Sentence examples for moderately defective from inspiring English sources
We classified phenotypes as either unaffected, moderately defective (vertebral segmentation defects and malformed vertebrae with minimal lateral curvature), or severely defective (lateral curvature of vertebrae usually accompanied by highly malformed vertebrae and vertebral segmentation defects).
The sd1 mutants used in Green Revolution rice contain point mutations within the coding region of a GA-20-oxidase gene that decrease its activity, and thus are moderately defective in GA production.
Lula lysogens were dramatically more sensitive to UV irradiation compared to Lambda lysogens, displaying both a shorter resistance shoulder and a steeper viability decline (Fig. 4A) and generally behaving like a moderately-defective DNA repair mutant.
Animals were considered normal if they were only mildly-to-moderately egg-laying defective and capable of normal motility.
SC acidification is defective in both moderately aged humans and mice, although the contributing mechanisms are not fully elucidated.
Because the portions deleted in CPY*-D1 and CPY*-D2 are not required for ERAD when moderately expressed [46], the data suggest that transport-defective CPY* variants can interfere with ERAD functions if highly expressed.
The Defective Detectives.
