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Birds Are Evolved from Reptiles, but Also Differ Dramatically

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Birds are evolved from reptiles, but also differ dramatically. Which features of birds differentiate them from most reptiles?


Definitions:

Zygospores

Thick-walled resting spores formed by the union of two morphologically similar or dissimilar haploid cells, commonly found in fungi and some protists.

Ascospores

Spores produced by ascus, a type of fungal hyphae, during the sexual reproduction phase of ascomycetes.

Binary Fission

A form of asexual reproduction seen in prokaryotes where the cell divides into two equally sized offspring cells.

Secondary Mycelium

A dikaryotic mycelium formed by the fusion of two primary hyphae.

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