Amber: Window to the PastThis is a comprehensive study of the various roles and uses of amber, in nature as well as art. The fossilized tree resin has not only inspired elaborate workmanship and long been used in jewelry and other decorative objects, but is also highly valued by natural scientists because it frequently encapsulates flora and fauna from other periods of evolution. |
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... Mastotermes electrodominicus , in Dominican amber . Length of amber 1.8 " . American Museum of Natural History ( Entomology ) A specimen similar to the one above yielded one of the first DNA sequences recovered from an amber fossil ...
... Mastotermes electrodominicus , in Dominican amber . Length of amber 1.8 " . American Museum of Natural History ( Entomology ) A specimen similar to the one above yielded one of the first DNA sequences recovered from an amber fossil ...
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... Mastotermes electrodominicus . A group from two universities in California reported the DNA sequences from the common stingless bee Proplebia dominicana . ( The American Museum of Natural History study had been completed and submitted ...
... Mastotermes electrodominicus . A group from two universities in California reported the DNA sequences from the common stingless bee Proplebia dominicana . ( The American Museum of Natural History study had been completed and submitted ...
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... Mastotermes could only be considered a relict if all of the fossil and the one living species were closely related . Systematists traditionally grouped those species on the basis of features that also are seen in cockroaches , which ...
... Mastotermes could only be considered a relict if all of the fossil and the one living species were closely related . Systematists traditionally grouped those species on the basis of features that also are seen in cockroaches , which ...
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | 8 |
Deposits of the World | 21 |
Frozen in the Act | 79 |
Copyright | |
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