Sentences with phrase «large clade»

Because of the potential confusion introduced by applying the name Caryophyllales to a large clade, not all investigators have accepted this circumscription.

In addition, many families previously considered distantly related to Caryophyllales have been found to form a large clade with Caryophyllales (e.g., Asteropeiaceae and Physenaceae, Morton et al. 1997; Rhabdodendraceae, Fay et al. 1997a; Simmondsiaceae, e.g., D. Soltis et al. 2000).

Not exact matches

Dinosaurs are a large group of animals in the clade dinosauria.

This report of secondaries in a larger - bodied, derived, and clearly flightless member of a nonavian theropod clade represented by feathered relatives is a substantial contribution to our knowledge of the evolution of feathers.

Such deposits possess clear taphonomic biases toward small - bodied animals, limiting our knowledge regarding feather presence in larger members of feathered clades.

Within Neoaves, they proposed several large new clades, including a waterbird clade containing taxa such as penguins, pelicans, and loons, as well as a landbird clade containing woodpeckers, birds of prey, parrots, and songbirds.

Within Passerea, the TENT strongly confirmed the monophyly of two large closely related clades that we refer to as core landbirds (Telluraves) and core waterbirds (Aequornithia)(8, 16, 17, 27, 36, 59); we use the term «core» instead of «higher» to prevent interpretation that these groups are more advanced or more recently evolved than other birds.

Although some of the findings of the initial multigene studies (8, 17) have since been corroborated with larger sequence (26 — 28) or transposable element (TE) insertion data sets (29), other proposed clades were not supported (27, 28).

The study also revealed that the co-inheritance among major clades of T. gondii of large haploblocks enriched in clustered SPD genes shapes the population structure of this parasite and might determine host range, transmission and pathogenicity.

Individuals with APOE 3 — TOMM40 clade A haplotypes had a mean AAO of 73.31 years vs 72.93 years for APOE 3 — TOMM40 clade B. Thus, in this much larger study (total cases = 1594, total controls = 1190; total APOE 33 cases = 474, total APOE 33 controls = 701) than the original study (N = 34), we found a trend toward association but in the opposite direction than previously reported.

also displays features consistent with filter feeding, and extends the range of this large - bodied pachycormid clade from the Late Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous.

It is the largest member of the clade Pinnipedia and the order Carnivora, as well as the largest marine mammal that is not a cetacean.

For example, Judd et al. (2002) continue to use Caryophyllales in a narrow sense (= core Caryophyllales in APG and APG II) and refer to the larger, more inclusive clade as the caryophyllid clade.

To draw together our current understanding of wood function, we identify and collate data on the major wood functional traits, including the largest wood density database to date (8412 taxa), mechanical strength measures and anatomical features, as well as clade - specific features such as secondary chemistry.