Most amphibians go through metamorphosis, a process of significant morphological change after birth.

Most morphological and molecular studies confirm that Gnetum and Welwitschia diverged from each other more recently than from Ephedra.

Most species seem readily distinguishable by morphological characters, but for some time the genus was used as a wastebin taxon for smaller chameleons from sub-Saharan Africa with a plesiomorphic hemipenis.

Most languages with a high degree of morphological marking have rather flexible word orders such as Latin, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian, Russian ( in intransitive clauses ), and Finnish.

Most of our information about him is derived from Herodotus ( 2. 161ff ) and can only be imperfectly verified by monumental evidence.

Most cases that go to trial are carefully prepared through a discovery process that aids in the review of evidence and testimony before it is presented to judge or jury.

Most other anthropologists, however, oppose Wrangham, stating that archeological evidence suggests that cooking fires began in earnest only c. 250, 000 years ago, when ancient hearths, earth ovens, burnt animal bones, and flint appear across Europe and the Middle East.

Most established scientific knowledge is supported by a convergence of evidence: if not, the evidence is comparatively weak, and there will not likely be a strong scientific consensus.

Most of the evidence for Carausius ' reign comes from his coinage, which was of generally fine quality.

Most of what is known about Pre-Contact (" Ancient ") Chamorros comes from legends and myths, archaeological evidence, Jesuit missionary accounts, and observations from visiting scientists like Otto von Kotzebue and Louis de Freycinet.

Most scholars reject the historicity of the later legends of King Arthur, which seem to be set in this period, but some such as John Morris see it as evidence behind which may lie a plausible grain of truth.

Most evidence of hockey-like games during the Middle Ages is found in legislation concerning sports and games.

Most of the evidence from that period has been discovered in tombs, many closely associated with Titelberg, a 50 ha site which reveals much about the dwellings and handicrafts of the period.

Most genetic and molecular evidence also supports grouping marsupials and placental mammals as a single clade, subclass Theria.

Most academic sources maintain that the associations made between world events and Nostradamus's quatrains are largely the result of misinterpretations or mistranslations ( sometimes deliberate ) or else are so tenuous as to render them useless as evidence of any genuine predictive power.

Most nursery rhymes were not written down until the 18th century, when the publishing of children's books began to move from polemic and education towards entertainment, but there is evidence for many rhymes existing before this, including " To market, to market " and " Cock a doodle doo ", which date from at least the late 16th century.

Most evidence suggests that girls could not attend the less ambitious town schools, the lower-tier writing-reading schools mandated for townships of over fifty families.

Most of the temples were built near springs, and in some of them there is evidence of the existence of a fire, which was always burning.

Most evidence points to an independent development of pottery in the Amerindian cultures, starting with their Archaic Era ( 3500 – 2000 BCE ), and into their Formative period ( 2000 BCE-200 CE ).

Most scientists are empirical skeptics, who admit the possibility of knowledge based on evidence, but hold that new evidence may always overturn these findings.

Most professional biologists support the modern evolutionary synthesis, not merely as an alternative explanation for the complexity of life but a better explanation with more supporting evidence.

It was partly down to the legend of the witch that prompted TV's Most Haunted team to visit Wookey Hole Caves and Mill to explore the location in depth, searching for evidence of paranormal activity.

Most extant material about Thetis concerns her role as mother of Achilles, but there is some evidence that as the sea-goddess she played a more central role in the religious beliefs and practices of Archaic Greece.

Most of the archaeological evidence is typical of Anatolia rather than of Assyria, but the use of both cuneiform and the dialect is the best indication of Assyrian presence.

Most evidence suggests that relations between the Hutu and Tutsi were mostly peaceful at this time.

Most of the historical evidence for Totila consists of chronicles by the Byzantine historian Procopius, who accompanied the Byzantine General Belisarius during the Gothic War.

Most high explosives contain carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen atoms and thus comparing their relative abundances of isotopes can reveal the existence of a common origin.

Most of these two chapters focus on comparing the situation of theoretical and of practical reason and therefore discusses how the Critique of Practical Reason compares to the Critique of Pure Reason.

Most economists assess the progress in welfare of the people by comparing the gross domestic product over time, that is, by adding up the annual dollar value of all goods and services produced within a country over successive years.

Most remote sensing applications process digital images to extract spectral signature at each pixel and use such signature to divide the image in groups of similar pixels ( segmentation ) using different approaches, and, as last step, assign a class to each group ( classification ) by comparing with known spectral signatures.

* Most Similar Systems Design / Mill's Method of Difference: it consists in comparing very similar cases which only differ in the dependent variable, on the assumption that this would make it easier to find those independent variables which explain the presence / absence of the dependent variable.

Most Similar Systems Design, or MSSD, is very helpful because since it comparing similar objects, it keeps many otherwise confusing and irrelevant variables in the research constant.

* Most Different Systems Design / Mill's Method of Similarity: it consists in comparing very different cases, all of which however have in common the same dependent variable, so that any other circumstance which is present in all the cases can be regarded as the independent variable.

Most recently, the largest RCT to date ( with 6104 enrolled patients ) comparing the effects of intensive glucose control vs. conventional glucose control in ICU patients found that tight glucose control significantly increased mortality at 90 days after admission to the ICU as compared to conventional glucose control ( 2. 6 % increase in the absolute risk of death ).

Most studies on the matter involved comparing performance in the " clutch " category of statistics ( production with runners in scoring position, performance late in close games, etc.

Most significant allograph s can be seen in comparing these two syllabaries, with some letters rotated and others more angular in the mid syllabary.

Most of the Project's titles, especially the early work, share common traits ( likely influenced by Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, on which Parsons was the audio engineer in 1973 ).

Most modern theorists agree that both are important with aggregate behavior being primarily determined by traits and situational factors being the primary predictor of behavior in the short term.

Most of his arguments were in the form of examples that were anecdotal or speculative in nature, and functioned as attempts to show how " exotic " grammatical traits were connected to what were apparently equally exotic worlds of thought.

Most, however, agree on certain consistent entrepreneurial traits and environmental influences.

Most studies have also found testosterone to be associated with behaviors or personality traits linked with criminality such as antisocial behavior and alcoholism.

Most people agree that discrimination based on ascribed characteristics is bad, but is it really any worse to discriminate based on these traits which, though not ascribed, still shouldn't affect performance?

Most of these variations are likely to be harmful, but a few unusual combinations may produce valuable new traits, spurring the pace of evolution.

Most biological traits ( such as height or intelligence in humans ) are multifactorial, influenced by many genes as well as environmental conditions and epigenetic expression.

Most of these groups share many common cultural traits and speak dialects or languages that are very similar, with only minor differences in tones, vocabulary, and pronunciation of certain words, but usually not enough to impede conversation, but many of these groups, such as the Nyaw and Phuthai consider themselves distinct, and often have differences in clothing that differentiate them.

Most images of Jesus have in common a number of traits which are now almost universally associated with Jesus, although variants are seen.

Most famous among these was probably the assemblage called " Hydroida ", but this group is apparently paraphyletic, united by plesiomorphic ( ancestral ) traits.

Most were well-to-do amateur sleuths who solved crimes for their own amusement, carried no weapons, and often had quirky or eccentric personality traits.

Most of the traits of the RR configuration are shared with the MR.

Most religions had common traits such as the existence of a Pachamama and Viracocha.

Most studies have also found testosterone to be associated with behaviors or personality traits linked with criminality such as antisocial behavior and alcoholism.

Most Puerto Rican immigration in the early 19th century involved Canary Islands ' natives, who, like Puerto Ricans, had inherited most of their linguistic traits from Andalusia.

Most human characteristics ( e. g., personality, IQ, physical traits and abilities ) follow a normal distribution which suggests that a fair market should create a normal distribution of wealth.

* Most characters ( with the exceptions of Andri, Barblin and perhaps The Teacher ) are one-dimensional stereotypes devoid of most personality traits, since they are only there to further the plot ( for instance The Landlord, who throws the stone that kills the Senora ), or to demonstrate examples of prejudice ( for example The Carpenter forces Andri to work with money ).