subfamilies
- plural of subfamily.
Example Sentences
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"Previous versions of the sunflower family tree had established the relationships among most of the subfamilies and many tribes, which are equivalent to the main branches of a tree," Ma said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2024
The researchers also detected pupal ‘milk’ in species from each of the five biggest ant subfamilies, suggesting that it could play a part in the evolution of ant social structures.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 2, 2022
Fifty-five subfamilies of kinases evolved before yeast diverged from other eukaryotes, but the tyrosine kinases evolved after yeast diverged.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Today, after several thousand years Noruz is the cornerstone of all the Iranian subfamilies being from northern China or Bulgaria.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2016
Some of Greenberg’s subfamilies, and some groupings recognized by more-traditional linguists, may turn out to be legacies of New World population expansions driven in part by food production.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
