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...rey to disease: several sub-species of apples or cattle, for example, face extinction; and many dogs with very respectable [[pedigree]]s appear prone to [[Geneti

...d cases where meeting the medical demand for a phytochemical could lead to extinction of the plant that produces it. The Pacific [[yew]] tree, ''[[Taxus brevifol

The [[red wolf]] was hunted nearly to extinction and the last red wolves were reduced to a marginal habitat in Louisiana and

...d Sol far from the center. Both analyses failed to take into account the [[extinction (astronomy)|absorption of light]] by interstellar dust present in the [[gal

...s feasible. Most of the boundaries in recent geologic time coincide with [[extinction]]s (e.g., the [[dinosaur]]s) and with the appearances of new species (e.g.,

...igns have sprung up around the world to preserve such local cultivars from extinction. In the [[United Kingdom]] old cultivars such as Cox's Orange Pippin and Eg

...al tiger]], and the [[Indian white-rumped vulture]], which suffered a near-extinction from ingesting the carrion of diclofenac-treated cattle.

...is is often referred to as the Great Oxidation and it resulted in the mass extinction of any life forms that may have existed during the era of the anoxic atmosp

..., more than 99% are now extinct. Critics of ID see the evidence of massive extinction of species as inconsistent with the notion of intelligent design of the wor

...have to compete for highly similar resources. The end result is always the extinction of the less fit species.

..., probably correlated with the [[adaptive radiation]] of mammals after the extinction of the [[dinosaur]]s.

...lands as the result of colonization from a mainland stock and stochastic [[extinction]]. The concepts of [[island biogeography]] were generalized from physical

...cerns are of 1. evolution of increased weediness; 2. increased likihood of extinction of wild-relatives. There are known instances of unwanted weediness of hybri

...hen counting the other ethnic, religious, and minority groups targeted for extinction) is often minimized by claims to a figure of only one million deaths, or on

...the last twenty five years. It is speculated about the possibility of its extinction.<ref name="CAOB">Records of species displayed during orchid shows. Archives

...6/science.208.4448.1095 Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction.] ''Science'' 208:1095-1108.</ref> (See also Blankenship (2002), Chapter 1,

...into a few remote areas, and there was hope that it might join smallpox in extinction. When Somali refugees became ill with polio in a Kenyan displaced persons c

...journal |last= Thomas |first= CD |coauthors= ''et al.'' |date=2004 |title= Extinction risk from climate change |journal= Nature |volume= 427 |pages= 145-38 |url= ...rganisms and ecosystems are adapted to a narrow range of pH, this raises [[extinction]] concerns, directly driven by increased atmospheric CO₂, that c

...public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in

...e preserved with mineralized soft tissue. The majority of them belong to [[extinction|extinct]] taxa.<ref name="Gould90">Gould, S.J., 1990, Wonderful life: The B

...thought to have split from that lineage before the event that caused the extinction of much of land vertebrates 65 million years ago at the end of the [[Cretac

...ealth of the national economy, and seeing his army drive the FLN almost to extinction, he realized the only long-term solution was a genuine Algerian independenc

...dangered bird species. In some cases, cats have contributed to or caused [[extinction]]s -— for example, see the case of the [[Stephens Island Wren]]. So it is

...ter the fall of [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean]] civilization and consequent extinction of its [[Linear B]] script, an early [[Greek language|Greek]] writing syste

...d the flight of the Portuguese Jewish community, which continued until the extinction of the Courts of Inquisition in 1821; by then there were very few Jews in P

...t touch slavery in the states, but they would put slavery on the course to extinction by preventing its spread. Slavery would end peacefully--but even before tha ...Northern workers, that the institution was already on the road to ultimate extinction, and that the war could have been averted by skillful and responsible leade

...hale]]s in surrounding waters have reduced from 1,300 to 350, the point of extinction. Trish Rolfe of the [[Sierra Club]]'s Alaska branch has stated that Palin's

...s actions under the Klan Act, ca. 1871&ndash;74, went along with the final extinction of the Klan,<ref>Wade, 1987, p. 109, writes that by ca. 1871-4, "For many,

...Liff'' books and ''[[Last Chance to See (book)|Last Chance to See]]'' on [[extinction]], itself based on a radio series. Adams also conceived the idea for the co

...he United States banking system then paid for its rescue from threatened extinction was a regime of tight regulation that was emulated by other industrialised

...igation is infinite, and it cannot be compromised even by threats of human extinction. Maybe not. ([[User:Chunbum Park|Chunbum Park]] 21:16, 19 July 2008 (CDT))

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...eb |year= 2005| author=|title= Supernova Explosion May Have Caused Mammoth Extinction| work=Physorg.com|url=http://www.physorg.com/news6734.html| accessdate=2007

...erman-controlled Europe could be deported. There they could be worked into extinction in accordance with the plan agreed on at the [[Wannsee Conference]] convene

Some species are in danger of [[extinction]] in the wild, due to extensive collection, loss of habitat by [[agricultur

Some species are in danger of [[extinction]] in the wild, due to extensive collection, loss of habitat by [[agricultur

...public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction". Much of the political battle in the 1850s focused on the expansion of sla

...the larger mammals such as the brown bear, wolf and walrus were hunted to extinction in historic times. A population of wild cats remains.<ref>Matthews, L.H. '

...ltic languages|Celtic language]] spoken in Cornwall, which became close to extinction in the 18th century but has been revived since the beginning of the 20th ce

...mystical states a Sufi passes through, ultimately reaching annihilation or extinction in God (fanā) and subsistence in God (baqā). His poetry was the first Suf

Here then we have evidence of two kinds of death: extinction from deficiency, and suffocation from excess. Examples of both have now bee

...onsequence to Natural Selection, entailing Divergence of Character and the Extinction of less-improved forms. Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death

...t produced the deaths of hundreds of Bábís and drove the community to near extinction. Ultimately, somewhere between two and twenty thousand Bábís were killed

...onsequence to Natural Selection, entailing Divergence of Character and the Extinction of less-improved forms. Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death