Ratite cancellous xenograft: Effects on avian fracture healing.
Blue-McLendon and Green (2010) only saw round nucleus in
ratite monocytes in contrast with this study where pleomorphic nuclei were found.
The different "
ratite" species were long thought to have formed as the flightless birds were isolated by the separation of the southern continents over the last 130 million years.
Here there is the added difficulty that there are no large forest
ratites suitable for New Zealand's climate, and there are only, as Dr.
Ratite and ungulate preferences for woody New Zealand plants: influence of chemical and physical traits.
His mother, Raiha
Ratite Rodgers, was Te Arawa, Ngati Whakaue, the daughter of Captain William Rodgers, an American born in Salem Massachusetts and Katerina Rangi Kawhiti from Ohinemutu.
Its
ratite relatives (other large flightless birds), including the Australian emu and South American rhea, possess three toes while all other bird species have four.
ETYMOLOGY: This species is named for the crest on the head that is reminiscent of the spectacular
ratite of tropical Queensland and Papua New Guinea, the cassowary.
The eggshells in this oofamily display the
ratite morphotype, with two layers of different ultrastructure and an abrupt transition between them.
Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of two extinct moas clarify
ratite evolution.
Ratite (ra-tit) A class of large flightless birds including emus and ostriches that are raised for their meat and hides.