Sentence examples for less motility from inspiring English sources

After thawing, neither the VCL, VSL nor VAP of the DGC-washed samples were affected, whereas the traditionally washed samples had less motility.

This mutant also exhibited a less polarized cell shape with a single (or sometimes multiple) pseudopodium and less motility (Movies S13 and S14).

Interspecies hybrids between species of Xenopus produce more undifferentiated spermatids and less sperm with less motility than parental species [ 29].

Notably, the length of a cell correlated with its motility: longer cells were less motile.

Using scratch assays as a measure of cell motility, BAP1-deficient uveal melanoma cells were less motile than control cells.

C57BL/6J males had the greatest sperm counts, but less vigorous motility.

Interestingly, in response to VEGF, endothelial cells heterozygous for Phd2 proliferated slower, had decreased motility, less lamellipodia formation, and less apoptosis.

Thus, if flagella were important for colonization, and motility less so, a motAB mutant might not be affected in colonization.

The slow swimming speed of naked mole-rat spermatozoa could thus be the result of both the short tail, which beats with a lower force, and the small midpiece with few mitochondria, which may generate less energy for motility.

With the evolution of active motility, protoeukaryotes relied less and less on passive dispersal (e.g. inside clusters of spores) and could actively forage their environment.

While fast inefficient metabolism always dominates when resources are abundant, the disadvantages of decreased motility become less pronounced under conditions where even single-celled organisms are restricted in movement.