The tests using toads were faster than those employing mammals ; the toads were easier to raise, and, although the initial 1948 discovery employed Bufo arenarum for the tests, it soon became clear that a variety of anuran species were suitable, including the cane toad.

But the initial discoveries created no great excitement until the discovery gusher of the Glenn Pool in 1905.

After the initial discovery of introns in protein-coding genes of the eukaryotic nucleus, there was significant debate as to whether introns in modern-day organisms were inherited from a common ancient ancestor ( termed the introns-early hypothesis ), or whether they appeared in genes rather recently in the evolutionary process ( termed the introns-late hypothesis ).

By 2003, the number of known Local Group members has increased from his initial twelve to thirty-six, by way of the discovery of almost two dozen low-luminosity galaxies.

After Columbus ' initial discovery, the name then evolved along the pronunciations Madinina (" Island of Flowers "), Madiana, and Matinite.

* 1618 – Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion ( he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made ).

Nucleic acids were named for their initial discovery within the nucleus, and for the presence of phosphate groups ( related to phosphoric acid ).

As a consequence of the initial competing claims of discovery, an element naming controversy arose.

The initial discovery was made by Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden in 1909 when they performed the gold foil experiment under the direction of Rutherford, in which they fired a beam of alpha particles ( helium nuclei ) at layers of gold leaf only a few atoms thick.

* March 8 – Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion ( he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery ).

After the initial discovery in 1998, these observations were corroborated by several independent sources: the cosmic microwave background radiation and large scale structure, apparent size of baryon acoustic oscillations, age of the universe, as well as improved measurements of supernovae and X-ray properties of galaxy clusters.

The property of ( linear ) birefringence is widespread in crystalline minerals, and indeed was pivotal in the initial discovery of polarization.

He is credited for the initial discovery of the sequencer technique, introduced on Phaedra, that came to define the band's music.

These conclusions were supported by the discovery that initial efforts to decontaminate the island after the biological warfare trials had ended failed due to the high durability of anthrax spores.

However, the discovery of an object with an initial Palermo hazard rating of 0. 06 was a historical event for the NEO observation program.

As the name Barlow is associated with the initial discovery and mapping of the Virginia coast by Capt Arthur Barlowe ( 1550 – 1620 ) in 1584, it is conceivable that Ann Barlow is directly connected to the first Governor of Roanoke, Virginia.

Since its initial discovery in 1958, the southern limits of the SAA have remained roughly constant while a long-term expansion has been measured to the northwest, the north, the northeast, and the east.

This theory ( as noted ) lacks recognized documentation other than that which is folkloric in nature, involves the French navy, which ( during the Revolution ) had an uncertain level of authority, and would place the construction of the Oak Island structure very close to its initial discovery by Daniel McGinnis in 1795.

In commemoration of Orcutt ’ s initial discovery, paleontologists named the La Brea Coyote in W. W. Orcutt ’ s honor, Canis Orcutti.

The early stages of the lawsuit may involve initial disclosures of evidence by each party and discovery, which is the structured exchange of evidence and statements between the parties.

The recent discovery includes some of the most productive on-shore oil wells in the United States, with initial production frequently exceeding of oil a day per well.

After the initial discovery of the fossil field in 1949 or 1950, access was free and unrestricted until 2005, when a small interpretive center was constructed, and a collection limit of three fossils was established in exchange for a $ 3 entry fee.

Although the name was informally proposed soon after the initial 1966 discovery, it was not officially given this name until 1983, when Epimetheus also received its name.

Despite the initial enthusiasm of the U. S. Navy, the importance of the Antheil-Lamarr discovery was only acknowledged in the 1990s.

Midi Garth also believes in subjective continuity that begins with the feeling engendered by an initial movement.

From an initial investment of $1,200 in 1943, it has grown, with no additional capital investment, to a present value estimated by some as exceeding $10,000,000 ( we don't disclose financial figures to the public ).

Other communities -- the ones to be aided most by the Senate bill -- have had difficulty starting such stations because of the high initial cost of equipment.

Sometimes they get their initial experience in church haflis, conducted by Lebanese and Syrians in the U.S., where they dance with just as few veils across their bodies as in nightclubs.

At no time was it implied by the experimenter that the subject's initial reaction was deviant.

The initial availability of index words and electronic switches is determined by a table which is included in the Compiler Systems Tape.

Yet, in spite of this, intensive study of the taped interviews by teams of psychotherapists and linguists laid bare the surprising fact that, in the first five minutes of an initial interview, the patient often reveals as many as a dozen times just what's wrong with him ; ;

In a sample of new members of Pittsburgh churches, almost 60 per cent were recruited by initial `` contacts with friendly members ''.

* In the Cree family, vowels are marked by rotating or flipping the consonants, and final consonants are indicated with either special diacritics or superscript forms of the main initial consonants.

The initial americium samples weighed a few micrograms ; they were barely visible and were identified by their radioactivity.

* 1942 – World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.

Ulfilas ' initial success in converting this Germanic people to an Arian form of Christianity was strengthened by later events.

Antoninus made few initial changes when he became emperor, leaving intact as far as possible the arrangements instituted by Hadrian.

The multiplication operation is defined as: multiplication by 1 means no change, multiplication by 2 means shifting to the left, and multiplication by 3 means shifting to the left and then performing xor with the initial unshifted value.

To Arminians, however, both initial salvation and eternal security are " by faith alone "; hence " by faith first to last ".

After some initial success in his efforts to take possession, Albert was driven from Saxony, and also from his Northern march by Henry, and compelled to take refuge in south Germany.

Although this policy met with initial success, it gradually undermined the relative effectiveness of imperial bureaucracy by placing family connections over merit.

After this initial chemotherapeutic compound proved effective, others pursued similar lines of inquiry, but it was not until in 1928 that Alexander Fleming observed antibiosis against bacteria by a fungus of the genus Penicillium.

The Grothendieck – Riemann – Roch theorem was announced by Grothendieck at the initial Mathematische Arbeitstagung in Bonn, in 1957.

The initial two categories here were devised by early neurologists working in the field, namely Paul Broca and Carl Wernicke.

The initial concept was known as AppleBus, envisioning a system controlled by the host Macintosh polling " dumb " devices in a fashion similar to the modern Universal Serial Bus.

" Until this time IP address registration in the ARIN region was done by a department within the Network Solutions corporation, which provided the initial staff and computer infrastructure for ARIN.