• Mosaic evolution (or modular evolution) is the concept, mainly from palaeontology, that evolutionary change takes place in some body parts or systems without...
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  • up mosaic or Mosaic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A mosaic is decorative art involving small pieces of glass, stone, or other material. Mosaic may...
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    characteristics with the ancestral Australopithecus as well as early Homo (mosaic evolution), most notably a small cranial capacity of 465–610 cm3 (28.4–37.2 cu...
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    hotspots and coldspots in the geographic mosaic of coevolution between garter snakes and newts". Evolution. 56 (10): 2067–2082. doi:10...
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    of evolution Transitional fossil Organs and processes Avian flight Cells Multicells Eyes Flagella Hair Mammalian auditory ossicles Mosaic evolution Nervous...
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    of evolution Transitional fossil Organs and processes Avian flight Cells Multicells Eyes Flagella Hair Mammalian auditory ossicles Mosaic evolution Nervous...
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    Owl (redirect from Evolution of owls)
    illuminates the ancestral (diurnal) ecomorphology of owls and documents a mosaic evolution of the strigiform body plan". Ibis. 165: 231–247. doi:10.1111/ibi.13125...
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    ago. Different teeth structures in the Ailuropoda lineage indicate a mosaic evolution during the past 2 million years. Like modern giant pandas, Ailurarctos...
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    of evolution Transitional fossil Organs and processes Avian flight Cells Multicells Eyes Flagella Hair Mammalian auditory ossicles Mosaic evolution Nervous...
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    primary mode of aerial maneuverability and braking in flight. A study on mosaic evolution in the avian skull found that the last common ancestor of all Neornithes...
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    Wilson Nichols Stewart; Gar W. Rothwell (1993). Paleobotany and the evolution of plants (2 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-521-38294-6...
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    about ancient life, and geochemical evidence has helped to decipher the evolution of life before there were organisms large enough to leave body fossils...
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    The evolution of cetaceans is thought to have begun in the Indian subcontinent from even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla) 50 million years ago (mya) and...
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    of evolution Transitional fossil Organs and processes Avian flight Cells Multicells Eyes Flagella Hair Mammalian auditory ossicles Mosaic evolution Nervous...
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    1186/s12862-018-1303-1. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 6329177. PMID 30630409. Nevo, E. 2007. Mosaic evolution of subterranean mammals: Tinkering, regression, progression, and global...
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  • major perspectives on primate brain evolution are the concerted and mosaic approaches. In the concerted evolution approach, cortical expansions in the...
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    of evolution Transitional fossil Organs and processes Avian flight Cells Multicells Eyes Flagella Hair Mammalian auditory ossicles Mosaic evolution Nervous...
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    fossils millions of years old to answer questions about the molecular evolution and the evolutionary history of life. In this scientific quest, macrofossils...
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    saber-toothed carnivorans, offering an additional mechanism for the mosaic evolution leading to functional and morphological diversity in sabertooth cats...
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    atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere across time. By studying patterns of evolution and extinction in the context of environmental change, evolutionary paleoecologists...
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    fossil record Paleobiology – Study of organic evolution using fossils Paleobotany – Study of organic evolution of plants based on fossils Schultz's rule –...
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    The evolution of mammalian auditory ossicles was an evolutionary process that resulted in the formation of the bones of the mammalian middle ear. These...
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    a series of Equid fossils in the American West that shed light on the evolution of the horse. 1877 — The first Diplodocus skeleton is found near Cañon...
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    habits typical of the Lauraceae, Cassytha also presents examples of mosaic evolution Several species of Cassytha are regarded as pests in various regions...
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    developmental biology Mosaic evolution – Evolution of characters at various rates both within and between species Parallel evolution – Similar evolution in distinct...
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    All Year Round Emling, Shelley (2009), The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman whose Discoveries Changed the World, Palgrave Macmillan...
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    Paleogenetics opens up many new possibilities for the study of hominid evolution and dispersion. By analyzing the genomes of hominid remains, their lineage...
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    Brain (section Evolution)
    brain evolution". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42 (4): 743–756. doi:10.1093/icb/42.4.743. PMID 21708771. Barton, RA; Harvey, PH (2000). "Mosaic evolution...
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    testing hypotheses of function and evolution. Paleontology portal Evolution of fish Evolution of mammals Evolution of reptiles Kundrát, Martin; Nudds...
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    "missing link" has been used extensively in popular writings on human evolution to refer to a perceived gap in the hominid evolutionary record. It is...
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