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Among the species in Lutjanidae, ossification of the vertebral centra proceeds caudally up to the preural centra (Potthoff et al., 1988), whereas the first centrum ossify after the formation of the second centrum in Sparidae (Faustino and Power, 1998; Koumoundouros et al., 1999, 2001; Sfakianakis et al., 2004).

"If you don't take advantage of a little bit of that time before bones fully ossify, then you won't gain as much range."

The Dutch Republic was an early modern and modern marvel, developing markets and products far beyond the relatively small limits of its national borders, but as other states emulated its commercial and technological methods its aspirations for empire began to ossify. Davids (economic and social history, Vrije U.

Caudal skeleton elements begin to ossify at this stage, beginning at the base of each.