Sentence examples for taxon from inspiring English sources

Bush-shrikes encompass nearly 50 species of African birds in the family Malaconotidae, a taxon that was once considered to be a subfamily within the family Laniidae.

An important assumption then in using molecules for phylogeny reconstruction is to select the appropriate gene for the age of the taxon under study.

Long regarded as a sister group to the Chondrostei and Teleostei, the infraclass Holostei is not recognized by many authorities as a legitimate taxon, since the orders Amiformes, Semionotiformes, and their fossil relatives do not appear to descend collectively from a single ancestor.

These causes include present climatic and geographic conditions, the geologic history of the landmasses and their climates, and the evolution of the taxon (e.g., genus or species) involved.

The unnamed taxon also showed that the anatomical similarities between birds and some alvarezsauroids were highly convergent.

Lineage members (including four subspecies of Stricklandia) may be employed for independent correlation but are more effective when they are used in combination with one another as overlapping taxon zones.

TAXON--Sylvia "Sybil".

Single-taxon zones also are helpful in characterizing Ludlow and Pridoli times.

They also identified 26 working Taxon Advisory Groups (TAGs) and 21 studbooks encompassing 29 taxa.

Beloved wife for 58 years to the late Saul Taxon.

Cherished mother of Marsha Gershberg of Scottsdale and Short Hills and Carol Taxon of Manhattan; loving grandmother to Cheryl and Jason Brodsky, Meredith and Samantha Gershberg, devoted sister of Helen Singer of Monroe Township, NJ.