What's the difference between sterlet and sturgeon?

Sterlet


Definition:

  • (n.) A small sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, and highly esteemed for its flavor. The finest caviare is made from its roe.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ultrastructure of neurosecretory cells of the preoptic nucleus in immature sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) was studies for the first time.
  • (2) Hypophysectomy was performed on sexually mature sterlets, Acipenser ruthenus L., in summer and autumn.
  • (3) Using the unlabeled antibody peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) technique at the light microscopic level the distribution of immunoreactive corticoliberin has been studied in the hypothalamus and hypophysis of the sterlet.
  • (4) The results are given of histophysiological study of neurohypophysis in sexually mature sterlets (Acipenser ruthenus L.) of different age.
  • (5) DNA synthesis in meiotic oocytes of the sterlet (A. ruthenus) has been studied during early prophase stages using H3-thymidine.
  • (6) The flagellar olfactory receptors appeared to predominate in both ten-days larvae and adults of the anadromous sturgeons and sevrugas, while the microvillar olfactory receptors predominate in freshwater sterlets in ten-days larvae as well in adults.
  • (7) obtained from infected eggs of the North American acipenseriform fish Polyodon spathula and corresponding developmental stages of Polypodium hydriforme Ussov, parasitic in the Volga sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus).
  • (8) "Unicellular" stages (107 specimens) and multicellular stages (64 specimens) of embryogenesis of Polypodium, found in 14 sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) females, have been studied with light microscopy, cytophotometry, and autoradiography following incubation with 3H-uridine.
  • (9) Immunohistochemical studies done on human and chicken embryos, newt, sterlet, and sturgeon embryos, larvae, and juveniles revealed a strong immunoreactivity of the brain, spinal cord, and tissue of the peripheral nervous system with an anti-P MAb.
  • (10) Three variations of olfactory cells were found in the olfactory organ of the sterlet Acipenser ruthenus.
  • (11) The vascularization of the telencephalic choroid plexus of the sterlet Acipenser ruthenus, a ganoid fish, was examined by vascular corrosion casting and by light and transmission electron microscopy.
  • (12) Three types of olfactory cells: rod-like and cone-like (flagellar olfactory cells) and filamentous (microvillar olfactory cells), which have been described previously in adult Acipenseridae were found in the olfactory organ of the ten-days larval sturgeons (Acipenser güldenstädti), sevrugas (Acipenser stellatus) and sterlets (Acipenser ruthenus).
  • (13) Thus, the main synthesis of extra DNA in the sterlet oocytes occurs during pachytene.
  • (14) The authors found that the P-epitope is ontogenetically expressed in the neural tissue of chicken, newt, and sterlet at the period of cytodifferentiation.
  • (15) Evolution of the nucleoli has been followed during oogenesis in the Acipenserid fishes, Acipenser ruthenus (the sterlet) and A. guidenstadti (the sturgeon) using light and electron microscopes.
  • (16) n. on the gills of the sterlet and Trichodina percae sp.
  • (17) The occurrence in Polypterus CNS of myelin proteins similar to those observed in the sterlet confirms its close relationship to Chondrostei.

Sturgeon


Definition:

  • (n.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the debate, Sturgeon clearly signalled she was open to working with Ed Miliband, at one point saying: “I agree with Ed.” She challenged the Labour leader to join her in seeking an end austerity and said the SNP was his “ally” in trying to roll back a tide of privatisation in the NHS.
  • (2) Within an hour of his speech, Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish deputy first minister, was making the opposite case at an SNP event in Glasgow.
  • (3) The SNP can now contend that it is not they who are the reckless parochialists To an extent that is not widely appreciated, Nicola Sturgeon’s decision to go for broke by calling for a fresh plebiscite represents a dramatic shift in her strategy.
  • (4) But Sturgeon stressed she had not yet made that decision.
  • (5) They claim 13 Labour candidates received visits from Harriet Harman’s “pink bus” but did not declare this in their local returns, with the cost instead included in the national return; that the Lib Dems used an election battlebus to transport activists to constituencies which was not included in the candidates’ returns; and that the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, “used a helicopter to campaign for SNP candidates in 12 target constituencies – at a cost of £35,000”.
  • (6) This week a ComRes poll for ITV News focusing on Labour’s 40 Scottish seats found that the SNP had a six-point lead, putting Sturgeon’s party on the brink of winning about 28 new seats and close to becoming the third largest party at Westminster.
  • (7) MW Sturgeon was the shortest leader on show but, what she lacked in height, she made up for in assertiveness.
  • (8) Gaby Hinsliff Everyone wants their own Sturgeon now Where do we find a Nicola Sturgeon?
  • (9) The inoculated and primary cell cultures of fish (carp, salmon, and sturgeon) have been studied.
  • (10) There have been reports that civil servants were working on a deadline of Christmas this year while Theresa May has indicated that she wants to secure the support of the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, before beginning the exit process.
  • (11) One proposal was that Sturgeon could resign, sparking a Scottish parliamentary election to seek a mandate, but her advisers say she already has a mandate.
  • (12) Fragments that consisted mainly of two polysaccharide chains joined by a short polypeptide bridge (doublets) were prepared from chondroitin sulphate-proteins of lamprey, sturgeon, elasmobranch and ox connective tissues after hydrolysis with trypsin and chymotrypsin.
  • (13) Nicola Sturgeon’s hopes of gaining support for her bid to keep Scotland in the European Union despite the UK’s vote to leave have been dealt a blow after the Spanish prime minister warned: “If the United Kingdom leaves … Scotland leaves.” Brexit explained: Corbyn Speaking in Brussels, where the Scottish first minister held a series of meetings to lobby for Scotland , Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European commission, said that although he would gladly hear Sturgeon’s case, he was not in a position to enter into talks on Scotland’s future separately from the UK.
  • (14) Claiming that Labour and Lib Dem plans to shift some but not all tax powers to Edinburgh were "demonstrably inadequate" to meet Scotland's needs, Sturgeon told an audience of businesspeople in Glasgow on Monday: "The no campaign has no plan.
  • (15) Meanwhile, their portrayal of Red Ed as a rabid lefty has been utterly blindsided, because Sturgeon has taken every opportunity to emphasise that she doesn’t think Miliband is very lefty at all.
  • (16) With seven senior cabinet ministers now endorsing Sturgeon and none objecting, Russell told the Guardian Sturgeon was unequivocally the strongest and most popular candidate: "I'm absolutely certain she's the best candidate; I can't conceive of another one better qualified or more experienced, or more trusted by the party."
  • (17) In an interview with the BBC’s political editor Nick Robinson, the first minister said: “If there was a vote in the House of Commons to repeal the privatisation of the health service that has been seen in England, we would vote for that because that would help to protect Scotland’s budget.” The intervention by Sturgeon is designed to answer the central Labour warning to voters in Scotland: that a vote for the SNP could end up helping the Tories by diminishing Labour.
  • (18) Prof David Bell, an economist with the University of Stirling and the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said Sturgeon’s decision to reject Osborne’s new £45,000 threshold for the 40p rate would mean the 340,000 Scots earning over £43,000 would pay an effective tax rate of 52p for every pound they earned between £43,000 and £45,000.
  • (19) I’m happy to see Nicola Sturgeon bringing the constitutional independence referendum back on the table.
  • (20) Sturgeon’s aide said that while the Scottish government documents referred only DELand did not factor in AME, she said that did not mean that that extra money could not be allocated to welfare budgets.

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