Sentence examples for body size over time from inspiring English sources

The fish-eating lineage, including vaquitas and dolphins, have actually decreased in body size over time for unknown reasons.

As an example, it is often claimed that lineages in general tend to exhibit gradual increases in body size over time, an observation known as "Cope's Rule" after nineteenth century paleontologist E.D. Cope.

Also, the collected individuals were clearly separated into 2 age cohorts, with a bimodal distribution of body size over time: one that newly emerged in spring and the other that originated from the preceding year.

Because within-individual variance in body size over time will contribute to residual variance, repeat measures of individuals provide important longitudinal data that can improve understanding of heritability estimates.

Because of the highly seasonal BKT growth in our study stream, we included an age × season [age = (1, 2, 3), season = (spring, summer)] fixed effect interaction to account for changes in body size over time.

A potential limitation of this study was that anthropometric measurements were taken at only one point in time, so we could not directly assess changes in measured body size over time.

So, for example, if fish within a population vary in body size, if body size is influenced by heritable genes, and if larger fish are less likely to reproduce (perhaps because they tend to get caught in fishing nets), the fish population will evolve smaller body sizes over time (Fig. 1).

In contrast, he notes, Sallan and Galimberti's analysis assesses trends in body size over a broader time scale and among a wider range of species.

We examined whether and when differences in body size disappear over time and whether twins attain normal final height and body mass index (BMI).

In turn, the size-dependencies of these characteristics influence body size over the short-term and on longer, evolutionary time-scales [3], [4].

In fact, several lineages of horses underwent reductions in body size over the same period.