Sentence examples for to avoid desiccation from inspiring English sources

In regions of the Earth subjected to long dry periods, frogs must seek cover to avoid desiccation; they have behavioral and structural adaptations to conserve water.

One prepupa of H. armigera was placed on the soil, and the boxes were covered with ventilated lids to avoid desiccation.

The sterile LBB was added carefully from time to time to avoid desiccation and incubated at 37 °C for 7 days with shaking at 180 rpm.

The donor chamber was covered by a piece of Fixomull® (BSN medical GmbH, Hannover, Germany) moistened regularly with amphibian Ringer's solution to avoid desiccation of the skin.

However, seed moisture content can affect viability and germination following cryopreservation because it must be low enough to minimize ice-crystal formation and high enough to avoid desiccation damage (Ozden-Tokatli et al., 2007).

A major part of the fight to avoid desiccation is the arthropods' exoskeleton, the outermost layer of which (the epicuticle) is waxy and waterproof (Fig. 5a; Cody et al. 2011).

Wagner suggested an alternative explanation for the behavior, that the caterpillars are seeking dark spaces to avoid predators, possibly in addition to avoiding desiccation in the sun.

Plants showing the avoidance-of-stress strategy possess some features enabling them to minimize or compensate for water loss or to increase water uptake and avoid desiccation.

Cloud immersion is important for many epiphyte species to maintain a positive water balance and avoid desiccation ; this makes them sensitive to changes in moisture regimes.

In order to ensure ideal conditions during the filling of the μFN and avoid desiccation or condensation, it was placed onto a Peltier module adjusted to 5 °C above the dew point.

Most capsules are hydrophilic ("water-loving") and may help the bacterium avoid desiccation (dehydration) by preventing water loss.