Although the Caiman has not been studied in-depth, scientists have learned that their mating cycles ( previously thought to be spontaneous or year-round ) are linked to the rainfall cycles and the river levels, which increases chances of survival for their offspring.

Although Bede is mainly studied as a historian now, in his time his works on grammar, chronology, and biblical studies were as important as his historical and hagiographical works.

Although chemotaxis is the most frequently studied form of migration there are several other forms of locomotion in the cellular level.

Although many naturalists have studied aspects of animal behaviour throughout history, the modern discipline of ethology is generally considered to have begun during the 1930s with the work of Dutch biologist Nikolaas Tinbergen and Austrian biologists Konrad Lorenz and Karl von Frisch, joint winners of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Although human infanticide has been widely studied, the practice has been observed in many other species of the animal kingdom since it was first seriously studied by Yukimaru Sugiyama.

Although invertebrate species remain poorly studied on Madagascar relative to other wildlife, researchers have found high rates of endemism among the known species.

Although she had been a quite accomplished runner, the victory of El Moutawakel, who studied at Iowa State University at the time, was a surprise.

Although radium is not as well studied as its stable lighter homologue barium, the two elements have very similar properties.

Although Worf was raised by humans, he considered himself a Klingon at heart and studied the ways of his people.

Although Christine was introduced to the piano at the age of four, it was not until age eleven that she studied music seriously, when she was re-introduced to the instrument by Philip Fisher, a local musician and school friend of her older brother John.

Although the Kiwi / Phoebus / NERVA designs were the only ones to be tested in any substantial program, a number of other solid-core engines were also studied to some degree.

Although Quinn remained mostly self-taught, intuitively seeking out and exploring new ideas, there is observable history in his work because he had assiduously studied the modernist masterpieces on view in the galleries of New York, Mexico City, Paris, and London.

Although she became a domestic worker ( housemaid ) at an early age, she always had an ambition to go overseas as a missionary, and studied with great determination in order to be fitted for the role, only to be turned down because her academic background was inadequate and the China Inland Mission to which she applied was convinced that it was not possible to learn the language at her age.

Although he was no longer being formally educated, he bought schoolbooks with the money he earned, and studied by himself.

Although the G-Spot has been studied since the 1940s, disagreement persists over its existence as a distinct structure, definition and location.

Although in previous decades the writers and philosophers had discussed the glories of ancient Rome, it seems that until Brunelleschi and Donatello made their journey, no-one had studied the physical fabric of these ruins in any great detail.

Although he was ten years old when the Bauhaus was closed, Some bloke's analysts invariably associate him with the Bauhaus because he later studied under emigrent Bauhaus teachers in the USA.

Although Japan ’ s often violent history has made the mapping of meaningful changes in areas like armor and weapons technology and technique well-studied, the origins of the formal, studied use of rope for restraint as a technique that is Hojojutsu remain obscure.

Although originally applied only in quantum field theory, such diagrams now find increasing use in any area where perturbative expansions are studied.

Although Schütz was never a student of Husserl, he, together with a colleague, Felix Kaufmann, studied Husserl's work intensively in seeking a basis for interpretive sociology derived from the work of Max Weber.

Although expected to become a housewife by her parents, Lindquist studied microbiology at the University of Illinois as an undergraduate and received her PhD in biology from Harvard in 1976.

Although these four processes are often considered separately when studied, in actual practice they merge into one coordinated function.

Although earlier she had studied photography with Berenice Abbott, her studies with Lisette Model, beginning in 1956, led to Arbus's most well-known methods and style.

Although these two trios are sometimes numbered as " No. 5 " and " No. 6 ", the numbering of Beethoven's twelve piano trios is not standardized, and in other sources the two Op.

Although the " Archduke Trio " is sometimes numbered as " No. 7 ", the numbering of Beethoven's twelve piano trios is not standardized, and in other sources the Op.

Although the spoken introduction to the short piece of music is quite clear, the piano playing is largely inaudible due to heavy surface noise.

Although no model or workable device was ever made, it is often seen as a link to the concept of punched paper for player piano rolls ( 1880s ), as well as Herman Hollerith's punch card tabulator ( used in the 1890 United States census ), a distant precursor of the modern computer.

Although most ragtime was composed for piano, transcriptions for other instruments and ensembles are common, notably including Gunther Schuller's arrangements of Joplin's rags.

Although he recorded with various groups, including Morris's Hot Babes ( 1927 ), Fats Waller's Buddies ( 1929 ) ( one of the earliest interracial groups to record ), and McKinney's Cotton Pickers ( 1929 ), his most important contribution to the Harlem stride piano tradition was a series of solo recordings of his own compositions: " Handful of Keys ", " Smashing Thirds ", " Numb Fumblin '", and " Valentine Stomp " ( 1929 ).

Although Wakeman is a noted player of the grand piano, electric piano, Hammond organ, Minimoog and many later models of synthesiser, he is well known as a proponent ( for a time ) of the Mellotron – an analogue electronic musical instrument that uses a bank of pre-recorded magnetic tape strips, each of which is activated by a separate key on its keyboard and lasts approximately 8 seconds.

Although performance practice was previously confined to early music from the Baroque era, since the 1990s, research in performance practice has examined other historical eras, such as how early Classical era piano concerti were performed, how the early history of recording affected the use of vibrato in classical music, or which instruments were used in Klezmer music.

Although Astaire refused dance lessons at first, he easily mimicked his older sister's step and took up piano, accordion and clarinet.

Although his mother Pauline, a native of Prague, was a piano teacher, Arnold was largely self-taught.

Although the term is now most commonly used in reference to modern electronic devices such as a monome, the piano and guitar may also be said to be early examples of music technology.

Although he had some formal training and eavesdropped on his sister's piano lessons, he was largely self-taught.

Although such classical composers as Dussek and Boccherini wrote quintets for piano and string quartet, more commonly, a piano would be joined by violin, viola, cello and double bass.

Although Nielsen came to compose mainly at the piano, he only composed directly for it occasionally over a period of 40 years, creating five major works and several others, often with a distinctive style which slowed their international acceptance.

Although the orchestration was not yet complete, act 2 was presented in a private performance in 1870 just prior to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War with Saint-Saëns playing the orchestral parts, which were largely improvised, on the piano.

Although a considerable pianist himself, he was undoubtedly assisted by Yvonne Loriod's formidable piano technique and ability to convey complex rhythms and rhythmic combinations ; in his piano writing from Visions de l ' Amen onwards he had her in mind.

Although he achieved enough skill as a violinist to set up as a violin teacher in later years, his chief musical joy was to improvise at the piano, and it was a piano piece, a waltz by Chopin, that gave him his first ecstatic encounter with music.

Although he had begun composing while still a schoolboy, Bliss later suppressed all his juvenilia, and, with the single exception of his 1916 Pastoral for clarinet and piano, reckoned the 1918 work Madam Noy as his first official composition.

Although his emphasis as composer was the organ, Dupré's catalog of musical compositions also includes works for piano, orchestra and choir, as well as chamber music, and a number of transcriptions.