Sentence examples for degraded specimen from inspiring English sources

The supposed perfection of whiteness makes it vulnerable: every flaw and quirk, every tangled bloodline and degraded specimen, is seen as an existential threat, poised to undermine the whole project.

To measure in vitro degradation, weight loss percentage was calculated by using the following formula: Degradation ratio = (W0 − W t )/ W0 × 100%, where W t and W0 represent the dry weights of the degraded specimen and the initial specimen, respectively.

In highly degraded specimens, the presence of γ-phase crystals was detected.

The reliability of the method was illustrated by analyzing specimens designed to mimic the information likely to be obtained from highly degraded specimens as well as specimens collected from widely separated geographic locations.

This nLSU fragment has been successfully amplified from partially degraded specimens of A. crassus encapsulated within host tissue [ 55], and from morphologically indistinguishable life stages such as larvae.

However, the increased sensitivity of this sample preparation method for highly degraded specimens comes with a cost: homologous NUMTs are also more easily captured (as compared to a long-range PCR approach [64]), and this may confound heteroplasmy detection.

TBT-PAR was an effective additive in improving PCR amplification of DNA from plant specimens or from old and potentially degraded museum specimens.

He says that regular freeze thaw cycles at the Svalbard locality severely fragmented the skeletons plus other conditions degraded the specimens.

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation in single hematopoietic cells, muscle fibers, oocytes, and from tiny amount of tumor tissues and degraded clinical specimens has been reported in many medical publications.

Microbes, as well as temperature, air, and moisture all play a role to alter and degrade the specimens.

After 10 weeks, the outermost layer of the cements had changed macroscopically for specimens degraded in all three liquids, which was also obvious from micro-CT cross sections and analysis of specimen core diameter.