Sentences with phrase «for wild»

For the wild - type control, we overexpressed three copies of UAS GFP using the C7 Gal4 driver.

Normally, NASA watches for this wild space weather using solar observatories like SOHO and the STEREO mission, a pair of solar - orbiting satellites pointed at the Sun from two different angles.

What might the future ecological consequences be for wild species as the globe continues to warm rapidly?

We want to ensure that birds bred in captivity are prepared for the wild.

Eventually there will be no need for the chimeras and surrogate parents, once the captive population has reached a size that individuals can be removed for wild release without endangering the continuance of the flock we will have reached our goal of a viable captive population.

«Longer lives for wild elephants,» Science News for Kids, January 7.

«An important further point to address is the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in ornamental plants grown in greenhouses, which at the moment does not seem to be addressed — urban gardens have become an ever more important habitat for wild bees.»

Generations of fine writers have conjured up for us wild places and astonishing creatures, but for every reader inspired to get closer to nature in some way, there are thousands who simply enjoy the read.

Decisions to deregulate any wild GM plant like the eucalyptus must take into account this lack of research, said Hong Luo, a molecular biologist at Clemson University who has developed a gene containment system for another wild plant, turfgrass.

Dotted lines represent values for wild - type C57BL / 6 mice.

While many ethnic groups have hunted wildlife for subsistence over millennia, often with highly detrimental effects [8], the unsustainablility of this practice has accelerated in many areas due to growing human populations, an increasing tendency for wild meat to be traded commercially [9], and the widespread adoption of firearms and motorized transport that increase the efficiency and spatial extent of hunting [10,11].

For wild chimpanzees, social status is more than just a matter of pride.

Irradiated flies have trouble competing for mates — which means control programs must rear billions of flies and release 100 sterile males for every wild one.

«If you ask for my wild speculation I think five - minute bouts would be fine too, but we just don't have data yet.»

She was taken to the Care for Wild Africa rhino orphanage to be rehabilitated, in the hope of returning her to the wild.

Similar mRNA and protein levels, but altered conformations, were found for wild - type and polymorphic P - gp.

To Emerald Bank, southwest of Sable Island, 186 miles off Halifax, Nova Scotia, which is known for its wild horses and shipwrecks.

The last child paralyzed by polio in India got sick on January 13, 2011, and surveillance for wild polioviruses in sewage has not turned up the pathogen in more than a year.

Ever honest, Leopold went on to identify the source of his passion for wild beasts as «congenital hunting fever» and wondered how his three sons would fare if there were:

Fraser, himself an avid fisherman, says these results provide hope for wild populations that were initially negatively affected by human - induced hybridization.

The bottom line, he says, is if the rule is implemented, it gives FWS leverage to push for conservation benefits for wild chimpanzees.

«These chemicals do have serious implications for wild bee populations in agricultural landscapes but some, notably from the agrochemical industry, still promote their use,» Dr Whitehorn warns.

If done on a large scale, the process would reduce the demand for land to grow food for livestock, as well as the demand for wild fish to feed to farmed fish.

There are a few reasons behind the different outcomes for the wild dogs and cheetahs.

I developed an increasing appreciation for wild places and conserving them.

Most working elephants are caught from the wild — itself a phenomenal feat, for wild Asian elephants are unpredictable, aggressive and fast on their feet, while their strength is beyond belief, and an admonitory slap with the trunk is generally fatal.

Saturn's moon Titan might be in for some wild weather as it heads into its spring and summer, if two new models are correct.

Himalayan herders are rewarded for setting aside pastures for wild sheep — a food source for snow leopards — and insuring against loss of their livestock.

When it's winter in the north and summer in the south, many cold - weary tourists from Europe and North America flock to New Zealand for its wild backcountry and radiant sunshine.

As it turns out, you don't have to go hunting for wild yeast — it will find you.

Captive giant pandas like Ju Xiao, shown here with one of the triplets she gave birth to in July, are genetically healthy, but it's tough for her wild cousins to find a bamboo patch to call their own.

Eating live octopus can be dangerous, but some dolphins in Australian waters have figured out how to do it safely, Sarah Zielinski reported in «How a dolphin eats an octopus without dying» for the Wild Things blog (SN Online: 4/25/17).

The situation is growing graver for wild gorillas.

Two encouraging signs for the wild larvae: They are alive when collected, and they may lose the oil droplets when they molt, Perry says.

These estimates are the first for the wild adult American alligator and may provide rare insight into crocodilian foraging behaviors.

But a sweeping analysis published last February shows that farming has only made matters worse for wild salmon.

For the wild dogs of Botswana's Selinda Reserve, a sneeze may represent a form of democratic communication.

For wild fish, scientists take into account how a fish is caught (using nets, polls or harpoons, for example); whether the stock is being managed responsibly; how abundant the breed is (compared with historic levels); and whether fishing methods endanger other species (such as nets used to fish for yellowfin tuna that snare and kill dolphins).

This is not just bad news for wild peanuts and potatoes, but also for their domesticated brethren.

For most of our history we supported ourselves by hunting and gathering: we hunted wild animals and foraged for wild plants.

That finding is profoundly disturbing for wild tigers, given that in most sites where wild tigers persist they are limited to populations of less than 25 breeding adults.1

It is exciting news to see it get the protection it deserves,» said Ben Prater, director of conservation for Wild South, a Southeast conservation non-profit, which works in the Bankhead.

And shrimp farming (which provides well over one million metric tons of shrimp annually, about 25 percent of all shrimp consumed) has been linked to the destruction of almost half of the world's mangroves: coastal forests that absorb carbon dioxide and provide essential habitat for wild fish species.

On the street in White Salmon, support for Wild was at first somewhat muted.

Botanists are combing the planet for wild ancestors of soybeans, tomatoes, hard wheat, and grapes, believed to contain valuable genes for drought tolerance and other characteristics, but much diversity has already been lost.

Sadly, most wildlife film - makers don't have the money or the time to hang around indefinitely in the wilderness waiting for wild animals to show up.

It's too late [for wild bluefin] because, for one thing, I can't imagine anybody who is going to stop fishing for them.

Outdoor tests also show that neonicotinoid exposure for some wild bees can be worrisome, a second paper reports.

For some wild elephants, a good night's sleep ends soon after it starts.

However, the heavy metal of which the highest concentration was found in the birds was lead: in 42.22 μg / dl (micrograms per decilitre) for wild populations, a figure significantly higher than the concentration of the metal in the individuals rescued.