(1) The helminth species composition of kulan is similar to that of other species of horses.
(2) For pairwise comparisons within this family, estimates of sequence divergence ranged from 0% (E. hemionus onager vs. E. h. kulan) to 7.8% (E. przewalskii vs. E. h. onager).
(3) Chromosome fusion is apparently involved in the alterations of the karyotype of E. hemionus kulan (2n = 55, 54) when compared to the karyotype of the onager, E. hemionus onager (2n = 56).
(4) Comparison of mitochondrial DNA restriction fragment patterns among three unrelated kiang individuals and between kiangs and a Transcaspian kulan, E. hemionus kulan, indicates an approximately 1% nucleotide sequence divergence of mitochondrial DNAs between the two taxa.
(5) This polymorphism involves the same elements that participate in the polymorphic Robertsonian rearrangement producing diploid numbers of 54-56 in E. hemionus kulan and E. hemionus onager.
(6) The helminth fauna of 24 kulans from Askaniya-Nova and Badkhyz was studied.
(7) The first cytogenetic studies of the Turkmenian kulan, Equus hemionus kulan, are reported, and a polymorphism in diploid chromosome number is described.
Yulan
Definition:
(n.) A species of Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia.
Example Sentences:
(1) The human rights activist Ni Yulan, disabled after being beaten by police, lay on a bed in court and used an oxygen machine to breathe as her trial began today in Beijing.
(2) Officials stopped Chinese websites and smartphone apps from publishing US embassy data that showed embarrassingly high levels of pollution on Monday, and placed activists such as Hu Jia and Ni Yulan under house arrest.
(3) It is Ni Yulan's third prison term since she angered officials by defending the rights of people whose homes were demolished to make way for new developments, including those moved because of the 2008 Olympics.
(4) Ni Yulan lay on a bed looking thin and frail and used an oxygen machine to help her breathe during the hearing, her daughter Dong Xuan, said.
(5) Ni Yulan Clashes with officials over housing rights left the lawyer disabled and homeless .
(6) Ni Yulan, who became known for defending people evicted from their homes to make way for development, had been held under house arrest for 12 days, she told Reuters.