Sentence examples for mutant roundworms that from inspiring English sources

Dr. Bartke's finding dovetailed with studies of microscopic mutant roundworms that survive two or three times as long as normal.

In a series of studies, Dr. Kenyon, of the University of California, San Francisco, has created mutant roundworms that live six times longer than normal, largely because of a mutation in a single gene called daf-2.

A CDC survey found that 14% of Americans have been exposed to toxocara, roundworms that often cause no symptoms, but which can damage inner organs and the eye.

Such internal parasites as the tapeworm and several species of roundworms that infest the gastrointestinal tract are perhaps the greatest scourge of sheep, but modern vermifuges are quite effective against these.

Acidic soil is paradise for nematodes, parasitic roundworms that destroy crops.

Little is known about the fundamental biology of parasitic nematodes (= roundworms) that cause serious diseases, affecting literally billions of animals and humans worldwide.

To the Editor: Ascaris lumbricoides/suum is a complex of closely related enteric roundworms that mainly infect humans and pigs (1 ).

Kirrel3 is similar to a protein found in roundworms that regulates the formation of synapses, but it is not known if it plays the same role in humans and other mammals.

Most kittens have roundworms that can stunt growth and potentially be transmitted to humans.

By tinkering with two genes, scientists have produced roundworms that live six times as long as normal.

Nematodes are roundworms that damage the grass root structure.