vestigial

adj.

残留的，残余的，退化的；

1. The wings of the chicken have become vestigial; it can no longer fly.
   鸡的翅膀逐渐退化，不会在空中飞行了。

Vestigial Forelimbs and Axial Elongation in a 95 Million-Year-Old Non-Snake Squamate
Vestigial teeth in the rabbit, rat and mouse; their relationship to the problem of lacteal dentitions
Control of Drosophila wing growth by the vestigial quadrant enhancer.
The Vestigial and Scalloped proteins act together to directly regulate wing-specific gene expression in Drosophila.
Mammalian vestigial-like 2, a cofactor of TEF-1 and MEF2 transcription factors that promotes skeletal muscle differentiation
MAD binds to DNA and directly mediates activation of vestigial by DPP. Nature (in press)
Serrate and wingless cooperate to induce vestigial gene expression and wing formation in Drosophila.
Control of Drosophila wing and haltere development by the nuclear vestigial gene product
Drosophila Mad binds to DNA and directly mediates activation of vestigial by Decapentaplegic
TONDU (TDU), a novel human protein related to the product of vestigial (vg) gene of Drosophila melanogaster interacts with vertebrat...