taillessness
Lacking rear extension
Taillessness is the state of lacking a tail.
The word appears in descriptions of certain animal breeds or species: Taillessness in Manx cats results from a genetic mutation.
It also describes individual animals that have lost tails to injury or amputation.
Truncated animal tail
- congenitalExisting from birth
- aplasiaFailure of organ development
- dockingConnecting to a port
- amputationSurgical limb removal
surgery · injury · resection · vertebral · spina bifida · syndrome · birth defect · stumpy
Truncated animal tail
- stumpyShort and thickset
- breed standardOfficial physical specifications for purebreds
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- cat fancyEnthusiasm for breeding cats
Differential reproductive success
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- vestigialReduced, without current function
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
genetic drift · common ancestor · Darwinism · survival · fitness · morphology · cladistics · paleontology
Of the tail
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- sacrumFused vertebrae above tailbone
- coccyxFused vertebrae forming tail
- spineColumn of vertebrae
skeletal · appendage · hindquarters · rump · posterior · balance · locomotion · stump
Permanent DNA alteration
- alleleGene variant at one locus
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
gene pool · dominant · recessive · hereditary · chromosome · genomic · breeding · trait
bobtail
Truncated animal tail
- congenitalExisting from birth
- aplasiaFailure of organ development
- dockingConnecting to a port
amputation · surgery · injury · resection · vertebral · spina bifida · syndrome · birth defect · stumpy · curtailment
bobtail
Truncated animal tail
- stumpyShort and thickset
- breed standardOfficial physical specifications for purebreds
- pedigreeRecord of descent
natural selection
Differential reproductive success
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- vestigialReduced, without current function
- speciationFormation of distinct species
phylogeny · genetic drift · common ancestor · Darwinism · survival · fitness · morphology · cladistics · paleontology · fossils
caudal
Of the tail
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- sacrumFused vertebrae above tailbone
- coccyxFused vertebrae forming tail
spine · skeletal · appendage · hindquarters · rump · posterior · balance · locomotion · stump
mutation
Permanent DNA alteration
- alleleGene variant at one locus
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
inheritance · gene pool · dominant · recessive · hereditary · chromosome · genomic · breeding · trait · polymorphism
taillessnesstailed
Followed in secret
long-tailed · caudate · bushy-tailed · bushiness · long-bodied
detail, tail, retail, tailor, curtail, tailed, entail, tailgate, tailing