Sentence examples for represented a missing link from inspiring English sources

Last May, a team of researchers announced that the 47-million-year-old lemurlike fossil represented a missing link between primitive primates and humans.

A direct CEA homolog in dogs has not yet been defined and represents "a missing link" (Table 1).

One of the most ancient surviving landraces, a giant plant called Mixteco (Zea mays ssp. mays, var. Mixteco), is still grown by Mexican farmers on acidic, nutrient poor soils and may represent a "missing link" between wild teosinte and modern maize [ 35].

Each characteristic was rated on a Likert scale of 0 3, where 0 represented a missing component and 3 represented excellence.

"It might be a missing link in a chain of evidence," he said urging aliens to "give it a try".

But its limblike fins had led scientists to think it might be a missing link between humans and fish.

Prenatal androgen exposure might be a missing link between several well-known findings in alcohol research.

Whether TSAd may be a missing link between CD3ε, Nck and a kinase, is unclear.

The cells represent a more advanced stage of development, a "missing link," between traditional mouse ES cells and cells that are beginning to differentiate, McKay says.

Physiologic correlations with pathology represent a major missing link that should be filled.

We find, however, that WCM practices completely mediate the positive impact of ABC on plant performance, and thus advanced manufacturing capabilities represent a critical missing link in understanding the overall impact of ABC.