ratite

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Fridolfsson AK, Ellegren H (1999) A simple and universal method for molecular sexing of non-ratite birds.

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  1. adjective Relating to or being any of a group of flightless birds having a flat breastbone without the keellike prominence characteristic of most flying birds.
  2. noun A ratite bird, such as the ostrich or emu.

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  • Fridolfsson AK, Ellegren H (1999) A simple and universal method for molecular sexing of non-ratite birds. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The conclusions about ratite origin are just a small part of a massive research project aimed to better understand the evolutionary relationships among bird species, which involved five institutions, 18 researchers, $2 million of funding and four years of work. —  University of Florida News
  • Eppley and his wife, Caroline, have been raising emu, a flightless bird belonging to the ratite family, since the mid-90s on their farm near Berlin. —  News/local from www.dailyamerican.com
  • So neither migration nor vicariance explain ratite biogeography. —  Evolution News & Views
  • "Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds," —  Evolution News & Views
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  1. From Latin ratītus, marked with the figure of a raft, from ratis, raft.

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  1. from New Latin ratitus, from Latin ratitus, marked with the figure of a raft, from ratis, a raft.
 

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