ISOGLOSS
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ISOGLOSS. 1. In
DIALECT geography, an area within which a feature is used predominantly or exclusively. Such a feature (phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, lexical, or other) usually contrasts with some similar feature in adjoining areas. Thus, some native speakers of English pronounce /r/ after a vowel, as in
barn,
hard,
car, while others do not: in the US this postvocalic /r/ is normally present in the Chicago area but absent in the Boston area. Such distinct areas are isoglosses.
2. More commonly, the line on a dialect map which bounds the area of a certain usage. In England, an isogloss that stretches from the mouth of the Severn to Portsmouth separates the area of initial spoken /v/ from that of /f/, as in
vinger/finger,
Vriday/Friday, the v-forms being south-west of the line. No two isoglosses coincide exactly; there is always a transition area of partial overlapping. See
DIALECTOLOGY.
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Trypanosomes; after the genome.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: SciTech Book News; 9/1/2007; 471 words
; 9781904933274 Trypanosomes; after the genome...Hardcover RC186 The trypanosome, a parasitic single...important facets of trypanosome molecular and cellular...chromosome types in trypanosome genomes, gene transcription...
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RNA transcription in trypanosomes linked to SNAPc transcription factor.
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Trypanosome microtubule-associated protein p15 is vaccine candidate.
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Trypanosome Genomes May Reveal New Drug, Vaccine Targets; HHMI International Research Scholars Work to Prevent, Treat Tropical Diseases That Threaten Their Countries.
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Enzymes essential to bloodstream form of African trypanosome identified.
Newspaper article from: Proteomics Weekly; 10/13/2003; 700+ words
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Highest Replikin Concentrations and Cyclical Behavior Related to Human Mortality Are Found in Malaria Trypanosomes.
PR Newswire; 5/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...genetic sequences are found in the trypanosomes that are the infectious agents...software found those areas of the trypanosome genome which have the highest...replikin counts found in this study, trypanosomes have one of the highest replication...
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Camel Antibodies Used to Fight Trypanosomes
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; ...useful in treating tropical parasites such as the African trypanosome, which causes sleeping sickness. Penetrating the dense...is no shortage of unique targets for really good drugs in trypanosomes, just a shortage of resources and commitment to getting...
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Functionally related transcripts have common RNA motifs for specific RNA-binding proteins in trypanosomes.(Research article)(Report)
Magazine article from: BMC Molecular Biology; 12/8/2008; ; 700+ words
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Trypanosomosis in The Gambia: prevalence in working horses and donkeys detected by whole genome amplification and PCR, and evidence for interactions between trypanosome species.(Research article)(Polymerase chain reaction)
Magazine article from: BMC Veterinary Research; 2/20/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...methods for detecting the trypanosome species infecting livestock...limited by the presence of trypanosome DNA in the sample i.e. a single trypanosome. For a comprehensive...estimate the prevalence of trypanosomes in both clinically presented...
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trypanosome
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
trypanosome genus of protozoa, species of which are parasitic in the blood. XIX. f. Gr. trúpanon borer + sôma body.
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Encephalitis Lethargica
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
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Sleeping Sickness
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
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Chagas, Carlos Ribeiro Justiniano
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...he found that they frequently harbored a trypanosome. Chagas identified this trypanosome as a new genus and species and proposed to...He then verified the pathogenicity of this trypanosome in monkeys, dogs, and cats. The positive...
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Trypanosomiasis
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
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