Sentences with phrase «adaptive traits»

These findings provide new insights on the genetic mechanisms underlying the evolution of adaptive traits.

By linking the different phases of the bacterial life cycle, the spore «memory» could drive adaptations to ecological niches and trigger the emergence of various adaptive traits in microbes.

Maintenance of biodiversity in a rapidly changing climate will depend on the efficacy of evolutionary rescue, whereby population declines due to abrupt environmental change are reversed by shifts in genetically driven adaptive traits.

Since Sweden has long, harsh winters, the Swedish plants had freezing tolerance as their major adaptive trait.

Among its recommendations: encourage local farmers to maintain local types of livestock; share breeds across borders (particularly when breeds are likely to be suited to specific regions due to certain adaptive traits, such as a need for less water); and establish a gene bank — similar to the regional seed banks that preserve crop diversity — to maintain this genetic heritage.

«The novel use of plastics in the nests of bees could reflect the ecologically adaptive traits necessary for survival in an increasingly human - dominated environment,» MacIvor said.

Detecting adaptive trait loci in nonmodel systems: divergence or admixture mapping?

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«Ultimately, these results establish a new role for Hsp90 in the evolution of adaptive traits,» says Cowen.

Among these candidates are likely the genes associated with dark - adaptive traits.

That tenet states that organisms best suited to their circumstances will be the ones most likely to reproduce, spreading their adaptive traits and driving out the competition.

Researchers found the plants likely acquired many of these adaptive traits prior to their movement into colder regions.

Anthropomorphism is an adaptive trait that enhanced our ancestors» chances of survival, he adds.

Yet capricious though it may seem, love is likely to be an adaptive trait, one that arose early in the evolution of our lineage.

«The next step,» he says, «which I'm excited to see them do, is to identify the genes underlying these adaptive traits.»

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Awhile back I read somewhere that fear of spiders (and snakes) is actually an adaptive trait.

Compassion may indeed be a naturally evolved and adaptive trait.

This doggedness had revealed itself early on, an adaptive trait for a would - be toddler who had struggled to walk until well past the age of two.

Those adaptive traits happened well before humans were ever present in this hemisphere.

This is, in the language of evolutionary psychology, called an adaptive trait.

Our internal wiring does its best to prevent us from opening our hearts to those we fear will hurt us emotionally, let us down, or leave us, and this — in the language of evolutionary psychology — may be called an adaptive trait!