Sentence examples for old specimens from inspiring English sources

They report in Nature that old specimens from the Baltic carry genetic material common to the North American species.

This sifting of DNA and re-examination of old specimens is often the way new species are named now.

In its time it was considered to be one of Norfolk's finest sources of quality oak and subsequently plundered, but a selection of truly old specimens survive.

Among the butterflies he examined were some old specimens collected in the 19th century from Karner, N.Y., a bygone village in an area known as the Albany Pine Bush.

Every June, when club members celebrate their special rhododendron in all its purple-flowered glory, they are also celebrating Lang and the wealthy 19th century Americans like him who preserved fine old specimens and sought out exotic new ones to beautify their properties.

Douglas firs may reach heights in excess of 90 metres (295 feet) and have diameters of more than 4 metres (13 feet), but most contemporary stands are composed of trees that are much smaller because many old specimens have been logged.

They are collections of almost anything you can name or imagine, from centuries-old specimens to more recently collected frozen tissues and digitised genomic data.

In 2008 a gene was successfully inserted into a mouse embryo from fragments taken from 100-year-old specimens preserved in ethanol.

The oldest previously recognized member of the hominid lineage is Ardipithecus ramidus, based on 4.5-million-year-old specimens collected in Ethiopia.

Detailed watercolour illustrations and engravings were made of dissections, and centuries-old specimens survive preserved in alcohol – but the unique advantage of the model was that it preserved a three-dimensional image with its original colour.

Although several species of dinosaurs with feathers have already been uncovered in the rich fossil beds of Liaoning Province, the three largely complete 125-million-year-old specimens are by far the largest.