Sentence examples for distinctive leaf from inspiring English sources

The presence of this distinctive leaf physiognomic signature suggests that although a monsoon climate existed in Eocene time across southern Asia the characteristics of the modern topographically-enhanced South Asia Monsoon had yet to develop.

George promoted it to species rank on the basis of its distinctive leaf arrangement and midrib in 1996.

Furthermore, N. rajah has a distinctive leaf shape making it difficult to illegally ship abroad even if the pitchers are removed, as an informed customs official should be able to identify it.

Homozygous dcl4-10 plants containing the L1 GUS transgene were identified by their distinctive leaf phenotype, which is similar to that of the dcl4-2 mutant [23].

The tetraploid transformants of 'Hawaii 4' that we examined all shared a distinctive leaf morphology, which manifested as a quantifiably altered ratio (B/A) of central leaflet to overall leaf width.

Oosumi et al. [ 4] did not report the occurrence of tetraploidy among their transformants; however, a careful examination of the four transformants that were photographically documented by these authors suggests to us that the transformant depicted in their Figure eight-b [ 4] may be a tetraploid, as suggested by the distinctive leaf morphology that we have shown to be indicative of tetraploidy.

In addition to a common pelvic structure, they share a number of other unique features, including a bone that joined the two lower jaws and distinctive leaf-shaped teeth crenulated along the upper edges.

For example, chimpanzees with high intestinal loads of parasitic worms engage in distinctive leaf-swallowing behavior, which is rarely exhibited by healthy chimps [8], [14].

Yet the 50th anniversary of Canada's distinctive maple leaf flag on February 15th came and went without official fanfare.

Ted Kozlowski, 55, manager of Lasdon Park, Arboretum and Veterans Memorial, in Somers, N.Y., spotted what looked like the distinctive, jagged leaf of Castanea dentata while he was clearing a line for a deer fence in 1994.

A novel zebra mutant, zebra-15, derived from the restorer line Jinhui10 (Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica) treated by EMS, displayed a distinctive zebra leaf from seedling stage to jointing stage.