extant species

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extant
adjective
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/ekˈstænt/us
/ekˈstænt/us
/ˈek.stənt/
used to refer to something very old that is ...
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species
noun[C]
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/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/us
/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/
a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with ...
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An attempt to estimate the effective size of the ancestral species common to twoextantspeciesfrom which homologous genes are sequenced.
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In addition to these fossils, there were four chests of skeletons ofextantspeciesfor comparison with their fossil analogues.
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Within each order examined, not everyextantspecieshas been examined.
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However, continued biological control efforts must consider the competitive risks of any newly introduced parasitoids toextantspecies.
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This is a particularly important issue in terms of brain evolution, which, for most features, lacks a fossil record and must be deduced from the study ofextantspecies.
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Are these differences in morphology the only changes that separateextantspeciesfrom their common ancestor(s)?
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The subfamily contains all but twoextantspeciesof hornbills.
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The 39extantspeciesfall into three families the callorhinchids, rhinochimaerids and chimaerids with the callorhinchids being the most basal clade.
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By contrast, descriptions ofextantspeciesare primarily based on the motile stages (namely on the thecae, which are less diverse).
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It is one of the largest marine bivalve families and contains 300extantspeciesin 60 genera.
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There are 21extantspeciesand six subspecies.
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His research over several years on ankles and feet of various fossil andextantspeciessupported this hypothesis.
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Twenty-fourextantspeciesare currently recognised, divided among three families.
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With at least 52 currently recognisedextantspecies, it is by far the largest genus in this group.
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There is oneextantspecies, the sheltopusik, and two fossil species.
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This article deals primarily with the sevenextantspecies.
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It is the largestextantspeciesof pigeon.
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There are at least 60extantspeciesin this genus.
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It includes nine exclusively fossil species and fiveextantspecies, of which four are also known from the fossil record.
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It has a vivid blue pigment, and is the better known of the twoextantspecies.
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