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Gentes Herbarum
Gentes may refer to: * Gens (pl. Gentes), in Ancient Rome, a family of those sharing the same ''nomen'' and a common ancestor * Gens (behaviour) In animal behaviour, a gens (pl. gentes) or host race is a host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species. Brood parasites, such as cuckoos, which use multiple host species to raise their chicks evolve different gentes, each one specific to ... (pl. Gentes), in animal behavior, a host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species * Gentes (''Star Wars''), a fictional planet in the ''Star Wars'' universe * '' Ad gentes'', a decree by the Second Vatican Council {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gens
In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; plural: ''gentes'' ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same Roman naming conventions#Nomen, nomen and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a ''stirps'' (plural: ''stirpes''). The ''gens'' was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Roman Italy, Italia during the period of the Roman Republic. Much of individuals' social standing depended on the gens to which they belonged. Certain gentes were classified as Patrician (ancient Rome), patrician, others as plebs, plebeian; some had both patrician and plebeian branches. The importance of membership in a gens declined considerably in Roman Empire, imperial times, although the ''gentilicium'' continued to be used and defined the origins and Roman dynasty, dynasties of Roman emperors. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, ''Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities'', Second Edition, Harry Thurston Peck, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gens (behaviour)
In animal behaviour, a gens (pl. gentes) or host race is a host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species. Brood parasites, such as cuckoos, which use multiple host species to raise their chicks evolve different gentes, each one specific to its host species. This specialisation allows the parasites to lay eggs that mimic those of their hosts, which in turn reduces the chances of the eggs being rejected by the hosts, with about 5% of well-matched eggs compared to 72% of mismatched eggs rejected. The exact mechanisms of the evolution and maintenance of gens is still a matter of some research. However, it is believed that in common cuckoos, gens-specific properties are sex-linked and lie on the W chromosome of the female. Male cuckoos, which, like all male birds, have no W chromosome, are able to mate with females of any gens, and thereby maintain the cuckoo as one species. This is not the case in other brood parasites, such as cowbirds, in which both the male and female impr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentes (Star Wars)
Gentes may refer to: * Gens (pl. Gentes), in Ancient Rome, a family of those sharing the same ''nomen'' and a common ancestor * Gens (behaviour) In animal behaviour, a gens (pl. gentes) or host race is a host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species. Brood parasites, such as cuckoos, which use multiple host species to raise their chicks evolve different gentes, each one specific to ... (pl. Gentes), in animal behavior, a host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species * '' Ad gentes'', a decree by the Second Vatican Council {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |