Sentence examples for birds we obtained from inspiring English sources
In order to test the hypothesis of late Pleistocene origins for birds, we obtained a set of pairwise genetic distances estimated from avian mitochondrial cytochrome b by Weir and Schluter [42].
Regarding genetic changes during bird evolution, we obtained quite different results from those previously reported by Go [ 15].
To compare sequence divergence between the birds and mammals we obtained the orthologous human and mouse genes and used the alignment that contained only the aligned regions from kiwi, chicken, human and mouse.
We also compared the D-loop sequences of Indian birds with those of 779 birds obtained from GenBank.
Some birds were obtained from the same farms; therefore we considered a clustering of birds by duck farms and adjusted the standard errors and confidence intervals for this intra-farm correlation [ 32].
Considering that previous phylogenetic studies based on a single gene or a few genes failed to resolve the internal branching orders within the Galliformes, we sequenced the complete mt genomes of 14 galliform birds, and obtained other mt genomes from GenBank (Additional file 1).
To increase our confidence in these findings, we proceeded to test one additional hearing and three additional deafened birds, and obtained similar results albeit with a more significant p value in the hearing group.
To ascertain local circulation of WNV in Spain, we designed a capture-recapture study in which serum samples from wild birds were obtained at different times.
In most regions, including North America, the chief cause of the decline was traced to the pesticide DDT, which the birds had obtained from their avian prey.
The American Magazine noted that Desbouvrie did not breed his birds and obtained them all as nestlings, although he promised he could breed them easily if he wanted to do so.
