic consequences of detecting the depression are emphasized.
(9) The data failed to detect significant heritability, and common family environment proved to be a major determinant in the variation of periodontal health.
(10) Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis is a rare heritable disorder consisting of a triad of cutaneous findings including reticulate hyperpigmentation, noncicatricial alopecia, and onychodystrophy.
(11) However, when spelling ability was investigated, a heritability of 0.53 was obtained, increasing to 0.75 when intelligence was controlled.
(12) Milk yield, fat yield, and protein yield had heritabilities of .36, .38, and .25.
(13) Moreover, genetics textbooks consistently employ confused or misleading definitions of the concept of heritability that, together with the reporting of discredited data, perpetuate a fundamentally inaccurate understanding of the genetics of intelligence.
(14) Refractive error and the ocular refractive components have heritabilities intermediate between zero and one, as complied from several studies, indicating familial resemblance, but also non-genetic variation.
(15) Statistically significant interactions effects of line x diet were noted (P less than .01) for AGE, ADG and Index, traits with low to moderate heritabilities (h2).
(16) The heritability estimate of 0.6 appears lower than that from studies in European populations.
(17) The results were tabulated and expressed specifically by way of the heritability and repeatability coefficients.
(18) Heritability estimates were extremely variable among the different herds and methods of measurement but there was evidence of considerable genetic variation, particularly for sweat gland traits.
(19) Radiation-induced heritable lesions in murine leukaemic lymphoblasts L5178Y-S affect progesssion of the cells through the G2 phase of the cell cycle.
(20) The somatic mutation theory of carcinogenesis has dominated much of cancer research for the past 30 years, encouraging emphasis on exogenous genotoxic agents capable of inducing malignant transformation via heritable damage to DNA.
Particulate
Definition:
(v. t. & i.) To particularize.
(a.) Having the form of a particle.
(a.) Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust, minute germs, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator (CUSA) is a dissecting system that removes tissue by vibration, irrigation and suction; fluid and particulate matter from tumors are aspirated and subsquently deposited in a canister.
(2) Previous studies in this laboratory with particulate Mn3O4 have shown that preweanling rats have substantially higher tissue Mn concentrations than similarly treated adults, indicating possible differences in uptake or elimination or both.
(3) EGTA was ineffective in removing calmodulin from particulate preparations, but treatment with the tervalent metal ion La3+ resulted in a loss of up to 98% of calmodulin activity from these preparations.
(4) The formation of 1-naphthol from naphthalene was investigated in rat brain 105,000 g particulate fraction.
(5) While there has been almost no political reform during their terms of office, there have been several ambitious steps forward in terms of environmental policy: anti-desertification campaigns; tree planting; an environmental transparency law; adoption of carbon targets; eco-services compensation; eco accounting; caps on water; lower economic growth targets; the 12th Five-Year Plan; debate and increased monitoring of PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] and huge investments in eco-cities, "clean car" manufacturing, public transport, energy-saving devices and renewable technology.
(6) The increased release of alkaline phosphatase from the particulate matrix by lysophosphatidylcholine was confirmed by disc electrophoresis.
(7) [3H]-oxytocin was specifically bound to the 105,000 X g particulate fractions from 5 lactating cows and 5 non-lactating cows.
(8) The kinetics of both the solube and particulate enzymes from epidermis of some elderly patients with either diabetes or ischaemia showed some differences from the kinetics of enzymes from healthy epidermis from younger individuals.
(9) The properties of the soluble enzymes, further purified by ion-exchange chromatography, and of the particulate keratan sulfate endoglycosidase are presented.
(10) PMA and bryostatin-1 translocated protein kinase-C activity from the soluble to particulate fractions of cell homogenates.
(11) This requires a subthreshold level of cyclin and the presence of a particulate factor in the extract.
(12) They attached themselves, by means of an organelle on the anterior cell surface, to particulate sources of these carbohydrates provided soluble protein was present in the medium.
(13) Protein kinase II activity was localized predominantly in the 100,000g particulate fraction of cerebrum and testis, in the supernatant fraction of heart, liver, adrenal, and kidney, and about equally distributed between particulate and supernatant in spleen and lung.
(14) The enzyme hydrogenase, from the photosynthetic bacterium Chromatium, was purified to homogeneity after solubilization of the particulate enzyme with deoxycholate.
(15) Protein A was recovered in the soluble fraction and protein B in the particulate (crude fiber) fraction.
(16) Much of the particulate material resembled cell debris.
(17) Maybe we need fewer buses, pumping out diesel particulates.
(18) We have investigated the interaction between concanavalin A-agarose (Con A-agarose) and thyroid peroxidase, an integral membrane protein found in the 105,000 X g, 1-h particulate fraction of thyroid tissue.
(19) The particulate activity was found to be composed of three low-Km isozymes as of the corresponding soluble fraction.
(20) 5-Hydroxytryptamine transporters in the affinity-purified preparation were identified by using the selective 5-hydroxytryptamine-uptake inhibitor [3H]paroxetine, and were shown to display a similar pharmacological profile to those present in particulate preparations.