Vertebrates

Word VERTEBRATES
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Definitions and meanings of "Vertebrates"

What do we mean by vertebrates?

An animal having a backbone.

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The word "vertebrates" in example sentences

Thus it was that Cuvier came forward with a brand-new classification of the animal kingdom, establishing four great types of being, which he called vertebrates, mollusks, articulates, and radiates. ❋ Unknown (1904)

The convergence of the hydrodynamic shape among vertebrates is currently thought to be due to the environment/similar niche/even interactions: ❋ Unknown (2009)

The assessment, in two papers published Tuesday in the journal Science, concludes that the survival of one-fifth of the world's vertebrates is threatened. ❋ Gautam Naik (2010)

That means Common Descent, the evolution of complex structures in vertebrates, observations of natural selection, etc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

By borrowing mathematical tools from theoretical physics, scientists have recently developed a theory that explains why the brain tissue of humans and other vertebrates is segregated into the familiar "gray matter" and "white matter." ❋ Unknown (2006)

Having spent the day so far on obscure Cretaceous vertebrates from the Iberian Peninsula, and on dull editorial work, I thought I'd waste some time and post the following entry on - sorry - not phorusrhacoids, but cassowaries. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

It is worth noting that there are many genes that can be deleted in vertebrates with no apparent consequences, at least in a laboratory environment. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Organisms employ evolutionary computation to solve many of the tasks of living (cf. the immune system in vertebrates). ❋ Unknown (2005)

Tumors occur in vertebrates of so many kinds that it would not be surprising if neoplastic changes took place in them all. ❋ Unknown (1972)

In insects, as well as in vertebrates under standard conditions, ❋ Unknown (1967)

For over a century now it has been known that respiration in vertebrates including man is regulated from a small area in the medulla, known as the respiratory centre. ❋ Unknown (1965)

My usual port of call on British Pleistocene vertebrates is Stuart (1974), but he doesn’t list bird taxa. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

We can't imagine such a sequence to get Pegasus, because such an animal would have six limbs rather than the canonical four in vertebrates. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We say that mammals is contained within vertebrates. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The six pairs of gill arteries are evidence of the segmented body plan of the vertebrates, which is clearer and more obvious in fish than it is in us. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

This finding also may provide clues about the basic mechanisms of inflammation and wound healing in vertebrates. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Based on just this one particular example, then, it appears that design extends into the phylum Chordata, past the divide between invertebrates and vertebrates, which is the level of subphylum. ❋ Michael J. Behe (2007)

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