(a.) Having a varying body temperature. See Homoiothermal.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results from a non-mammalian poikilothermic vertebrate provide additional evidence in favour of the cross-linkage theory of ageing and suggest a common pattern of collagen ageing in vertebrates.
(2) A possible role of the pineal of poikilotherms in the transduction of several environmental factors, via the daily pattern of melatonin secretion, is hypothesized.
(3) Of 26 non-O1 isolates selected for cytotoxin and enterotoxin production, 23 showed a wide spectrum of cytotoxic effects on cell lines of poikilothermic and homoiothermic species, but they were weakly enterotoxigenic in the infant mouse test.
(4) It is concluded that the hepatoma observed in poikilothermic animals (rainbow trout) is similar to the liver tumors found in birds and mammals.
(5) While in the brains of adult homeothermic vertebrates (with thermo-regulation: mammals, birds) the di-sialoganglioside GD1a predominates, in the brain of poikilotherms (without thermo-regulation: e.g.
(6) beta NA1 Val, beta EF6 Lys and beta H21 His are identical with 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate-(DPG)binding sites in mammalian hemoglobins, whereby rhinoceros hemoglobin resembles both ATP-sensitive poikilotherm hemoglobin and DPG-sensitive mammalian hemoglobin.
(7) As visual sensitivity limited by thermal events should rise when the temperature falls, poikilothermous vertebrates living at low temperatures should then reach light sensitivities unattainable by mammals and birds with optical factors equal.
(8) The influence of temperature on the senescence of poikilotherms is briefly examined.
(9) Rates of autoxidation may be intimately related to hemoglobin function thus providing a means for studying hemoglobin adaptation in poikilothermic vertebrates, especially among cold-adapted species.
(10) The role of homeoviscous adaptation in the compensation of the rates of membrane processes during thermal acclimation, and upon the resistance adaptation of poikilotherms to extreme temperatures is discussed.
(11) The rainbow trout lens was used as the poikilothermal lens and the rat lens as the homothermal lens.
(12) The relative susceptibility of rabbit (homeothermic) kidney to mercury intoxication was compared to that of Coho salmon (poikilothermic) kidney to mercury intoxication was compared to that of Coho salmon (poikilothermic) kidney over temperature ranges consistent with the habitat of each of the two species.
(13) It was shown that the effect of low temperatures on a certain part of a body of a poikilothermic animal has induced both a response of the whole organism and a much more acute response of the cooled tissues.
(14) The viral susceptibility range of a poikilothermic cell line derived from the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) (FHM) to infection by a number of homoiothermic viruses representing most of the presently recognized viral groups and a member of the psittacosis-lymphogranuloma-trachoma group of agents was studied.
(15) Analysis of particular tests demonstrated disturbed thermometry mostly in poikilothermics.
(16) The sequences show a 53-65% identity with non-Antarctic poikilotherm fish species; on the other hand, a very high degree of similarity (83-88%) has been found between Hb 1 and the major component of another Antarctic species of a different family.
(17) However, the effect of ambient temperature on intestinal transit in homeothermic neonates such as pigs, calves, and humans may be different from that in mice because neonatal mice are poikilothermic.
(18) The thermal independence of transmitter release may be an important mechanism in allowing poikilothermic animals to maintain physiological function over a wide range of body temperatures.
(19) The rate and form of growth of Histoplasma capsulatum within histiocytes derived from homothermic and poikilothermic animals, and incubated at 25, 30, and 37 C, are described.
(20) These results can be interpreted by the existence of particular selective pressures operating in poikilothermic species as it was already suggested by Du Pasquier.
Poikilothermous
Definition:
(a.) Poikilothermal.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results from a non-mammalian poikilothermic vertebrate provide additional evidence in favour of the cross-linkage theory of ageing and suggest a common pattern of collagen ageing in vertebrates.
(2) A possible role of the pineal of poikilotherms in the transduction of several environmental factors, via the daily pattern of melatonin secretion, is hypothesized.
(3) Of 26 non-O1 isolates selected for cytotoxin and enterotoxin production, 23 showed a wide spectrum of cytotoxic effects on cell lines of poikilothermic and homoiothermic species, but they were weakly enterotoxigenic in the infant mouse test.
(4) It is concluded that the hepatoma observed in poikilothermic animals (rainbow trout) is similar to the liver tumors found in birds and mammals.
(5) While in the brains of adult homeothermic vertebrates (with thermo-regulation: mammals, birds) the di-sialoganglioside GD1a predominates, in the brain of poikilotherms (without thermo-regulation: e.g.
(6) beta NA1 Val, beta EF6 Lys and beta H21 His are identical with 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate-(DPG)binding sites in mammalian hemoglobins, whereby rhinoceros hemoglobin resembles both ATP-sensitive poikilotherm hemoglobin and DPG-sensitive mammalian hemoglobin.
(7) As visual sensitivity limited by thermal events should rise when the temperature falls, poikilothermous vertebrates living at low temperatures should then reach light sensitivities unattainable by mammals and birds with optical factors equal.
(8) The influence of temperature on the senescence of poikilotherms is briefly examined.
(9) Rates of autoxidation may be intimately related to hemoglobin function thus providing a means for studying hemoglobin adaptation in poikilothermic vertebrates, especially among cold-adapted species.
(10) The role of homeoviscous adaptation in the compensation of the rates of membrane processes during thermal acclimation, and upon the resistance adaptation of poikilotherms to extreme temperatures is discussed.
(11) The rainbow trout lens was used as the poikilothermal lens and the rat lens as the homothermal lens.
(12) The relative susceptibility of rabbit (homeothermic) kidney to mercury intoxication was compared to that of Coho salmon (poikilothermic) kidney to mercury intoxication was compared to that of Coho salmon (poikilothermic) kidney over temperature ranges consistent with the habitat of each of the two species.
(13) It was shown that the effect of low temperatures on a certain part of a body of a poikilothermic animal has induced both a response of the whole organism and a much more acute response of the cooled tissues.
(14) The viral susceptibility range of a poikilothermic cell line derived from the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) (FHM) to infection by a number of homoiothermic viruses representing most of the presently recognized viral groups and a member of the psittacosis-lymphogranuloma-trachoma group of agents was studied.
(15) Analysis of particular tests demonstrated disturbed thermometry mostly in poikilothermics.
(16) The sequences show a 53-65% identity with non-Antarctic poikilotherm fish species; on the other hand, a very high degree of similarity (83-88%) has been found between Hb 1 and the major component of another Antarctic species of a different family.
(17) However, the effect of ambient temperature on intestinal transit in homeothermic neonates such as pigs, calves, and humans may be different from that in mice because neonatal mice are poikilothermic.
(18) The thermal independence of transmitter release may be an important mechanism in allowing poikilothermic animals to maintain physiological function over a wide range of body temperatures.
(19) The rate and form of growth of Histoplasma capsulatum within histiocytes derived from homothermic and poikilothermic animals, and incubated at 25, 30, and 37 C, are described.
(20) These results can be interpreted by the existence of particular selective pressures operating in poikilothermic species as it was already suggested by Du Pasquier.