(n. pl.) A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.
Example Sentences:
(1) The taxonomically close relationship between lizards and snakes, which together constitute the Squamata, is reflected in a similar distribution of DA fibers and varicosities to the dorsal ventricular ridge and the lateral cortex, and in the limited number of CSF-contacting DA neurons in the hypothalamus.
(2) The emission spectra of luminescence in O. californica and A. squamata are broad with a half band width of 71 nm and an approximate emission maximum at 510 nm.
(3) The comparative study of the aortic trunks of Dibamus (subterranean limbless Squamate) and of the other Squamata shows the presence of an original vascular organization in the serpentiform animals submitted to the subterranean life constraints as Scolecophidia, Amphisbaenia, Dibamidae, Anniellidae, Feyliniidae, and some Scincidae (genus Acontias and Typhlosaurus).
(4) It is suggested that toxin-resistant acetylcholine receptors appeared early in the evolution of Squamata and preceded the appearance of alpha-neurotoxins.
(5) The distribution of luminescence in Ophiopsila californica and Amphipholis squamata is described on the basis of image intensification, fluorescence microscopy, and histological techniques.
(6) The optokinetik reactivity of lizards (Calotes versicolor Daud., Agamidae, Squamata) varies spontaneously within seconds.
(7) The epithelium of the extrapulmonary airways of a Chelonia (Mauremys caspica) and a Squamata (Lacerta lepida) was investigated by means of conventional light and transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, histochemistry and immunocytochemistry.
(8) The variability of sperm basic proteins in representatives of three reptilian orders, Squamata, Testudines, and Crocodylia, has been examined by cytochemistry, acid-urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and amino acid analysis of amidoblack-stained bands.
(9) Prevalences of poxvirus-like lesions were determined for 177 northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) and 24 scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) trapped in southern Texas from 1976 to 1979 and for 190 northern bobwhites and 105 scaled quail shot at five locations in southern Texas from 1980 to 1981.
(10) The present results show that marked morphological differences occur between the epithelia of the extrapulmonary airways of reptiles belonging to the genus Chelonia and Squamata.
(11) New host records include Ophthalmophagus striatus (Crossley) 1952 from Columbigallina passerina, Boydaia clarki Fain 1963 from Callipepla squamata, Boydaia falconis Fain 1956 from Falco sparverius, and Boydaia tyrannus Ford 1959 from Myiarchus cinerascens.
(12) The interpretation of original features of the aortic trunks showed by subterranean limbless Squamata allows to propose a hypothesis about a particular pattern of elongation regarding the anterior part of these Reptiles.
(13) If a caudo-proximal reduction of the brachial plexus occurs early in the lepidosaurian line and exists in all the Squamata, even in the Iguana which have well developed limbs, it is not the same for the reduction of the lombo-sacral plexus which does not appear in these Iguana.
(14) Heterologous radioimmunoassays (RIAs) for the mammalian prodynorphin end products, alpha-neo-endorphin, dynorphin A(1-17), dynorphin A(1-8), and dynorphin B(1-13) were used to screen brain extracts obtained from representatives of the major surviving orders of reptiles: Chelonia (Pseudemys scripta), Squamata (Anolis carolinensis), and Crocodylia (Alligator mississippiensis).
(15) These features support the idea that the amphisbaenids could be situated within the Squamata at the same level as in Ophidia and Lacertilia.
(16) Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) was oncogenic for the following nine species of reptiles representing 6 families from Chelonia and Squamata orders: family of Testudinidae: 1.
Squamate
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Squamated
Example Sentences:
(1) Activation in the latter was accompanied not only with focal degeneration of cytoplasm but with some changes in the cell as a whole with its subsequent squamation into the lumen.
(2) The comparative study of the aortic trunks of Dibamus (subterranean limbless Squamate) and of the other Squamata shows the presence of an original vascular organization in the serpentiform animals submitted to the subterranean life constraints as Scolecophidia, Amphisbaenia, Dibamidae, Anniellidae, Feyliniidae, and some Scincidae (genus Acontias and Typhlosaurus).
(3) The histological and physiological effects of the removal of superficial corneous epidermal materials have been studied in several squamate species and a caiman.
(4) It is shown that in several features, including the development of the central musculature of the tongue into a ring muscle and the presence of a genioglossus internus muscle in adults, the tongue in most agamids is derived relative to that in other squamates.
(5) Many proximal tubules presented no DLs, but nearly all from the 24-hour subset (97-100%) displayed a squamate appearance which paralleled and was caused by acute tubular necrosis.
(6) The mass exponent was 0.806, which is approximately the same as reported for squamates and for all reptilian taxa combined.
(7) Changes of special interest include (1) the presence of swan-necks; (2) a distinctive squamate appearance of the proximal tubules in the animals killed at 24 h; (3) a spiral, curled appearance caused by differential hyperplasia in animals at 4, 8 and 12 weeks, and (4) a tendency for ischemic lesions to involve all layers of the renal cortex.
(8) The oviducts and femoral glands of testosterone-treated individuals were hypertrophied; the collecting tubules of the kidney of these animals contained granules, an androgen-dependent, sexually dimorphic character in squamate reptiles.
(9) The values of hemoglobin concentration, Hb-O2 affinity and buffering capacity of the blood of six sea snake species considerably overlap values from terrestrial squamates.
(10) Binding assays (in heterologous and homologous systems) again demonstrated the general absence of an FSH-specific receptor in the reptilian (chelonian and squamate) testes.
(11) The dogs presented with moderate itching and slight to massive floury squamation on the back.
(12) Activity of pyridoxal kinase (per 1 g of tissue or per 1 mg of protein) varied in the range from 7 to 39 un or from 0.079 to 0.4 un in human malignant neoplasm tissues (adenocarcinoma of various localization, squamatous cell carcinoma of lungs, skin melanoma).
(13) The evolution of uricoteley as a mechanism for hepatic ammonia detoxication in vertebrates required targeting of glutamine synthetase (GS) to liver mitochondria in the sauropsid line of descent leading to the squamate reptiles and archosaurs.
(14) This feature appears to be exclusive to the squamate reptiles.
(15) The six peptides detected in E. kingii have been previously found in the gastrointestinal tract of squamate reptiles; however, immunoreactivity for other peptides previously detected in squamates, in particular another skink, was not observed.
(16) Soft parts are rarely preserved, except for one partial squamation.
(17) The various patterns of environmental sex determination in squamates, chelonians and crocodilians are described.
(18) In squamate reptiles, the complex and varied ornamentation of the Oberhäutchen functions both in adhesive modifications and in modulating surface reflectivity.
(19) World literature on Plasmodium of squamate reptiles (1909-1975) includes 156 published accounts on 54 valid species and subspecies.
(20) In squamates it appears that the physiological barrier is the alpha-layer of the epidermal generation, and while the beta-layer cannot be excluded as playing some role in reducing the permeability of the integument, its role appears to be primarily mechanical.