Sentences with phrase «taxidermy specimens»

Taxidermy specimens surround Ralph's office — an illusion of life as void of it as his own.

Their work provides the first example in which DNA from taxidermy specimens is used to answer questions about livestock genetics.

A collaborative team led by geneticists from Trinity College Dublin compared the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of 15 historical taxidermy specimens from Britain and Ireland and nine modern samples taken from Irish dairy and feral populations.

«DNA from taxidermy specimens explains genetic structure of British and Irish goats.»

The geneticists sampled a number of different «Old Goat» herds among the 15 taxidermy specimens.

A taxidermied specimen of a ruddy ticked cat exhibited in the 1830s at the Leiden Zoological Museum in The Netherlands, where he was labeled «Patrie, domestica India,» gives creedence to that theory.

Not exact matches

Today's world of taxidermy isn't exclusive to preserving real specimens.

Four researchers are leading the hunt for appropriate bird and mammal specimens, a challenging task since these animals are typically mounted as dry taxidermy.

«The anatomy on these specimens is absolutely incredible,» notes George Dante, founder of the company Wildlife Preservations who led the taxidermy restoration efforts for the project.

A selection of Hirst's extraordinary collection of anatomical models, taxidermy, specimen and skeletons are on display alongside an «Entomology Cabinet» at the Barbican's «Magnificent Obsessions» exhibition (until May 25th).

A selection of Damien Hirst's extraordinary collection of anatomical models, taxidermy, specimens and skeletons form part of «Magnificent Obsessions», the Barbican's major exhibition of the personal collections of post-war and contemporary artists.

The collections spans from mass production objects, such as the cookie jars collected by Andy Warhol's, to the rarest artifacts, like Arman's African artworks and samurai armor; from image collections, such as Dr. Lakra's record covers or Sol LeWitt's Japanese prints, modernist photographs and music scores, to specimens appropriate for natural history cabinet, like Damien Hist's taxidermy and medical models.

Reminiscent of a Renaissance Wunderkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, McGuire's studio objects reflect an esoteric interest in natural history such as the glass - cased and mounted specimens of taxidermied birds, shells, a sheep's skull, a mummified cat.

This wealth of resources includes materials as diverse as nineteenth - century scientific instruments, Native American objects, examples of taxidermy, sculpture, geological specimens, and antique books.

Although interest in the natural world had slowly been gaining steam over the centuries, it exploded in the 1800s — a time when natural specimens, taxidermy, illustrations and scientific models served to enlighten a culture hungry for a taste of nature.

For over a half - century, all that remained of the Imperial Woodpecker's millennia of evolution on planet Earth were taxidermied museum specimens and drawings in ornithological volumes — but thanks to the discovery of a rare 16 - mm film, the extinct bird flies again.