- A
scute (/skjuːt/ ) or
scutum (Latin: scutum; plural:
scuta "shield") is a bony
external plate or
scale overlaid with horn, as on the s**** of a turtle...
- Achaete-
scute homolog 1 is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the ASCL1 gene.
Because it was
discovered subsequent to
studies on its
homolog in Drosophila...
- s****
there may be a
cervical scute (sometimes
incorrectly called a
nuchal scute)
however the
presence or
absence of this
scute is
highly variable, even within...
- The achaete-
scute complex (AS-C) is a
group of four
genes (achaete,
scute,
lethal of
scute, and asense) in the
fruit fly
Drosophila melanogaster. These...
-
herbivorous and were
obligate quadrupeds, with leaf-shaped
teeth and robust,
scute-covered bodies.
Ankylosaurids possess a
distinctly domed and
short snout...
- mesoplastra,
which separates them from the Pelomedusidae. The
cervical scute is
usually present,
though it is
absent in some
species of
Elseya and Myuchelys...
-
isolate the
first four
genes of this complex:
achaete (ac),
scute (sc),
lethal of
scute (lsc) and
asense (ase).
Another proneural gene,
atonal (ato)...
-
around the
margin and "vertebrals" over the
vertebral column,
though the
scute that
overlays the neck is
called the "cervical". "Pleurals" are present...
- has a brown-colored carapace, with
black markings at the
edges of each
scute. The
carapace has a distinct,
sharp keel down the
center of its length,...
-
scute, and the
supracaudal is undivided, and
curved inward in the male; the
shields are
strongly striated concentrically. The
first vertebral scute is...
