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amniote

[′am·nē‚ōt]
(zoology)
An animal that develops an amnion during its embryonic stage; includes birds, reptiles, and mammals.
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Scientists believe the first amphibious animals emerged on land 350 million years ago and the first amniotes emerged around 310 million years ago.
Robot recreates the walk of a 290-million-year-old creature
When the amniote genes are mapped onto the expected phylogeny, the branch lengths for the mitochondrial genes are nearly equal and the branch lengths for nuclear genes are highly unequal [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 7 OMITTED].
Best-fit maximum-likelihood models for phylogenetic inference: empirical tests with known phylogenies
(1994): The diversification of the amniotes. In: D.
The phylogenetic position of Nyctiphruretus acudens, a parareptile from the Permian of Russia/Posicion filogenetica de Nyctiphruretus acudens, un parareptil del Permico de Rusia
The developing muscle tissue that would lie along adult ribs in a standard amniote began to fold underneath itself in the turtle.
A turtle's shell isn't so terribly bizarre after all: a critical fold may separate the reptile from its brethren
The pallial amygdala of amniote vertebrates: evolution of the concept, evolution of the structure.
Mammalian and avian neuroanatomy and the question of consciousness in birds
The researchers' map also provides a significant step towards the elucidation of the crocodilian genome, forming a scaffold for genome sequence assembly, and will be of intrinsic value to comparative mapping efforts aimed at understanding the molecular evolution of reptilian, as well as other amniote genomes.
Scientists construct first ever genetic linkage map for saltwater crocodile
"Casineria pulls back the origin of amniote lineages much farther than was previously realized.
Out of the Swamps
caprodes, transitions (TR) outweighed transversions (TV), a pattern similar to amniote CR sequence (11 TR :3 TV versus 10 TR: 1 TV or greater for amniote CR [Brown et al.
Life-history variation and comparative phylogeography of darters (Pisces: percidae) from the North American central highlands
In most amniote tetrapods, the lateral walls of the nasal cavity exhibit one or more conchal projections, which provide additional surface area for nasal epithelia (Matthes 1934; Parsons 1971; Romer and Parsons 1986).
Turbinates in therapsids: evidence for Late Permian origins of mammalian endothermy
Tenders are invited for an electronic auction for the right to conclude a contract for the supply of amniotes for gynecology.
Supply Of Amniotes For Gynecology
These were the first amniotes, the progenitors of all later reptiles, dinosaurs, birds, and mammals.
Fifteen Steps to Forever: Use these well-know observing targets as incremental stepping stones into the cosmic past
Cytogenetic analysis of metaphase chromosomes is performed on metaphase-stage fetal cells on amniotes creating unique banding patterns on the chromosomes.
Segmental duplication-quantitative fluorescent-polymerase chain reaction: An approach for the diagnosis of Down syndrome in India/Segmental duplikasyon-kantitatif floresan polimeraz zincir reaksiyonu: Hindistan'da Down sendromu tanisina yonelik bir yaklasim

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