"Beak size" refers to the length and shape of a bird's beak. It describes the size or dimensions of the beak, which is an important characteristic for different bird species.
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«beak»
«size»
Sentences with «beak size»
- Variants of one gene had a major effect on rapid changes in beak size after a drought, researchers report in the April 22 Science. (sciencenews.org)
- Averaged across all species, temperature explained 16 per cent of beak size variation (The American Naturalist, DOI: 10.1086 / 653666). (newscientist.com)
- Genetic variants of the HMGA2 gene controls beak size in the birds, evolutionary geneticist Leif Andersson and colleagues now report. (sciencenews.org)
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