Sentences with phrase «with beak shape»

In the finches, the gene displayed two distinct variants that matched up neatly with beak shape.

There were also strong similarities with genes identified with beak shape in Darwin's study of finches — one of the best - known examples of how physical traits have adapted to different environments in the wild.

Not exact matches

For what a presence he was, that snow - white fisherman With the long golden beak and the black stick legs, Whether preening his wind - riffled feathers As he stood on his bright - orange water temple (That pi - shaped torii that floated like a spirit), Or flapping prehistorically across the pond To stalk and stab in the dark water Plucking with dagger bill a twitching minWith the long golden beak and the black stick legs, Whether preening his wind - riffled feathers As he stood on his bright - orange water temple (That pi - shaped torii that floated like a spirit), Or flapping prehistorically across the pond To stalk and stab in the dark water Plucking with dagger bill a twitching minwith dagger bill a twitching minnow.

So fat shaped beaks dies out on the Island with small seed and the thin beaked Finches survives and passed on their genes and vice versa, so the thin beaked finches dies out where larger seed were available because they could not grasp them!

When I'm happy with the shape, I drill holes for the eyes, beak and legs.

Working with DNA samples collected by the Grants, researchers at Uppsala identified the gene that influences beak shape by comparing the genomes of 120 birds, all members of the 15 species known as «Darwin's finches.»

Cockatoos share many features with other parrots including the characteristic curved beak shape and a zygodactyl foot, with two forward toes and two backwards toes.

In the warm, humid tropical forests of the Peruvian Amazon, a rather drab grey bird makes its way to a cup - shaped nest made of dry leaves, its beak stuffed with a juicy insect.

The front portion of the creature's lower jaw had a deep, thin, crescent - shaped keel (artist's representation above) that may have been covered with keratin, akin to the beaks of modern birds.

Genetic differences between the two populations suggested that natural selection, the process that drives evolution, appeared to be at work especially in DNA regions associated with the shape and structure of the birds» beaks.

Individuals from a species with a highly variable beak shape — the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis)-- had a mixture of the blunt and pointed gene variants.

«It is very striking that when we compare the size and shape of the Big Bird beaks with the beak morphologies of the other three species inhabiting Daphne Major, the Big Birds occupy their own niche in the beak morphology space,» said Sangeet Lamichhaney, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University and the first author on the study.

However, we are convinced that we now have identified the two loci with the largest individual effects that have shaped the evolution of beak morphology among the Darwin's finches», says Sangeet Lamichhaney, PhD student at Uppsala University and first author of the study.

They are oblanceoloid in shape and 2 to 3 mm long with slender beaks.

Not only does the «beak» grille seem softer and a bit more conservative, but the lower edges of the tapered headlamp assemblies will be in line with the lower edge of the V - shaped grille.

Marion Zoological Scenic Paradise Food Marion Zoological's Scenic Paradise Food is made up of round - shaped morsels with a light, crunchy texture for large and medium - sized parrots like African greys, macaws and cockatoos that prefer to pick up food with their beaks.

Wood toys, mineral blocks, and other features with rough textures can provide your bird with a natural way to keep his beak in shape.

In one Plexiglas work titled The Vessel 2011, plaster casts of arms and hands form swanlike shapes, with the hands holding (or throwing) beaks formed from modeling clay.

The biomorphic shapes, with its eyes and beaks, remind me of Joan Miro, also known for his treatment of the surreal and the biology of things real or un-real.

At times their surfaces are smooth, or carry the imprint of the full - body grip of the artist in the throes of this vaguely anthropomorphic presence, topped with profiles in the shape of a bird's beak.