morphology
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These X ray scans allow scientists to examine the physical structure and form of insects, an area of research known as morphology.
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
Also, these issues are not confined to one make or model but to the morphology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
“Axon morphology in living animals is under constant and dynamic change,” says neuroscientist Tong Wang from ShanghaiTech University, who has studied beading in diseased neurons.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024
Indeed, a crab-like body shape, or morphology, has evolved numerous times independently throughout evolutionary history.
From Salon • Oct. 14, 2024
In a wild fly species named Drosophila pseudoobscura, for instance, Dobzhansky found multiple gene variants that influenced complex traits, such as life span, eye structure, bristle morphology, and wing size.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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