Sentences with phrase «avian evolution»

Spanning 375,000,000 years of avian evolution, the 70» x 40» mural took Kim two - and - a-half years to make, requiring theInk Dwell founder paint a mind - bending entire bird per day.

The fossils» specialized anatomy suggests that key factors in birds» long - term success, such as expert flying ability and rapid growth rates, arose surprisingly early in avian evolution.

Together, the two discoveries may represent one the most significant advances in the contentious study of avian evolution for decades.

But songbirds aren't the only reason birds are so varied and interesting: Bursts of new species appeared among island birds, waterfowl, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, and gulls, among others, at various times during avian evolution, researchers report online today in Nature.

This new discovery adds to our knowledge regarding the phylogenetic differentiation and morphological diversity in early avian evolution.

Avian evolution was turned upside down in July, when biologists released a comparative survey of songbird genes.

Researchers have used a computer program that simulates avian evolution to design a better flying machine.

A less bird - obsessed man might have quailed, but Prum re-emerged with a string of discoveries that have reshaped the field's understanding of such fundamental questions as what feathers are for and how mating rituals drive avian evolution.

Of broader significance, Gary Graves of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History observed: «The avian microbiome is terra incognita but it is not unreasonable to suppose that the relationship between birds and their microbes has been as important in avian evolution as the development of powered flight and song.»

«Early avian evolution: The Archaeopteryx that was n`t.»

The Notebaert Goes to the Birds with New Birds of Paradise Exhibit - Third Coast Review - February 2, 2018 Just as Museum Week was kicking off in Chicago, the Notebaert was celebrating its 161st birthday and the opening of their newest special exhibit, Birds of Paradise — Amazing Avian Evolution, which includes an amazing live animal exhibit called The Bird House that features a rotating cast of local and exotic birds for visitors to meet, learn about and interact with.

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An international team of influenza researchers in China, the United Kingdom and the United States has used genetic sequencing to trace the source and evolution of the avian H7N9 influenza virus that emerged in humans in China earlier this year.

Covering topics such as the physiology, neurobiology, learning, ecology, and evolution of birdsong, the contributors offer nonspecialists an up - to - date survey of our understanding of avian singing.

A campaign has succeeded in its aims to remove references to evolution, including the avian ancestor Archaeopteryx, from high - school textbooks

Insight into the early evolution of the avian sternum from juvenile enantiornithines.

«The bottom line is that, by speeding up avian genetic evolution, the K - Pg mass extinction may have temporarily altered the rate of the avian molecular clock,» says Field.

Cornell University Ph.D. candidate Jacob Berv and University of Bath Prize Fellow Daniel Field suggest that the meteor - induced mass extinction (a.k.a. the K - Pg event) led to an acceleration in the rate of genetic evolution among its avian survivors.

«Genome - wide data help identify an avian species - level lineage that is morphologically and vocally cryptic,» appears in the journal, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Shaw says the results suggest that general intelligence «has evolved independently in the avian lineage» and that parallel evolution of general intelligence among animals «could be more widespread than we currently realize.»

The Kent research is part of a study by a consortium of leading scientists into avian or bird genomes, which tell a story of species evolution.

To study evolution across a major vertebrate class, dissect the genomics of complex traits, and resolve a centuries - old debate on the avian species tree, we formed a consortium focused on the sequencing and analyses of at least one genome per avian order.

The study, published as the cover article in BioMed Central's Avian Research, led by the Earlham Institute and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, explores the phylogenetic relationship between two forms of Harriers (Circus cyaneus); the Eurasian Hen Harrier (C. c. cyan ecus) and the American Northern Harrier (C. c. hudsonius) to distinguish their ancestry and evolution.

These include two flagship papers: one exploiting genomic - scale data to generate a highly supported avian order phylogeny that resolves many debates on the timing and topology of their radiation; the other a comparative genomic analysis exploring avian genome evolution and the genetic basis of complex traits.

We will have major players give state of the art talks in sessions including Avian Behavior, Avian Physiology, Avian Stem Cell & Transgenesis - related Techniques, Developmental Biology, Genetic / Genomic Analysis and the Origin and Evolution of Birds, etc..

Might Hawaiian forest birds develop resistance to avian malaria if we let evolution take its natural course?

Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation.

Dec 2012 Congratulations to Brian Leary on completing his most excellent Master's thesis «Modular Variation in the Development and Evolution of the Pedal Digits of Avian and Non-Avian Dinosaurs»