Sentence examples for devoid of scales from inspiring English sources

Nude carps, a genotype of common carp which are devoid of scales, have been banned from farmed populations of carp in Europe due to both the lethal effect of the N (nude) gene when in homozygous state, and to the negative pleiotropic effects on growth and survival (especially in harsh conditions) of this same gene in the heterozygous state, which produces the nude phenotype.

Then everybody dances in a great big circle waving their arms around and kicking up their bare feet newly devoid of scales and freed of all syndactyl qualities in a way expressive of carefree delight.

Until recently, archaeologists would have told you they were both inhospitable environments devoid of large-scale human settlements.

The conformers of Nup153FGPxFG that were subjected to ImportinβN binding in the MD simulations were also devoid of large-scale conformational changes, and interactions were only observed between individual surface exposed residues of Nup153FGPxFG and ImportinβN.

The skin is soft and completely devoid of dermal denticles (scales).

The universal design has two chemical containing layers, each having a scaled thickness of 0.5, and one layer, initially devoid of chemical, with a scaled thickness of 0.14.

Set in a bleak landscape devoid of streets or human scale, they included the Lowry arts centre, the Imperial War Museum North and the architecturally dire "media city".

A nice finishing touch is to rake the sand around the sculpture and leave it devoid of your footprints so the scale can suggest itself to others.

Clinical algesimetry, e.g. the evaluation of pain intensity with the use of various scales is not devoid of subjective influence.

The glossy, overproduced pictures are devoid of formal interest, and the grandiose scale of the larger ones (12 by 15 feet) only magnifies that deficit.

Even the trials that scored the highest on the Jadad scale were not devoid of flaws; two trials had high dropout rates (>30%), and a small number of treatment sessions.35, 39 Considering that most of the reviewed trials were of poor quality, the use of scale-based assessment to assess trial quality is unlikely to influence our findings.