Sentences with phrase «in animal diversity»

This World Heritage area is rich in animal diversity.

With this SciLifeLab funding, we can employ cutting - edge DNA sequencing technologies to generate complete genomes of these animals and to elucidate genomic signatures that underlie key evolutionary innovations in animal diversity.

Whatever the cause, this major evolutionary event led to a wide range of biological innovation, including the origin of modern ecosystems, a rapid increase in animal diversity, the origin of skeletons and the first appearance of specialist modes of life such as burrowing and swimming.

Not exact matches

The country also is estimated to have the highest sheer number and diversity of plants and animals for its size, meaning it's the most dense country for biodiversity in the world.

Encompass is a new group focused on diversity in the animal movement.

When I was comparing humanity to the animal world, I was referring to the diversity in behaviour and the associated perceptions (assuming animal behaviour is driven by perception of their environment).

Then came the Cambrian explosion, which gave rise to a huge diversity of life forms: most types of modern animals appear in the fossil record from this era.

«In its 4.6 billion years circling the sun, the Earth has harbored an increasing diversity of life forms: for the last 3.6 billion years, simple cells (prokaryotes); for the last 3.4 billion years, cyanobacteria performing ph - otosynthesis; for the last 2 billion years, complex cells (eukaryotes); for the last 1 billion years, multicellular life; for the last 600 million years, simple animals; for the last 550 million years, bilaterians, animals with a front and a back; for the last 500 million years, fish and proto - amphibians; for the last 475 million years, land plants; for the last 400 million years, insects and seeds; for the last 360 million years, amphibians; for the last 300 million years, reptiles; for the last 200 million years, mammals; for the last 150 million years, birds; for the last 130 million years, flowers; for the last 60 million years, the primates, for the last 20 million years, the family H - ominidae (great apes); for the last 2.5 million years, the genus H - omo (human predecessors); for the last 200,000 years, anatomically modern humans.»

In terms of this principle, I expect, one might speak of the prima facie «rights» of nonhuman animals, at least of those that are conscious, and in a more extended sense of the term, the prima facie «right» of the natural order to its own diversiIn terms of this principle, I expect, one might speak of the prima facie «rights» of nonhuman animals, at least of those that are conscious, and in a more extended sense of the term, the prima facie «right» of the natural order to its own diversiin a more extended sense of the term, the prima facie «right» of the natural order to its own diversity

Even granting something like the teleological order I have asserted, however, some may doubt that this formulation adequately states our responsibilities to our natural habitat, especially responsibilities to the diversity of species in the nonhuman world and to individual animals, at least within species whose members exhibit the capacity to suffer.

@ket: the diversity we see in the animal kingdom, is a direct result of the enviroment.

If you were designing these animals to be able to survive and adapt, you would have to work pretty hard to accomplish this diversity, and to be succesful in all cases.

Not only did all kinds of animals share the earth with him, but he found that he was in some sort a part of this zoological diversity which hitherto he had regarded as being merely his neighbors.

The most passionate argument in the book, in a chapter on declining Jewish population, pleads that, after the Holocaust, Jews are an endangered species, deserving protection and enhancement for the sake of diversity, like the bald eagle: «You have friends who work to rescue endangered animal and plant species, so you know why this matters.»

Heritage Fire is the nation's only hyper - local, whole animal live - fire outdoor culinary event cooking 3,000 pounds of heritage breed animals in celebration of pasture diversity and family farming.

Heritage Fire will showcase more than 45 notable chefs and butchers from Colorado alongside top chefs from around the country, cooking 3,000 pounds of heritage breed animals in celebration of breed diversity and family farming.

Key Concept: Maintaining interdependence and diversity among plants and animals is essential in sustaining rainforests.

We would also look to offer more small scale, accession grants for farmers to invest in animal welfare, reducing carbon emissions, and more efficient IT so they can increase diversity and profitability.»

She hopes the detailed look in the new paper will inspire more analysis of the diversity of predation, including animals that hunt by ambush.

Just how complex has been emphasised anew with a slew of studies that highlight the staggering diversity of sexual practice in the animal kingdom.

«I've spent a lot of time over the years looking at other isotopes from a diversity of fauna on the island and have answered all sorts of questions about animal interactions and ecological change, but big questions remain unanswered about differences in mobility among organisms as well as changes in their mobility over time.»

«The distribution of lifespan and growth with latitude might help explain one of the more fundamental patterns in the evolutionary and ecological history of animal life on the planet: the latitudinal diversity gradient.»

When on the low - fiber diet, animals showed a decrease in the diversity of their microbiome, with 60 percent of the bacteria species plummeting in numbers compared with their high - fiber friends.

«The herbivores created space for other plants and animals to move in and we saw much more diversity and variety in these ecosystems,» said Rebecca Kordas, the lead author of the study who completed this research as a PhD student in zoology at UBC.

They noted three phases when, after oxygen in the seas dipped and then rose again, animal diversity flourished.

Their work published Aug. 13 in the journal Animal Conservation «Recovery of Gene Diversity Using Long - Term Cryopreserved Spermatozoa and Artificial Insemination in the Endangered Black - Footed Ferret.»

That's the conclusion of one of the most accurate analyses ever of diversity in the marine animal fossil record.

More than 540 international expeditions sailed to coral reefs, hydrothermal vents, seamounts, and open ocean waters to assemble a comprehensive picture of the diversity, habitats, and abundance of animals and microbes living in the sea.

Dams, big or small, have the potential to change a river's water flow, temperature, sediment, and ultimately the patterns in plant and animal diversity.

«Both malaria and Helicosporidium started out as alga and ended up as intracellular parasites preying on animals, but they have done it in very different ways,» says Keeling, director of the Centre for Microbial Diversity and Evolution at UBC and a Senior Fellow of Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

However, the animal kingdom is host to an incredible diversity of sperm forms, explains Scott Pitnick, the lead author of a new study in Nature and Weeden Professor of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Frankel is currently directing or co-directing projects related to the ethical and policy implications of human germ - line interventions, the responsible use of animals in biomedical and behavioral research, improving patient safety and reducing errors in health care, the ethical dimensions of the Human Genome Diversity Project, the uses of anonymity on the Internet, and intellectual property and ethical standards for electronic publishing in science.

In his study, recently published in the scientific journal «Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution,» he concludes that the reintroduction of large animals in certain parts of the world could have a positive effect in regard to species diversitIn his study, recently published in the scientific journal «Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution,» he concludes that the reintroduction of large animals in certain parts of the world could have a positive effect in regard to species diversitin the scientific journal «Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution,» he concludes that the reintroduction of large animals in certain parts of the world could have a positive effect in regard to species diversitin Ecology and Evolution,» he concludes that the reintroduction of large animals in certain parts of the world could have a positive effect in regard to species diversitin certain parts of the world could have a positive effect in regard to species diversitin regard to species diversity.

The polar bears had low diversity in their MHC genes, so their immune system may lack this versatility (Animal Conservation, doi.org/mht).

Previous work in Atlantic salmon has shown that the diversity of genes coding for the MHC binding site is lower in animals that typically live in lower temperature conditions.

«It suggests there was an immense amount of diversity in the intermediary land and aquatic animals,» Shubin says, «which tells us evolution was less a stepwise progression than a lot of false starts.»

The old hypothesis hinged upon the fact that many of the early mammal fossils that had been found were from small, insect - eating animals — there didn't seem to be much in the way of diversity.

«Diversity provides stability among animals in the wild: Study on moths explains why insect pests only occur in some years.»

In their study, published in the scientific journal Peer J, the scientists demonstrate that the species diversity of both groups of animals was noticeably higher in the past than it is todaIn their study, published in the scientific journal Peer J, the scientists demonstrate that the species diversity of both groups of animals was noticeably higher in the past than it is todain the scientific journal Peer J, the scientists demonstrate that the species diversity of both groups of animals was noticeably higher in the past than it is todain the past than it is today.

«We expected the elites to have the greatest diversity [in consumption of animal species], but it wasn't like that.

The Siberian Salamander, four species of brown frogs (genus Rana), four species of toads, one green frog (genus Pelophylax), two lizards and five species of snakes — these 17 species represent the entire recent amphibian and reptile fauna of Western Siberia, which therefore counts among the regions with the lowest species diversity regarding these animal classes in all of Eurasia and Northern Africa.

The sheer diversity of stuffed animals in this one room is extraordinary, but the focal point is the lawyer from Dallas, Texas, sitting in one corner.

In addition to the high diversity of endemic species, plants and animals that are abundant in Okinawa's corals, the area is also the site of the confluence of two major currents in the Pacific OceaIn addition to the high diversity of endemic species, plants and animals that are abundant in Okinawa's corals, the area is also the site of the confluence of two major currents in the Pacific Oceain Okinawa's corals, the area is also the site of the confluence of two major currents in the Pacific Oceain the Pacific Ocean.

«We suggest that oxygen was much lower than previously thought during this important middle chapter in Earth history, which likely explains the low abundances and diversity of eukaryotic organisms and the absence of animals,» Lyons said.

«Knowing the diversity of plants in Cretaceous environments provides a better understanding of potential food sources for animals such as plant - eating dinosaurs,» says Judy Skog, program director for paleontology in NSF's Division of Earth Sciences.

Interestingly, these semi-captive animals» microbiomes fell right in between those of the wild and captive doucs, further supporting they hypothesis that lower plant consumption causes loss of microbial diversity.

The suggested focus should be in building the resilience of society and maintaining diversity in the «global microbiome» — only a fraction of which causes human or animal disease.

To measure genetic diversity, Nowak's team sequenced genes in the animals» mitochondria — energy - generating cellular organelles that have their own small genome.

In the past 20 years, the amount of time devoted to the systematic review of the range and diversity of various groups of animals in most university biology and zoology departments has declined dramaticallIn the past 20 years, the amount of time devoted to the systematic review of the range and diversity of various groups of animals in most university biology and zoology departments has declined dramaticallin most university biology and zoology departments has declined dramatically.

And the loss of genetic diversity in wild axolotls — owing to their diminishing population — means that scientists lose out on learning all they can about the animal's biology.