Sentence examples for morphological adaptations for from inspiring English sources

The superior phoretic ability of wing lice may be related to morphological adaptations for life on wing feathers, compared to body feathers.

The female Psithyrus has a number of morphological adaptations for combat, such as larger mandibles, a tough cuticle and a larger venom sac that increase her chances of taking over a nest.

Preliminary observations of H. cavitympanum indicate that they lack morphological adaptations for ET closure (Gridi-Papp, personal observation, [21]).

Myomys roachi lives on the ground, with no morphological adaptations for a scansorial or fossorial life style [59].

Our results illustrate how the apparent "victory" of one sex in the antagonistic coevolution of morphological adaptations for intromission control (male and female genitalia) triggers the evolution of a behavioral trait in another sex (post-mounting courtship signals).

One notable difference between the two species is that G. soricina has obvious morphological adaptations to nectar feeding [18] [19], while C. perspicillata is primarily a fruit-eating generalist with a considerably broader diet than G. soricina [17], [20], feeds on nectar only opportunistically, and lacks dramatic morphological adaptations for exploiting nectar [18].

We suggest that this unusual symmetry represents a morphological adaptation for their unique swimming style.

Species with specialized morphological adaptations designed for extremely high running speeds, such as the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) and blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), are still much faster than predicted from body size and phospholipid n-6 PUFA content alone (Fig. 1), but overall, the relation between muscle membrane composition and MRS was surprisingly strong.

A portion of the answer likely lies in the larval morphological adaptations necessary for survival in each habitat.

The results of this study suggest that the physiological and morphological adaptations required for growth at high elevations may be associated with plant growth habit and leaf economics.

Here we examine the evolutionary flexibility of EPP rates by studying a member of a genus of birds that display an unusual mating system with extensive behavioral and morphological adaptations specialized for EP mating.