Sentence examples for based on morphological comparisons from inspiring English sources

This assumption, based on morphological comparisons of fossils, conflicts with a 2006 genetic analysis which indicates raccoons are more closely related to ringtails.

In fact, based on morphological comparisons [50], [51], there has been some previous suggestion that Barbourula kalimantanensis may be more closely related to Bombina than to B. busuangensis [51].

Christoffersen [ 21] subdivided the hippolytids into superfamily and families based on morphological comparisons.

Traditionally, the phylogeny of newly described or strictly sylvatic triatomine species has been inferred based on morphological comparisons.

F. altissima and F. scariosa have been previously suggested as diploid progenitors of Continental tall fescue based on morphological comparisons [ 15] and comparison of chromosome structure [ 21], but sequences from these two species were never closely associated with any tall fescue haplotype in this phylogenetic analysis.

We determine their taxonomic positions based on morphological comparison with similar extant and fossil specimens and discuss their phytogeographic and paleoclimatic implications in terms of the distribution and habitat of fossil and modern populations.

To overcome the limitations of studies based on morphological comparison, we explored a comprehensive quantitative method for defining the constrained stage using expressed sequence tag (EST) data, gene ontologies (GO), and available genomes of various animals.

Much speculation has surrounded the role of gender in psychiatric disorders based on morphological and clinical comparisons between affected males and affected females.

Consistently, the Deiters' cell population did not show clear signs of expansion, based on morphological examination and comparison to the control (non-infected and reporter virus-infected) cochleas at 7 DIV (Fig. 6A-C).

Based on morphological and anatomical studies of stem/frond as well as on detailed comparisons, this paper discusses the taxonomy and growth habit of Yiduxylon, and the evolution of seed plant protostelic architecture during the Late Devonian and earliest Carboniferous.

For prokaryotes and many microbial eukaryotes, however, this sort of comparison cannot be achieved, as no organismal tree based on morphological characters can be proposed.