Bactericidal antibiotics kill bacteria ; bacteriostatic antibiotics slow their growth or reproduction.

As barriers to reproduction between two diverging populations are required for the populations to become new species, gene flow may slow this process by spreading genetic differences between the populations.

The Spectrum was intended to work with a normal domestic cassette recorder, and despite differences in audio reproduction fidelity, the software loading process was quite reliable, if somewhat slow ( by today's standards ).

Alternatively, auks may have split off far earlier from the rest of the Lari and undergone strong morphological, but slow genetic evolution, which would require a very high evolutionary pressure, coupled with a long lifespan and slow reproduction.

With its long lifespan of 70 years or more, and slow rate of reproduction, the dugong is especially vulnerable to extinction.

As water and nutrients are rather sparse in the environment of the endolith, they have a very slow reproduction cycle.

Larger mammals are rarely bred specifically for such studies due to their slow rate of reproduction, though some scientists take advantage of inbred domesticated animals, such as dog or cattle breeds, for comparative purposes.

As barriers to reproduction between two diverging populations are required for the populations to become new species, gene flow may slow this process by spreading genetic differences between the populations.

In humans, which have a slow reproduction rate, the population will remain small for many generations, effectively amplifying the drift effect generation after generation until the population reaches a certain size.

The humans exploit the Moties ' idiom of " on the gripping hand " to present a third, stronger option: a genetic modification that would slow down the excessive reproduction rate of the Moties so that they can expand peacefully.

Tautog populations are at low levels, and their slow reproduction and growth make them more vulnerable to overfishing.

Its recovery rate from fishing is slow because its long life cycle and sporadic reproduction make the fish prone to overfishing.

While the taimen is sometimes ( often illegally ) harvested commercially, its low price and slow growth and reproduction make it more valuable as a game fish.

Its restricted habitat, low dispersal, and slow reproduction are factors that limit this shark's capacity for recovering from overfishing.

These animals are characterized by a slow reproduction rate: females only bear young once every two to four years.

Many populations have already crashed, while others are showing signs of severe overfishing ; due to slimeheads ' slow rate of reproduction, the future viability of these fisheries has been put into question.

This is a slow reproduction rate in elephants.

however, for slow learners and prospective dropouts these courses ought to begin earlier.

However these mechanical systems were slow, the images were dim and flickered severely, and the image resolution very low.

Designed with a retarder, slow drying medium, or other proprietary mediums that allow the paints to be reopened, these paints can take anywhere from a few hours to a few days, or even a few weeks to dry completely.

Although these instruments have slow response time and low accuracy, they were sometimes used in measuring radio-frequency current.

The theory behind these refuges is to slow the evolution of the pests ' resistance to the Bt pesticide.

For the late 19th century the music publishing industry found a market for what are often termed sentimental ballads, and these are the origin of the modern use of the term ballad to mean a slow love song.

Adoption was slow at first ; in 2000 the National Federation of the Blind said there were only 3 of these in the USA, one owned by the NFB itself and the other two by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.

The electrons in these tubes moved in a slow diffusion process, never gaining much speed, so these tubes didn't produce cathode rays.

If these relations are stored physically as separate disk files, completing a database query that draws information from several relations ( a join operation ) can be slow.

With these territories, Rome would have an advance station north of Ctesiphon, and would be able to slow any future advance of Persian forces through the region.

Education on the whole, as a stand-alone entity, has been slow to embrace these changes.

At that time the ships of the Mediterranean were too slow and too heavy to make these voyages.

Heavy goods transport on these roads was by means of slow, broad wheeled, carts hauled by teams of horses.

* He said to them ..." Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

The rotation of morphine with chemically dissimilar opioids in the long-term treatment of pain will slow down the growth of tolerance in the longer run, particularly agents known to have significantly incomplete cross-tolerance with morphine such as levorphanol, ketobemidone, piritramide, and methadone and its derivatives ; all of these drugs also have NMDA antagonist properties.

For a neutron-initiated chain-reaction to occur, there must be a critical mass of the element present in a certain space under certain conditions ( these conditions slow and conserve neutrons for the reactions ).

However, while broad-based progress has been slow, these efforts have begun to become evident in international surveys of corruption.

The rate at which these events occur is governed largely by the mass of the intermediate or particles, so by assuming these reactions are responsible for the majority of the baryon number seen today, a maximum mass can be calculated above which the rate would be too slow to explain the presence of matter today.

Some researchers have suggested that these animals employed slow, soaring flight, while others have concluded that their flight was fast and dynamic.

To keep these baggage trains from becoming too large and slow, Marius had each infantryman carry as much of his own equipment as he could, including his own armour, weapons and 15 days ' rations, for about 25 – 30 kg ( 50 – 60 pounds ) of load total.

Implementation of these new rights was slow to come ; in the 1868 election, the black vote counted in only sixteen of the thirty-seven states.

If anything they slow you down " or " I went to one of these so called Gentlemens ' clubs and was shocked to see it was full of Women.

Daugherty, however, was slow at following up on these indictments.

Even if they are not visible when the puffer is not inflated, all puffers have pointed spines, so a hungry predator may suddenly find itself facing an unpalatable, pointy ball rather than a slow, tasty fish.

To slow a fish, the angler simply applied hand pressure to the rim of the revolving spool ( known as " palming the rim ").

Although adequate for smaller fish, these did not possess a wide adjustment range or the power to slow larger fish.

Fishing in the margins for carp or other heavy fish with relatively light tackle is very popular with a ' pin ' and it is unbeatable as a tool for trotting on slow and fast flowing rivers.

Many are also fitted with anti-reverse handles and drags designed to slow runs by large and powerful game fish.

Although its slow growth limits its potential for aquaculture, it is considered a popular aquarium fish.

Large yellow catfish live in the slow moving rivers or in the local lake and stock tanks ( ponds ) along with many other fish like channel catfish, large-mouthed bass ( black bass ), crappie, gar, carp, buffalo fish, drum, bream and goggle-eyed sun perch.

The music video for " Epic " received extensive airplay on MTV in 1990, despite anger from animal rights activists for a slow motion shot of a fish flopping out of water.

Twilight world is split into four zones: the Desert ( sand cats, mongooses, rattlesnakes, kangaroo rats and geckos ), the Rainforest ( slow loris, mouse deer, sloths, owl monkeys, aye-aye, possums and mouse lemurs ), the Cave ( scorpions, blind cave fish and naked mole rats ) and the House ( rats and mice ).

It was prepared by subjecting salted fish, in particular mackerel intestines, to a very slow thermal process.

In 2007, several American states, including Michigan, enacted regulations designed to slow the spread of fish diseases, including viral hemorrhagic septicemia, by bait fish.

Because many of the rivers and lakes of Denali are fed by glaciers, glacial silt and cold temperatures slow the metabolism of the fish, preventing them from reaching normal sizes.

While a weir is easy for some fish to jump over, other species or certain life stages of the same species may be blocked by weirs due to relatively slow swim speeds or behavioral characteristics.

His opponents blamed him for various problems arising in the second term, including a slow response by his environmental agency to a big fish kill, and problems at two state centers for the developmentally disabled.

In addition, schools of fish tend to move around ; so a hole may be productive for 10 minutes and then slow down to nothing for an hour before a school returns to that location.

Deep sea fish grow slowly because of limited food, have slow metabolisms, low reproductive rates, and many don't reach breeding maturity for 30 to 40 years.

The adults are slow moving, gregarious fish, of some commercial importance.

Although not generally aggressive towards other species, avoid slow moving, long finned fish like male Betta splendens with this fish.

In the reservoirs and slow stretches above Faribault the most common game fish are northern pike, black crappies, bluegills, and bullheads.

The young fish are slow growing reportedly reaching after 110 days, about after 8 months.