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词汇 metatherian
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Definition of metatherian in English:

metatherian

noun ˌmɛtəˈθɪərɪənˌmedəˈTHirēən
Zoology
  • A mammal of the group Metatheria; a marsupial.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In each case, we used the maximum set of overlapping eutherian and metatherian taxa (appendix); some taxa were chimeric (appendix).
    • This order of metatherians contains two species, the marsupial moles (Notoryctes caurinus and Notoryctes typhlops; the status of N. caurinus has been questioned).
    • The metatherian opossum was used as an outgroup.
    • The record of Mesozoic metatherians remains negligible or non-existent for southern landmasses, though the Tertiary record has greatly improved.
    • Recently this pattern of dental development has been hypothesized to be a synapomorphy of metatherians, and has been used to diagnose taxa in the fossil record.
adjective ˌmɛtəˈθɪərɪənˌmedəˈTHirēən
Zoology
  • Relating to or denoting metatherians.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The metatherian opossum was used as an outgroup.
    • If the metatherian patterns of skull development, tooth replacement and reproduction are correlated, deltatheroideans may already have possessed the basic marsupial reproductive pattern.
    • In contrast, metatherian fossils from the Late Cretaceous are exclusively from Eurasia and North America (which formed the supercontinent Laurasia).
    • Traditionally, research has been directed at the in-depth comparisons of genome structure between metatherian and eutherian gene maps to better understand genome evolution.
    • We discuss possible explanations for reduced female recombination in marsupials as a consequence of the metatherian characteristic of determinate paternal X chromosome inactivation.

Definition of metatherian in US English:

metatherian

nounˌmedəˈTHirēən
Zoology
  • A mammal of the group Metatheria; a marsupial.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The metatherian opossum was used as an outgroup.
    • This order of metatherians contains two species, the marsupial moles (Notoryctes caurinus and Notoryctes typhlops; the status of N. caurinus has been questioned).
    • Recently this pattern of dental development has been hypothesized to be a synapomorphy of metatherians, and has been used to diagnose taxa in the fossil record.
    • In each case, we used the maximum set of overlapping eutherian and metatherian taxa (appendix); some taxa were chimeric (appendix).
    • The record of Mesozoic metatherians remains negligible or non-existent for southern landmasses, though the Tertiary record has greatly improved.
adjectiveˌmedəˈTHirēən
Zoology
  • Relating to or denoting metatherians.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the metatherian patterns of skull development, tooth replacement and reproduction are correlated, deltatheroideans may already have possessed the basic marsupial reproductive pattern.
    • We discuss possible explanations for reduced female recombination in marsupials as a consequence of the metatherian characteristic of determinate paternal X chromosome inactivation.
    • Traditionally, research has been directed at the in-depth comparisons of genome structure between metatherian and eutherian gene maps to better understand genome evolution.
    • In contrast, metatherian fossils from the Late Cretaceous are exclusively from Eurasia and North America (which formed the supercontinent Laurasia).
    • The metatherian opossum was used as an outgroup.
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