subfamily

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Phylogenetic analysis of the dinosaur suggests it could be part of the Velociraptorinae subfamily, which also includes velociraptors, famous for their appearance in the "Jurassic Park" movies.

From Fox News

Like others in the Nephilinae subfamily, it is known for its webs of impressive structural stability, strong enough to entrap birds and even bats.

From The Guardian

The REM subfamily is functionally related to vernalization and flower development18.

From Nature

Bottom, a similar analysis was performed for the enrichment of repeat subfamilies in distal peaks. b, Middle, heat maps showing the ATAC-seq signals for stage-specific distal ATAC-seq peaks in human embryos.

From Nature

With help from the Chinese sequencing giant BGI, B10K has already sequenced to some degree the genomes of more than 300 birds, with representatives for each family and subfamily.

From Science Magazine