Sentences with phrase «dormancy in»

Again we know that chemicals for forcing dormancy in trees have been used by some farmers for decades.

The Flintstones, long the most popular and successful animated franchise on television, awakens from fourteen years of dormancy in The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age Smackdown,

The lab is delineating tumor dormancy in melanoma and characterizing subpopulations of cells with a major focus on slow - proliferating cells that have high proliferation potential hypothesizing that these cells are critical for dormancy and therapy resistance.

The team of Luis Lopez - Molina, professor at the Department of Botany and Plant Biology of UNIGE's Faculty of Science, Switzerland, has been interested for a long time in the mechanisms controlling germination, arguably the most critical decision in the life of a plant: «We have discovered that the genes involved in the synthesis of cutin, a waterproof substance, are important for the maintenance of dormancy in seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana, a small plant widely used as a model organism to study plant biology.

EBB1 also plays a role in suppressing genes that prepare trees for dormancy in the fall and in other processes such as nutrient cycling and root growth that are critical for survival.

These systems act like a switch that interferes with bacterial growth and sends the bacteria into a state of dormancy in which they can be protected from the action of antibiotics.

In North America, for instance, pitcher plant mosquitoes lay their eggs in pitcher plants and the larvae enter a state of dormancy in the winter months before resuming development in spring.

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However, given the dormancy of price pressures in the past, the Fed's statement implied a level of comfort that aggressive action may not be warranted to tamp down inflation.

It's far more sticky — for example, we charge a nominal dormancy fee to those that don't use the card in three months, just to encourage people to either use the card or shut it down.

In our north - exposed greenhouse in Albuquerque, however, the peppers went into dormancy and lost many of their leaveIn our north - exposed greenhouse in Albuquerque, however, the peppers went into dormancy and lost many of their leavein Albuquerque, however, the peppers went into dormancy and lost many of their leaves.

First off, particularly with seed collected in the wild, seed dormancy is common.

This survival mechanism, called dormancy, helps prevent germination in the fall, just before cold weather would kill the seedlings.

The strongest dormancy appears in wild varieties, such as chiltepins, which overwinter well.

However, because peppers are perennials that are grown as annuals in the U.S., the degree of dormancy varies from variety to variety.

Dormancy, the process when your plants effectively «hibernate» can kick in when natural light levels fade and the temperature falls back below 50oF.

Although the phenomenon is not confined to post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the dormancy of Parliaments seems to be particularly acute in this region, at least in the policy domain of judiciary governance.

In addition to the dysfunction and dormancy of some local ethics boards, there are concerns facing active ones as well, including requirements that prohibit the panels from taking action without a written, signed complaint.

But unlike a human on bed rest for, say, six months, bears in dormancy don't experience severe muscle atrophy.

In March 2010, Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano sprang to life after nearly 2 centuries of dormancy.

It is commonly assumed that these pathogens are in a type of «dormancy» state.

An important clue turned up in 1989, when South African researchers discovered that smoke rouses seeds of fire - dependent plants from dormancy.

«Study uncovers how seeds are kept in dormancy until the appearance of favorable conditions for germination.»

Switchgrass and prairie cordgrass, both native perennial grasses grown for biomass, come out of dormancy when the soil warms up for a week or more, usually in April.

Activation involves slicing a section of the molecule responsible for dormancy, thus allowing signaling to occur in myostatin and inhibition of muscle growth.

This is why the small embryo is maintained in a state of dormancy until the appearance of optimal environmental conditions.

If perennial plants come out of dormancy during an early thaw and then get hit with a late frost, which is what happened in 2012 in Illinois, the crop for that year could be lost.

In the plant - model Arabidopsis thaliana, the state of dormancy is maintained by the endosperm, a single cell layer within the seed coat surrounding the embryo, which synthesizes and continuously releases ABA towards the embryo.

«In the future, our models should provide robust tools to screen for therapies that impact tumor dormancy and metastasis, and should also provide a platform to solve other biological mysteries that underlie dormancy.»

This in turn results in cancer cells falling into a state of dormancy.

The magnetic field shields the planet from the worst excesses of its star, which then settles into a state of relative dormancy it can stay in for trillions of years.

«This provides evidence of a molecular genetic mechanism that is at work, coordinating adaptation of seed dormancy and flowering traits in the plants to accommodate environmental conditions,» said study co-author Heqiang «Alfred» Huo, a postdoctoral researcher in the Bradford lab.

Seed dormancy gives way to germination; the young plant emerges and grows; and finally in the climax of flowering, a new generation of seeds is produced.

«Our results also suggest that the period between seed dormancy and seed germination is a distinct phase in the plant's lifecycle and that this phase appears to be influenced by the same microRNA systems that govern the plant's maturation and flowering stages,» Huo said.

A new paper published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that arsenic in drinking water may have one of the longest dormancy periods of any carcinogen.

The systemic response to surgery triggers the outgrowth of distant immune - controlled tumors in mouse models of dormancy

In rice, the syndrome includes loss of shattering (the seeds don't break off the central grain stalk before harvest), increase in seed size, and loss of dormancy (the seeds all germinate at once and can be harvested at onceIn rice, the syndrome includes loss of shattering (the seeds don't break off the central grain stalk before harvest), increase in seed size, and loss of dormancy (the seeds all germinate at once and can be harvested at oncein seed size, and loss of dormancy (the seeds all germinate at once and can be harvested at once).

The 15 - centimeter - long tortoises feed when rains fill swampy habitats in winter, and then enter a state of dormancy known as estivation when the swamps dry out to clay pans in the late spring or early summer.

More than just an insurance policy against late frosts or unexpected dry spells, it turns out that seed dormancy has long - term advantages too: Plants whose seeds put off sprouting until conditions are more certain give rise to more species, finds in a team of researchers working at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in North Carolina.

THE gene - editing technique CRISPR has been used in the lab to switch on a gene in human brain cells whose dormancy is behind a learning disability.

They developed modified trees that overproduced EBB1 genes and emerged from dormancy earlier in the year.

Many deciduous tree species require cold temperatures, in other words «chilling», for dormancy release, and the warming - related reductions in chilling may counteract the advance of leaf unfolding in response to warming.

Studying the molecular mechanisms that enable the metastatic cells to remain in dormancy for so long and then wake up and generate these macrometastases will allow us to develop therapies to prevent relapse, or, if metastasis occurs, to make it chronic or even stop it from spreading.

She continued to develop these models and to investigate the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying human tumor dormancy as an instructor in Folkman's lab and later as an Assistant Professor at the Center of Cancer Systems Biology at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston.

Nutrient enrichment induces dormancy and decreases diversity of active bacteria in salt marsh sediments.

Little research has been performed to understand the specific rules and mechanisms of minimal residual disease, including clonal evolution at the metastatic site, epigenetic programs, interaction with organ defense and immune systems, mechanisms of dormancy and re-awakening, and last but not least, mechanisms of therapy resistance in specific niches.

They require full sun, moist conditions, and cold exposure in order to break dormancy, but once flowered, they will not resist temperatures as low as 30 °F -LRB--2 °C).

«When plants are in dormancy, they conserve their energy and prepare for the next growth cycle» says Mimi Lu, the brand's product development director.

As a lover of plants, I'd have to say that winter is not my favorite season, but living in Minnesota has made me appreciate those plants that are beautiful even when they're deep in winter dormancy.

The site's unpredictable cycles of frenzied activity and long dormancy have to do with his also being an Associate Professor of English and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Northwestern, where his research and teaching mostly concern narrative film in different eras, genres, and countries.

This is Joan at her purest doctrinal self, enshrined in the dormancy of nature, coming to a crossroads and weighing her options.