Sentence examples for only for extant from inspiring English sources

However, normally information is available only for extant molecules but not their history and precise evolutionary path (in contrast to DE).

A combination of opposite phyllotaxis, linear leaves and ovules surrounded by seed envelope(s) and with a long exposed micropylar tube are known only for extant and extinct Gnetales.

Characters for thoracolumbar vertebrae (state 0 = 19 or less; state 1 = 20 or more) and eruption of the permanent dentition (state 0 = at/near sexual maturity; state 1 over twice the age of female sexual maturity) were added to a previously compiled morphological dataset [ 48], sampled here only for extant taxa.

It's only been extant for one year.

One extinct hamster of Cricetus, for example, lived in North Africa during the Middle Miocene, but the only extant member of that genus is the common hamster of Eurasia.

It is noteworthy, also, that the molecular topology presented here matches exactly that presented for extant taxa only by DelPero et al. (2004) [ 37] on page 440) as one of the "two remarkably similar topologies that were strongly supported at most of the internal nodes".

The Babylonian chronicle is extant only for the years 605 594, and not much is known from other sources about the later years of this famous king.

This supports the notion that conservation of vertebrates on tropical oceanic islands relies not only on identification of critical habitat for extant and translocated populations [12], [34], but also on protection from contemporary threats including habitat loss and disturbance and introduced predators [14], [76], [77].

3) Only molecular, behavioral, and "soft anatomical" characters for extant taxa; this run shows the pattern supported by information that generally can only be coded from extant taxa.

Programs for low-income women and children are being slashed left and right and MoveOn reports that there is a move to eliminate all funding for the only extant federal family planning program -- though there is a bill that promotes contraception for wild horses.

Although we have ancient DNA data for only a few extant species, as researchers have tended to focus on the extinct ones, DNA sequences from modern populations suggest that many living species may have much lower genetic diversity than they had during the Pleistocene.