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- noun Plural form of
subfamily .
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Examples
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-- Among phocid pinnipeds, Phoca and Cystophora have been reported to hybridise, but again are from different 'subfamilies'.
The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere… welcome to the world of babirusas Darren Naish 2006
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The Iguanidae family is only one of about 17 families of the lacertilian suborder; it includes the subfamilies of iguana iguanas (green) and spiny-tailed (black) iguanas which are abundant in the Puerto Vallarta, Mexico area.
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The Iguanidae family is only one of about 17 families of the lacertilian suborder; it includes the subfamilies of iguana iguanas (green) and spiny-tailed (black) iguanas which are abundant in the Puerto Vallarta, Mexico area.
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In order to understand the risks posed by metallo-β-lactamases, it will be necessary to conduct similar studies on representative members of each of the three metallo-β-lactamase subfamilies and to include all clinically relevant carbapenems in those studies. link
Behe's Test 2008
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While other MBL subfamilies did evolve too, IMP-1 was specifically fingered in a blast (see previous comment with IMP-1 example).
Behe's Test 2008
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In order to understand the risks posed by metallo-β-lactamases, it will be necessary to conduct similar studies on representative members of each of the three metallo-β-lactamase subfamilies and to include all clinically relevant carbapenems in those studies.
Behe's Test, Take 2 2008
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The characteristic trait of the Celtic languages is the loss of the Indo-European phoneme /p/, which separates it from the other subfamilies.
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By the early Miocene, however, grasses in all our modern subfamilies were present, indicating that our modern taxonomic and physiologic diversity had been well established by that time.
Grasses 2009
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About 5.6 percent of total families are considered mother-child subfamilies who live with relatives or other extended family.
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Whereas New Guinea has seventy-one families and subfamilies of birds, and the Solomons have forty-four, Vanuatu has thirty-one.
Vanuatu rain forests 2008
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