(a.) Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled; pied.
(a.) Fig.: Mixed.
Example Sentences:
(1) Male and female rats of the inbred Piebald Virol Glaxo ( PVG) and Sprague Dawley (SD) strains were infected with 20 metacercariae of Fasciola hepatica.
(2) Using DNA of a patient with piebaldism, mental retardation, and multiple congenital anomalies associated with a 46,XY,del(4) (q12q21.1) karyotype, we carried out quantitative Southern blot hybridization analyses of the KIT gene and the adjacent PDGFRA (platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha subunit) genes.
(3) Seven piebald lethal (PLM) mice with histologically verified aganglionosis and seven normal littermates (NLM) were sacrificed.
(4) Effects of hypoxia and hypothermia on the poststimulus rebound contractile response (PSRR) were studied in the circular muscle coat of the large intestine of the piebald mouse model for Hirschsprung's disease.
(5) The authors describe peculiar tumors with brown-white piebald anterior surface, which had grown bilaterally from the corpora nigra (C.N.)
(6) Controls of Piebald Virol Glaxo, Wistar and DA rats were also employed.
(7) Two other frequent colours are white spotting, due to the piebald allele (sp), and the chinchilla allele (ch).
(8) The results indicate that the distended portion of the colon of piebald mice is capable of coordinated peristalsis and that accumulation of feces and megacolon are secondary to the terminal obstruction that results from absence of coordinated propulsive activity in the hypoganglionic terminal segment.
(9) It is concluded that cholinergic innervation is congenitally absent in the aganglionic rectum in piebald lethal mice.
(10) Significant histological and immunocytochemical differences were seen in the ganglionic segment of colon between piebald mice with early clinical onset of acute illness and piebald mice with late onset enterocolitis.
(11) Human piebaldism is an expression of neural crest component abnormality that is classically inherited dominantly and is probably heterogeneous genetically.
(12) Here, pigmented skin around the axilla was transplanted to hypomelanotic areas in two patients with piebaldism.
(13) Vitreous fluorophotometry was performed on pigmented male rats (Piebald strain) 2 weeks after induction of diabetes by streptozotocin.
(14) The experiments were conducted on bulls-analogs of the black-piebald and Simmental breed which differ from each other in the intensity of live weight gain (18-31%) as well as on lactating cows-analogs of the black-piebald breed which differ in the level of milk productivity (41-80%).
(15) In the muscles of bulls the activity of phosphoglucomutase, phosphohexoisomerase, aldolase and fructose-1,6-diphosphatase is considerably higher (except of the activity of phosphoglucomutase and phosphohexoisomerase in the muscles of pure-bred black-piebald animals for which difference is not statistically reliable) and the content of glycogen, glucose, fructose, lactic acid, free and phosphorylated pentoses of nonadenylic compounds is essentially lower than in the muscle tissue of heifers of analogous breed groups.
(16) Comparative study of achromic and normally pigmented skin of three piebald patients from two families is reported here.
(17) This same region also contains genes for two of the structurally related factors, for c-kit, a receptor for an as yet unidentified ligand, and for 'piebald trait', an inherited skin pigmentation disorder.
(18) The latency and duration of the PSRR were increased during hypothermia while the amplitude decreased in all ganglionated regions of large intestinal preparations from both piebald mice and their normal siblings.
(19) In the course of the investigation of piebald (black-white) cattle it is found that 17,62% animals produce the AA type beta-lactoglobulin, 49,52%--the AB type and 32,86%--the BB type.
(20) The similarities between piebaldism and the Waardenburg syndromes are discussed.
Spotted
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Spot
(a.) Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character.
Example Sentences:
(1) O'Connell first spotted 14-year-old David Rudisha in 2004, running the 200m sprint at a provincial schools race.
(2) These lanes encourage cyclists to 'ride in the gutter' which in itself is a very dangerous riding position – especially on busy congested roads as it places the cyclist right in a motorist's blind spot.
(3) The effect of the mutation for white belly spot controlled by the dominant gene W on spermatogenesis in mice was examined by experimental cryptorchidism and its surgical reversal.
(4) Moments later, explosive charges blasted free two tungsten blocks, to shift the balance of the probe so it could fly itself to a prearranged landing spot .
(5) Our findings: (1) both forms, LC1 and LC3, migrate in the two species with rather similar electrophoretic constants (both in terms of pI and Mr); (2) the LC2 forms of rabbit and humans exhibit the same Mr but quite different pI values, the rabbit forms being more acidic; (3) the chain LC2Sb is resolved into two spots in both rabbit and humans.
(6) You just have to be the first person to spot a coach.
(7) The overall effect achieved with LTS was less than that with LTP, but it is possible to reduce IOP by selecting more reasonable parameters, e.g., a laser setting of 200mW, a 50 microns spot size and a 0.5 to 1-sec duration.
(8) The average repetitive yields and initial coupling of proteins spotted or blotted into PVDF membranes ranged between 84-98% and 30-108% respectively, and were comparable with the yields measured for proteins spotted onto Polybrene-coated glass fiber discs.
(9) In north-west Copenhagen, among the quiet, graffiti-tagged streets of red-brick blocks and low-rise social housing bordering the multi-ethnic Nørrebro district, police continued to cordon off roads and search a flat near the spot where officers killed a man believed to be behind Denmark’s bloodiest attacks in over a decade.
(10) Detection limits were then calculated for the different sizes of cold spots.
(11) These complications were believed to be caused by the use of a small spot size with high energy.
(12) In the brownish skin and in the black spots of the dorsal region all types of chromatophores are found.
(13) I can always spot something for my sisters Gretchen and Amy.
(14) Debeaking had no effect on the incidence of blood-spotting in the eggs.
(15) Six abnormal colonoscopic appearances were documented, namely mucosal edema, ulcers, friability, punctate spots, erythematous areas and luminal exudate.
(16) The town's Castle Hill is the perfect climb for travellers with energy to burn off: at the top is a picnic spot with far-reaching views, and there is a small children's play area at its foot.
(17) This appears to be a newly described entity, although it resembles a Becker's nevus without hypertrichosis or an typical café au lait spot.
(18) A £100,000 bronze statue of an ordinary family, the Joneses, will be unveiled in a prime spot outside the city’s library which opened last year.
(19) When delta phi was enlarged, first saccades were either directed near the green or the red spot (bistable response mode).
(20) Join us for a spot of future gazing as we discuss: The challenges and opportunities colleges and training providers will face over the next five years International expansion The role of FE in higher education New ways to diversify New technology – the possibilities and risks.