(1) Differences between calycine units and the type I hair cell of mammals are discussed, and evidence that suggests an equilibratory function for the lacertilian papilla neglecta is presented.
(2) In spring the lamina propria of lacertilian testis shows 1-5 layers of myoid cells which are rich in 50-70 A filaments and exhibit plasmalemmal and intracellular dense patches, smooth vesicles along the cell membrane and a concentration of organelles in a juxtanuclear position.
(3) Similar localization and ultrastructure of avian pecten oculi and lacertilian conus papillaris suggest homology of these structures.
(4) The cellular connectivity of the lacertilian parietal eye is not well understood.
(5) The nucleoi do not have the same ultrastructure in the 5 Lacertilians; differences are noted in the dense fibrillar constituant and the composition of the nucleolus varies.
(6) The circannual chronobiology of Varanus exanthematicus exanthematicus Bose, lacertilian reptile of Senegal, is characterized by a period of rest from January to June during the dry season and a period of activity from July to December during the wet season.
(7) The external zone of the lacertilian median eminence contains numerous immunoreactive vasotocinergic fibers and only few immunoreactive mesotocinergic fibers.
(8) There are fibrous nuclear bodies in the three Lacertilians but the germ cells of Lacerta muralis have in addition granular bodies.
(9) Lacertilian species display a remarkable diversity in the organization of the neural apparatus of their pineal organ (epiphysis cerebri).
(10) In both species of lacertilian reptiles investigated, the peptidergic hypothalamic supraoptic and paraventricular nucleus project with efferents to the telencephalon, to caudal parts of the brain, and to the spinal cord.
(11) The circannual chronobiology of Varanus exanthematicus exanthematicus Bosc, lacertilian reptile of Senegal, is characterized by a period of rest from January to June (dry season) and a period of activity from July to December (wet season).
(12) Since pinealectomy as well as light deprivation to the pineal abolished the stimulatory influence of long-length photoperiods, the pineal gland is discussed here as a major transmitter of photic stimulus in lacertilian tail regeneration.
(13) In fact, it must be assumed that a rapid change of many features of the throat muscles occurred during the early evolution of lizards in order to provide the basis for further differentiation with extant lacertilian infraorders.
(14) The "paranucleolar body" is present in 4 Lacertilians but absent in Lacerta muralis.
(15) Conversely, injections of 5-hydroxytryptophan induce a strong darkening, a result similar to that previously reported in some amphibian species and in one lacertilian species.
(16) In Lacertilians, we found pinealocytic terminals without ribbons on dendrite-like profiles.
(17) In the 5 Lacertilians the cytoplasm of the pyriform cells contains numerous mitochondria, a well developed Golgi apparatus, free ribosomes, glycogen-like particles, annulate lamellae, bundles of microfilaments and microtubules.
(18) It is suggested that PRL may be the active factor that speeds up the rate of tail regeneration in lacertilians.
(19) Based on a global exploration of the hindlimb in some lacertilian species, an equally global functional approach has been undertaken, which led to the concept of the crural mechanism, an integral mechanism comprising the knee joint and the joints between respectively tibia and fibula on the one hand and the astragalocalcaneum on the other.
(20) In contrast to the morphology of pelvic outlet muscles in lacertilians, in fowl the caudal muscle element does not contribute to the formation of these muscles.
Saurian
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria.
(n.) One of the Sauria.
Example Sentences:
(1) The mammals examined included 3 eutherian, 2 marsupial and a monotreme species and the reptiles 2 saurian, 1 crocodilian and 1 testudine species.
(2) Four strains of L. tarentolae, the four other supposed saurian Leishmania species, three mammalian leishmanias, T. platydactyli and four other trypanosomes, T. cyclops (Malaysian macaque), T. conorrhini (Hawaiian reduviid bug), T. cruzi (man) and T. lewisi (feral rat) were analyzed for their contents of sterols and phosphoglyceride fatty acyl groups.
(3) The venoms of 22 species of arthropods, saurians, elapids and crotalids were studied concerning the phospholipase activity and the presence of a direct and an indirect lytic effect upon human red cells.
(4) A hypothesis is presented to describe the life cycle of P. sasai, which may be characteristic of other saurian malaria parasites.
(5) While the genus Rhabdochoma, parasite of the intestine of fresh-water fishes, underwent a very similar, but more or less pronounced, morphological evolution, it became adapted to many different hosts: Sea-fishes, Saurians, Mammals and to many locations.
(6) Saurian malaria species which produce schizonts smaller than normal erythrocyte nuclei, with 4-8 merozoietes and gametocytes equal to or smaller than erythrocyte nuclei in size, parasitizing hosts of the lizard families Scincidae, Iguanidae and Teiidae in the Neotropics are considered to be Plasmodium minasense Carini and Rudolph, 1912.
(7) This preliminary investigation has brought to light differences in GC percentages and in the shape of melting curves between chelonian DNA and that from saurians and ophidians.
(8) Thus, two immunologically distinct CaBPs, mol wt 10,000 and 28,000, are present in the adult mouse nephron; whereas, kidneys of adult rats, chickens, and saurian reptiles apparently contain significant levels of only 28,000 mol wt CaBP.
(9) Saurian malaria parasites in the Caribbean were previously represented by only two species, Plasmodium azurophilum and P. floridense.
(10) The cerebral tubulin of the saurian Phymatura palluma and of the mammalian Myotis chiloensis instead, were not depolymerized in these conditions.
(11) The DNA base composition was studied in 9 reptilian species (4 chelonians, 3 saurians, and 2 ophidians) by the thermal denaturation method.
(12) The characters studied show a non-random distribution in the classification and show also some consistency with the geographical distribution of the extant Saurians.
(13) It is suggested, in view of reports of amastigotes in circulating blood cells of hosts belonging to 5 genera, collected in 5 countries from India to France, that saurian Leishmania may behave simply as parasites of circulating blood cells, thus illustrating an early stage in the adaptation of leishmanias to the vertebrate host.
(14) Saurian Plasmodium populations previously identified as P. tropiduri from Panama are described as subspecies or distinct species.
(15) These characteristics distinguish P. holaspi from all other saurian Plasmodium species.
(16) T. platydactyli and L. tarentolae are synonymized and the present status of saurian Leishmania parasites is discussed.
(17) Eight strains of a lizard Leishmania species, L. tarentolae, were compared with four other saurian species [L. hoogstrali, L. adleri, L. agamae and Leishmania sp.
(18) In the present case, among the Saurians, the characters chosen appeared early and cannot be referred to any adaptation bound to an evolutive progress.