Sentence examples for thus difficult to detect from inspiring English sources

Clearly, in situ RT-PCR has been useful for any target that is low copy and, thus, difficult to detect with standard in situ hybridization, which has a detection threshold of 10 to 20 copies per cell [ 17].

South Korea referred to the North Korean boat as a "half-submarine," describing it as high-speed boat that is mostly submerged and thus difficult to detect.

Modern pirates favour small, fast rigid inflatable boats that are mainly non-metallic and thus difficult to detect [3].

Due to bad lighting conditions, the elephant labeled with an arrow has a very low contrast and is thus difficult to detect, especially in front of the background (plants) which is dark as well.

The contribution of a single gene to autism susceptibility is predicted to be relatively small and thus difficult to detect statistically.

In cases of high recombination rate and weak selection, the area may be small and thus, difficult to detect with a moderate density of molecular markers.

Why have the missing baryons been so difficult to detect?

Probably more important is the fact that in the transoral excision group the primary tumours and thus the metastases were smaller and thus more difficult to detect.

It is thus possible that rapidly dividing A549 cells outgrow activated caspase-3 apoptotic tumor cell and are thus more difficult to detect in histologic samples.

Bots don't do that — they attack online business processes and thus are difficult to detect though customary vulnerability-scanning methods.

After 20 years of emphasizing speed, however, the Soviets about 10 years ago began concentrating on making their submarines quieter and, thus, more difficult to detect and trail.