Sentences with phrase «normal tadpoles»

Briggs and King found that approximately a third of the transplanted early embryonic nuclei produced normal tadpoles.

They were less likely to school and swim along with other tadpoles (a tadpole proxy for socialization, which is impaired in autism); they weren't as good at avoiding contact with animated images projected on to the bottom of their petri dishes; they didn't habituate to startling noises (another analog to autism in people); and induced seizures were more frequent and shorter than in normal tadpoles.

He and the team assessed whether VPA - exposed and normal tadpoles showed differences in how they schooled (like fish), avoided apparent collisions, tolerated startling noises, and became susceptible to seizures.

This modified egg cell developed into a normal tadpole.

Not exact matches

Only one test — in which Wilson simulated a predator by squirting water at the animals — revealed a personality shift; a tadpole that responded by freezing in place for a long time was just as likely to become a frog that resumed normal activities right away.

As a result, conditions were fantastic for frog eggs: About three times the normal number of eggs hatched and released tadpoles that grew into frogs.

The egg cell grew into a normal frog, genetically identical to the tadpole.