Sentence examples for ontogenetic trend from inspiring English sources

The ontogenetic trend in plant dry mass of defoliated plants began to diverge from that of undefoliated controls once defoliation occurred, and surpassed their values at the end of the experiment, mainly in the SD ecotype (Fig.  2).

The apparently conflicting ontogenetic trend seen in the genital appendage therefore is due to the appendage not being the sexual organ itself but rather an ancillary structure that follows the development trend of the endopods from which it is derived, while the gonopores, which it overlies, may not fully develop until the final moult, as would be expected.

What the plot does indicate, however, is that the carapace dimensions fall fairly neatly along the regression line, suggesting that any difference in relative dimensions is more likely to be due to an ontogenetic trend rather than taphonomic distortion which produces a more random distribution.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, older trout lacking UVS cones tend to live in deeper water than UVS cone-bearing juveniles [ 42], an ontogenetic trend reflected in the behaviour of Neoceratodus [ 7, 17] that may explain the absence of UVS cones in the adult retina.

Ontogenetic trends in all three biochemical parameters were identified and related to differences in size distribution.

Multiple ontogenetic trends were discovered, including the size reduce of the epoccipitals, development and reorientation of postorbital horns, and hollowing out of the horns.

Therefore, these specimens may be useful in corroborating ontogenetic trends observed in the Strobilopterus proteus material.

This observation also indicates that typical ontogenetic trends in leaf size on grapevine shoots (e.g. Schultz 1992) may be perturbed when the spring soil temperatures are depressed.

One striking feature of the observed interspecific ontogenetic trends was the fact that adults across species appeared more similar to one another than did juveniles.

This provides support for the hypothesis that the genital appendage represents a modified endopod of a biramous limb and shows the power of utilising ontogenetic pathways and trends in resolving homology statements.

Initial observations of specimens showed unequivocally that gross claw morphology does not vary due to these factors, and that general family-level trends are consistent regardless of gender, ontogenetic stage (only post-hatchlings were observed), whether the foot measured is a right or left, and overall body size of the individual bird or species.