Sentence examples for a molt cycle from inspiring English sources

Maximum increases in RMRmin during a molt cycle have been shown to be as little as 10% of pre-molt levels in large birds such as the 280 g long-eared owl [22], and as high as 111% and 106% in bluethroats (17 g) and redpolls (13 g), respectively [20].

In the present study, mRNA levels of EcRB, HR3, and Neverland genes were highest just after molting, which is consistent with previous reported data and reflects the natural hormonal behavior during a molt cycle (Kato et al. 2007).

According to Joseph Kunkel, a biology professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who wrote his dissertation on cockroach-limb regeneration, a roach will delay a molting cycle in order to grow back a lost leg, because its swift movements depend on having three feet on the ground, or the linoleum, at all times.

Each cDNA library was constructed by pooling equal amounts of total RNA from all molt cycle stages.

The microarray chips contain 5000 cDNAs derived from both the entire animal and individual organs such as the brain, eyestalk, MO and Y-organ from all molt cycle stages.

As with growth, evidence suggests the process of adhesion occurs in a cyclic, multi-step manner synchronized with the molt cycle [ 2, 3].

Since changes in the mineralized matrix are synchronized with the molt cycle, the calcium bodies likely function as a storage compartment that complements sternal deposits as a source of calcium for the mineralization of the exoskeleton.

In the current study, several barnacle samples with regular molt cycles were chosen in either a pre- or post-molt state accompanied by collection of cirri for molt cycle confirmation based on established criteria [ 17].

The molt cycle, however, appears to be independent of the breeding cycle, and the flight feathers are renewed only once a year.

We analyzed the architecture of these organs during the molt cycle in the isopod Titanethes albus.

Regardless of the molt cycle stage, crystalline concretions are present in the central areas of the calcium bodies.