Sentence examples for relative to extant from inspiring English sources
Our analysis shows our model produces the lowest-cost solution relative to extant models.
Accordingly, we noted a very sharp increase of call rate and accuracy provided by tiled RASs, relative to extant sequences descending from these ancestors.
Finally, a comparison of structural and functional components of the urancestor and FL proteomes revealed the complexity of the make up of the urancestor relative to extant organisms.
Relative to extant elephants, the extinct woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, had a dense hair cover and extremely long hair, which likely were adaptations to its subarctic habitat.
To further examine the role of ancient HGT processes on urancestral proteomic make up, we tested which of 49 functional sub-categories were preferentially enriched in the max_set and min_set relative to extant FL proteomes.
Thus, none of the candidate genes examined thus far demonstrated a clear difference exclusive to mammoths, which would be necessary for establishing a role in their unique dense and long-haired phenotype relative to extant elephants.
The phylogenetic placements of extinct taxa relative to the extant taxa were not fixed, so fossils were allowed to "float" in constrained tree searches [ 47].
These taxa also are characterized by a flexible neck, broad forelimb flippers, and eyes that are reduced relative to most extant cetaceans [ 13, 33].
Mitochondrial (mt) genomes are therefore descendants of an α-proteobacterial genome, although all of the mt genomes sequenced to date are highly reduced relative to any extant bacterial genomes, particularly those of free-living species (Gray et al. 2004).
Clear resolution of remaining conflicts is critical, because the placements of fossils relative to different extant species, the timing of diversification, and the reconstruction of evolutionary changes are profoundly altered depending on the basic set of relationships among the major lineages of extant cetaceans (see Results above and Discussion below).
The cusps are high relative to those of extant lorises and approximately equal in height.
