Sentences with phrase «among other organisms»

Not exact matches

Complete certainty exists among essentially all biochemists that the other characteristics of living organisms (for example, selective permeability across all membranes, muscle contraction, and the hearing and memory process) will all be completely understood in terms of the coordinative interactions of large and small molecules.2

If Leopold and other scientists are correct, if the land is indeed one organism and there is a total and critical interdependence among all living things, then the deliberate poisoning of vast areas of the U.S. will have been a long stride toward the end of life as it is known on the North American continent.

«I've spent a lot of time over the years looking at other isotopes from a diversity of fauna on the island and have answered all sorts of questions about animal interactions and ecological change, but big questions remain unanswered about differences in mobility among organisms as well as changes in their mobility over time.»

The idea is also to engineer the new organism, deleting key metabolic pathways, such that it would never survive in the wild in order to prevent escapes with unintended environmental impacts, among other dangers.

Some researchers argue that they are bits of inert mineral; others contend they are among the world's smallest and oldest living organisms.

In the longer term, interactions among reef organisms would lead to dominance by other groups, including sponges and soft corals known as gorgonians.

Swarming among unicellular organisms often precedes sexual reproduction because it rapidly increases population density in a small area, whereas it would be much rarer for two choanoflagellates to spontaneously encounter each other and mate under normal conditions.

Among their other benefits, butterflies serve as indicator organisms.

These new discoveries, which the scientists believe hold true for other organisms with flagellated sperm, including humans, may lead, among other things, toward an understanding of why only a quarter of IVF pregnancies carry to term.

Segmentation is widespread among vertebrates and other organisms.

The finding that some bacteria have switched hosts during the course of evolution could mean that some species of termite gut bacteria are much more widespread among the guts of other organisms than we once thought.

«Greater understanding of these systems will be critical for any downstream work in altering or modifying the organism and or complex, among other things.»

«Among other things, the inactivation of eIF2 alpha is a brake on memory consolidation,» perhaps an evolutionary consequence of a cell or organism becoming better able to adapt in other ways, Walter said.

The interdependence among organisms and their environments sustains the conditions needed for survival by all living creatures: clean air and water, crop pollination, pest control, climate regulation, soil nutrients, and a diversity of plants and creatures, among other things.

Some are microscopic, and others are over 300 feet tall and are among the largest organisms on the planet.

With the increased awareness among pet owners about the disease - causing organisms that fleas, ticks and mosquitoes can carry, the repellency offered by K9 Advantix has proven to be a welcome feature which sets it apart from other products.

Ticks are the second leading cause and can carry the infectious organism that causes lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis and rocky mountain fever among others.

Dogs get rid of the Bordetella organisms for about three months, and it's pretty contagious among other dogs.

Omega fatty acids are naturally found in fish and other marine organisms like salmon, anchovies, krill and albacore tuna (among others) and are totally safe to give your pet.

We are acknowledging our hybrid natural - cultural constitution as well as our state of permanent becoming as agents among other agents, a position expressing a co-extensivity with one's surroundings in which all organisms are inter-dependent, forming a renewed eco-philosophical thinking that acknowledges our humanity in the midst of an intricate environment.

Other marine organisms that will also be among the first to show signs of corrosion from ocean acidification are those that construct external skeletons out of another variety of calcium carbonate, one that is rich in magnesium.

One prime goal of Venter, a genomics pioneer and entrepreneur (partnering with Exxon Mobil, among others), is to program organisms that, at large scale, could harvest carbon dioxide and generate hydrocarbons, replacing oil as a fuel and feedstock.

Trees and other living organisms are key players in the global carbon cycle, a complex biogeochemical process in which carbon is exchanged among the atmosphere, the ocean, the biosphere and Earth's crust.

Studies have shown health problems among plankton and other small organisms that eat microfibers, which then make their way up the food chain.»

Why the large animals and all dinosaurs, many birds, many shallow water marine shelled organisms among others, to the exclusion of insects, small mammals, lagoonal, swamp and estruarine animals and plants such as alligators, frogs, turtles, etc?