Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous vertebrates of the group Amniota, characteristically having an amnion during embryonic development and including the reptiles, birds, and mammals.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Possessing an amnion; amniotic.
- noun A member of the Amniota.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any member of the Amniota.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology Any of the
Amniota group ofvertebrates having anamnion during the development of theembryo ;mammals ,birds andreptiles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any member of the Amniota
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Impedance matching of the tympanic middle ear occurred very early in amniote evolution.
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Impedance matching of the tympanic middle ear occurred very early in amniote evolution.
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Mammary glands evolved in the mammalian lineage after mammals and frogs split from their amniote ancestor.
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It was reasonable to assume that these mechanisms would account for embryo elongation, but the actual processes were unknown before the experiments of Bénazéraf and colleagues "A random cell motility gradient downstream of FGF controls elongation of an amniote embryo," Nature 8 July
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It was reasonable to assume that these mechanisms would account for embryo elongation, but the actual processes were unknown before the experiments of Bénazéraf and colleagues "A random cell motility gradient downstream of FGF controls elongation of an amniote embryo," Nature 8 July
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It was reasonable to assume that these mechanisms would account for embryo elongation, but the actual processes were unknown before the experiments of Bénazéraf and colleagues "A random cell motility gradient downstream of FGF controls elongation of an amniote embryo," Nature 8 July
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A random cell motility gradient downstream of FGF controls elongation of an amniote embryo Nature, 466 7303, 248-252 DOI: 10.1038/nature09151
Randomly growing an embryo. It can work. - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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A random cell motility gradient downstream of FGF controls elongation of an amniote embryo Nature, 466 7303, 248-252 DOI: 10.1038/nature09151
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A random cell motility gradient downstream of FGF controls elongation of an amniote embryo Nature, 466 7303, 248-252 DOI: 10.1038/nature09151
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It was reasonable to assume that these mechanisms would account for embryo elongation, but the actual processes were unknown before the experiments of Bénazéraf and colleagues "A random cell motility gradient downstream of FGF controls elongation of an amniote embryo," Nature 8 July
Randomly growing an embryo. It can work. - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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