Specimens Quotes

You know, of course, the specimens are not alive. We have to fix them in a fixing liquid formaldehyde and then we have to do a rinsing and then we have to coat them in a thin layer of gold. - Lennart Nilsson

We've now got about 10 Neanderthal specimens of around 40-50,000 years old that have yielded DNA that is clearly distinct from anyone alive today. - Chris Stringer

We start a lot form Tom's feet at center back. Stefan takes over at the midfield and controls things from that point on. He's more or less the distribution source for everything. And Jon and Steve are just really solid workhorses in the midfield. They could play in every minute of every game and through overtime. They're just real fit specimens. - Don Haddox

We sometimes freeze the specimen with liquid nitrogen, which is extremely cold, you know. This is another technique we use now - but the specimens are not alive. - Lennart Nilsson

We believe it originated in Africa because frogs here have a local resistance to the fungus, and we have the oldest frog specimens with the disease anywhere in the world. - Che Weldon

We are looking closely at specimens of the ballots found at the dump, to check whether these are real ballots. - Michel Brunache

Volunteers have already sent in more then 20,000 specimens. We've identified 233 species so far, two-thirds of them new to the state. At first most of the specimens came from around houses and neighborhood streets. Now we have more of an ecosystems survey, with volunteers exploring alpine areas or riparian wetlands. I think the survey is making people more aware of the great diversity of life around them. - Paula Cushing

Viruses, described as threats that add their code to other executable files in order to carry out their malicious actions, have reached rock bottom this year. The aim of creators of this type of threat is usually fame. However, legislation against computer crime in many countries worldwide has led to a dramatic drop in the number of new specimens of this type. Now, almost nobody runs the risk if it does not lead to financial gain. - Luis Corrons

This area was of particular interest because it has only been explored in recent years, and it contains specimens that date back to a poorly known time period, the Jurassic, when the continents were first starting to break apart. - James Clark