Sentence examples for morphological characters compared from inspiring English sources

The phylogenetic position of the Protura, traditionally considered the most basal hexapod group, is disputed because it has many unique morphological characters compared with other hexapods.

Therefore, (i) the relative ease of reducing or losing morphological characters (compared to gaining them de novo), (ii) the occurrence of the same prey on damp shorelines as occur in the water and (iii) the general drying trend all likely played key roles resulting in multiple tetanocerine lineages making independent aquatic-to-terrestrial transitions during their phylogenesis.

Candidate plus trees are individual trees of P. pinnata possessing superior morphological and reproductive characters compared with other individuals of the same species identified on the basis of morphometric markers (Kesari et al. 2008).

Morphological characters were compared to those in the phycological literature [ 80]-[ 83],[ 90],[ 91] and references within), and an identification to the lowest possible taxonomic level was assigned.

Argyreia breviscapa is quite similar to Argyreia 1 in terms of morphological characters, especially when compared as pressed and dried herbarium specimen.

All the morphological characters were additionally compared with standard culture and the Gilman manual [ 17].

When comparing morphological characters among species, the relative size and the phylogenetic history of each species can drive correlations [ 42, 43].

The 32 genera of Myctophidae contain about 98% of the species diversity, and morphological characters have clearly shown Myctophidae more derived compared to the more generalized Neoscopelidae [ 3- 6].

An earlier study comparing external morphological characters of E. formosa and E. yayeyamana demonstrated no distinct differentiation, except that E. yayeyamana is smaller (insular dwarfism) [ 30].

To objectively relate our genetic assessment of the group to preexisting taxonomy, we compare a selection of morphological characters based on taxonomic designations to the genetic diversity across the species complex.

Comparing the limited number of morphological characters against a robust and comprehensive phylogenetic (DNA) tree approved to be a fruitful approach for integrating the strengths of morphological data with those of sequence data.