Sentence examples for evolution of reptiles from inspiring English sources

Though some aspects of the biology and anatomy of the various amphibian groups might demonstrate features possessed by reptilian ancestors, amphibians are not the intermediate step in the evolution of reptiles from fishes.

Chris Schneider has a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley and is now on the staff at Boston University where he specializes in ecology and evolution of reptiles and amphibians, molecular systematics and population genetics, tropical biology, and conservation.

The dispensability of ROM1 has support from reptiles, where the loss of reptile ROM1 caused no discernable effects on the sequence evolution of reptile RDS and RDS2.

First glimpses into the evolution of reptile genomes (endothermic and ectothermic) have revealed unique genomic attributes such as microchromosomes, the evolution of gene structure and gene synteny [ 12- 14], as well as dramatic evolutionary changes in functionally important genes [ 15].

Dr Mark Young, from the University of Edinburgh, said: "It is satisfying to be able to classify a specimen that has been unexamined for more than 100 years, and doubly so to find that this discovery improves our understanding of the evolution of marine reptiles".

The purpose of this contribution is to review the evolution of marine reptiles with emphasis on Mesozoic forms.

Given that individuals are more likely to reject the evolutionary origins of humans versus other organisms we were interested to see if these results would be different if we separated student acceptance of human evolution from that of reptiles and viruses.

This study is the first successful use of RNA-Seq methods to characterize changes in pregnancy-associated gene expression in any squamate reptile and a significant step toward uncovering the genetic mechanisms behind the evolution of viviparity in reptiles.

The study of Mesozoic marine reptiles is rapidly advancing, with new fossils from China revealing new information on the early evolution of Mesozoic marine reptiles.

Another goal of this expedition was to find and capture a hoatzin, a bird whose clawed wings caused it to be considered an important link in the evolution of birds from reptiles.

For adaptive evolution, we found no direct evidence for evolution of amphibians or reptiles in response to climate change over time.