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the softshell
noun
A softshell turtle (Trionychidae).
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When it is particularly brisk, the Softshell from Soarrunning.com is a fine complement.
Some turtles, particularly the softshell turtles of family Trionychidae and snapping turtles of family Chelydridae, bite frequently and vigorously.
The softshell, musk, and mud turtles, meanwhile, will pursue many of the same small aquatic animals but with different preferences: the softshell hunts mainly fish and crayfish, the stinkpot eats mainly snails, insect larvae, and carrion, and the mud turtle primarily feeds on insects, mollusks, and carrion.
The flavors are as brazen as the lighting, and many dishes burn with chili — after a while, you don't know what to do with the piles of peppers garnishing the softshell crab.
As with the softshell turtles, Asia has two of the largest species of pond turtles the Asian river turtle, or batagur (Batagur baska), and the painted terrapin (Callagur borneoensis)—with shell lengths to a half-metre (about 20 inches) and weights to 25 kg (55 pounds).
The palms are well padded without being obtrusive, and the Softshell fabric on the back panel balances wind protection with moisture management.
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The globin repertoire of the Chinese softshell turtle comprised the full set of vertebrate globins with three Hbα and two Hbβ genes, and one of each Mb, Ngb, GbE, GbY, GbX, and Adgb gene (fig. 1 and supplementary table S2, Supplementary Material online).
Therefore, here we obtained the full globin repertoires of the Chinese softshell turtle and the western painted turtle.
However, analyses of the genomes of the Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) (Wang et al. 2013) and the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) (Shaffer et al. 2013) identified copies of all eight vertebrate globin genes in both species.
However, we identified numerous beta-keratins that possessed the core's two predicted beta-sheets within the genome of the Chinese softshell turtle P el.
The globin gene sequences of the Chinese softshell turtle (P. sinensis) and the western painted turtle (C. picta bellii) were identified in the published genome assemblies (Shaffer et al. 2013; Wang et al. 2013) and with RACE if required.
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