(n. pl.) An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored.
Example Sentences:
(1) The appearance of the corpus allatum, the central endocrine gland of diapause, was examined histologically in the slug moth prepupae, Monema flavescens (Lepidoptera).
(2) A growth-blocking peptide (GBP) with repressive activity against juvenile hormone (JH) esterase has been isolated from the last (6th) instar larval plasma of the armyworm Pseudaletia separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) parasitized by the parasitoid wasp Apanteles kariyai (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) (1,2).
(3) Sequence divergence in the 16S rRNA obtained from alignment with published insect sequences is consistent with phylogenetic hypotheses, in that Diptera and Lepidoptera are more closely related to each other (24% sequence divergence) than either is to Hymenoptera (31%).
(4) The perinephric membrane in the Lepidoptera is impermeable to the dyes.
(5) The resulting strain contained only DNA of Bt origin, and displayed insecticidal activity against both lepidoptera and coleoptera.
(6) The properties of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase were studied in soluble and particulate fractions from the central nervous system of Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae).
(7) Brain extracts from day 1-4 last instar larvae of Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera) stimulate RNA synthesis in cultured silk glands from day 3 last instar larvae.
(8) The elimination chromatin separating from chromosomes during the first maturation division of female sex cells of lepidoptera insects was studied cytochemically on paraffin sections of eggs of Bombyx mori L. Ocytes at the metaphase-telophase stage of the first meiotic division were stained for RNA by metyl green-pyronin and gallocyanin with negative results.
(9) The complexes have been screened against Spodoptera litura; F (Lepidoptera: noctuiidae) for antifeeding and insect-growth-regulating activity.
(10) Mutagenesis has been used to investigate the toxicity and specificity of a larvicidal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis aizawai IC1 that is toxic to both lepidoptera and diptera and differs by only three residues from a monospecific lepidopteran toxin from B. thuringiensis berliner.
(11) The protein has pronounced similarity to cuticular proteins from larvae of diptera and lepidoptera, but only slight resemblance to the previously sequenced locust exocuticular proteins.
(12) Although the neuropeptide proctolin has important functions in many arthropods, it is reported to be absent in Lepidoptera.
(13) Only one of the four lepidoptera-specific crystal protein subclasses (CryIC) Bacillus thuringiensis was previously shown to be highly toxic against several Spodoptera species.
(14) Heads of insects from 8 genera of Diptera and Lepidoptera were found to contain 3-hydroxyretinoids.
(15) The nodes formed by the mid-ventral tracheal anastomoses in abdominal segments 3-6 are modified into conspicuous glandular organs in larvae of certain Lepidoptera.
(16) No positive synergism between 130- and 65-kDa toxins or among three CryIA toxins tested against seven species of Lepidoptera occurred.
(17) israelensis on Aedes aegypti larvae and the cytopathological effects of the other varieties of B. thuringiensis on Lepidoptera larvae.
(18) Chiasmata are absent in all the female Lepidoptera examined by Suomalainen and others, but Ephestia seems to show the absence of chiasmata but the presence of genetic recombination in the female, and therefore would repay further study.
(19) In our rRNA study of higher moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia), the selection of different exemplars and outgroups caused major tree rearrangements.
(20) In contrast to other members of the Lepidoptera there is no conspicuous heterochromatic W-chromosome, which corresponds to the female-specific heterochromatin body present in the nuclei of somatic tissues.
Unco
Definition:
(a.) Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved.
(adv.) In a high degree; to a great extent; greatly; very.
(n.) A strange thing or person.
Example Sentences:
(1) In recent years the auditory brainstem evoked response (BSER) has become an established aid in assessing hearing in unco-operative subjects.
(2) The test heat treatment led to neurological complications, ranging from unco-ordinated use of the forelegs to paralysis of both forelegs.
(3) Using it on young children which are unco-operative the Auto-Refractor is not as sufficient as we hoped it to be.
(4) The former editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller, is the target of special ire for his allegedly unco-operative attitude, described as "a moral pygmy with a self-justifying streak the size of the San Andreas fault".
(5) The managers' efforts to identify unmet need were often piecemeal and unco-ordinated, and this may have been, in part, because managers were facing difficulties in meeting existing demands for services.
(6) Pregnancy outcome improved markedly in the latter years, possibly owing to non-exposure to warfarin, less immunosuppression, and improvement in neonatal care, and four of the five mothers who suffered deterioration in renal function were notoriously unco-operative in their medical care.
(7) The uncal or the unco-parahippocampal branches of the anterior choroidal artery were divided into rostral and caudal; the former were present in 70.6%, and the latter were present in 94.1%.
(8) The use of Ketalar as a general anesthetic in dental treatments particularly in extractions of unco-operative children of 2-5 years was studied.
(9) The existence of co-operation between species has been cast as a problem to the selfish-gene view of evolution: why does co-operation persist, when it would seem that individual selection should favor the unco-operative individual who exploits the co-operative tendencies of its partner and gives nothing in return?
(10) At the onset of purposeless, unco-ordinated movements of the entire body, blood samples were obtained to determine the CNS excitation-threshold plasma concentration (ETPC) of laudanosine.
(11) The results indicate that changes in blood-flow patterns and loss of marginal definition of basal vessels are unreliable signs of left-sided insufficiency in old patients or in unco-operative patients, in the presence of a high diaphragm and in the supine position.
(12) A method for securing nasoenteric tubes in the unco-operative patient is presented.
(13) A series of 40 patients with degnerative discopathy was effectively treated to means of trans-unco-discal approach, which is a combined anterior and lateral approach to cervical discs.
(14) The author of that report, Graham Badman, called for "authoritative social work practice" whereby social workers actively and robustly challenged unco-operative or violent clients.
(15) The uncal or the unco-parahippocampal branches of the internal carotid artery, which originated 1.4 to 4.2 mm from its bifurcation site, existed in 58.8%.
(16) The electron spin resonance spectrum, g 4.25, and the low molar relaxivity, 473m(-1).s(-1), of water H(+) suggest the presence of high-spin Fe(III) unco-ordinated to water in the enzyme.
(17) Minor neurological symptoms were observed one day after 75 min at 42.3 degrees C. The incidence and severity of the neurological symptoms (ranging from unco-ordinated use of the forelegs to paralysis) increased with increasing temperature and duration of the hyperthermic treatment.
(18) Vigorous grunts of approval came from Joe Rukin (video) , national co-ordinator of Stop HS2 who was wrestling with the elephant's unco-operative generator.
(19) CNIL also criticised the company for being unco-operative in its responses to queries from the commissioners.
(20) Like a rich country fruit cake, Kidnapped is seasoned throughout with handfuls of dialect words, "ain" (one), "bairn" (child), "blae" (cheerless), "chield" (fellow), "drammach" (raw oatmeal), "fash" (bother), "muckle" (big), "siller" (money), "unco" (extremely) , "wheesht!"