Sentence examples for light fur from inspiring English sources

When the sea lions approached close, seemingly as curious about us as we were about them, their big brown eyes were encircled by light fur that looked like makeup.

Table 2 Four cases developed to support the teaching of evolution across the biology curriculum a. Mouse Fur Color - evolution of light fur in beach mice b.

Polecats (Mustela putorius) are members of the weasel family, which also includes otters, stoats and weasels; they are generally dark in colour with pale underfur and a striking bandit-like mask of dark and light fur on its face.

The kits (also called "cubs") are blind and deaf at birth, but their mask is already visible against their light fur.

Mutants with fused or additional molars and with light fur have been recorded in laboratory colonies; the abnormal molars are apparently the result of a single autosomal recessive mutation.

Therefore, we took advantage of the DLS/LeJ mouse line which carries the recessive dilute lethal Myo5ad-l allele (homozygous leading to light fur colour, severe convulsions and death within three weeks after birth).

The fur on the rest of the body is dark to light brown above, with lighter fur on the underside.

A genetic mutation led to lighter fur, and the sandhills mice lucky enough to be born mutants were more likely to survive and breed.

Eileen Moran, a visual effects producer who helped create the look of a bevy of blockbuster movies — from the ethereal world of "Avatar" down to King Kong's 460 billion strands of wind-rustled specially lighted fur — died on Sunday in Wellington, New Zealand.

"Now you've got enormous use of color in fur, you've got trim, which has become incredibly fashionable, and you've also got lighter fur," all of which has made the material more palatable to younger wearers, Oaten said.

Mice with a thymine at a specific location in the gene have much lighter fur than mice with a cytosine at that location (Hoekstra et al., 2006).