Sentences with phrase «beneficial traits»

Arts education has also been tied to better attendance, more creativity, improved fine motor skills, more interest in learning, and many other beneficial traits.

Once specific genes associated with beneficial traits are identified, they can be more efficiently transferred into new rice varieties using other breeding methods.

Now scientists increasingly ask whether noise is mainly a dangerous enemy that cells must guard against, or if it is sometimes an ally, with potentially beneficial traits that evolution can act upon.

Is the genetic trait for a shorter tail linked to some other beneficial trait?

The results help researchers understand how plants and fungi developed symbiotic relationships, and how the mutualistic association provides host plants with beneficial traits for environmental adaptation.

Luck came in the form of the climate shifts that served to accelerate the rate of evolution and the adaptation of beneficial traits among certain of our archaic forebears.

Although prions are typically associated with negative effects, recent research from Whitehead Member Susan Lindquist's lab has shown that prions can introduce evolutionarily beneficial traits that help an organism survive environmental stresses.

That is like saying flipping a coin 5,000 times and getting at least one tails is random, well, technically it is, but it is expected, probable, and almost impossible not to happen, just as it's nearly impossible for beneficial traits not to win out in the long run.

Evolutionary theory states that through random mutation and natural selection, which is not random, certain organisms will develop beneficial traits, and thus be more likely to survive.

These species are expected to provide a rich source of untapped genes for breeding programs and may provide beneficial traits to cultivated sugarcane.

In fungi, however, prions do not cause damage but instead appear to confer beneficial traits to the cells that harbor them.

The standard theory of evolution is that animals that randomly inherited genes that produced beneficial traits — in the case of the giraffe, a longer neck, which made it easier to reach tall acacia trees — ate better, reproduced more often and passed these gene variants to their offspring.

GMOs have the potential to increase productivity by incorporating beneficial traits that would, for one, allow crops to thrive even when rain is a rare event.

This new research supports a breeding program to combine multiple beneficial traits in grapevines using conventional breeding, to develop robust rootstocks specifically for Australian conditions and support the local wine sector's sustainability well into the future,» says Dr Liz Waters, Wine Australia's General Manager Research, Development and Extension.

«While genetic modification of crops can introduce new beneficial traits into existing crops, the resulting products need to be tested for long - term health effects before making assumptions about their impact on human health,» said senior investigator Frances Sladek, a professor of cell biology and neuroscience at UC Riverside.

«It's an extremely beneficial trait,» says Hawkesford.

Clearly, in the Elantra, consumers see the same beneficial traits that we do.

Barve and Wagner argue that this should prompt a rethinking of assumptions about the origins of beneficial traits.

It is also possible that sexual enthusiasm in bugs is related to other evolutionarily beneficial traits, the researchers say.

One of the other beneficial traits of Dolby Atmos is its adaptability, with different form factors which provide varying levels of audio quality.

They are most often ambitious type - A personalities that move fast and get things done but these beneficial traits can also work against them when it come to the seemingly slow and inefficient tasks of management, responsibility delegation and building a desirable team culture.

I think it is even possible that I might naturally feel compassion for other people (such as suffering people in China), but I would probably figure that this is some strange extension of a natural feeling of compassion which is a beneficial trait towards my children and my friends.

Not every trait is, nor needs to be, a survival or beneficial trait.

Lastly, it should be emphasized that IRRI applies genetic engineering only when the beneficial traits needed can not be found within the rice gene pool.

But they also have beneficial traits (the ability to grow in poor soil, for instance) that can be incorporated into other strains.

East and West African pygmies evolved their stature independently, possibly because it was a beneficial trait in an environment packed with low obstacles

Darwin argued that all individuals struggle to survive on limited resourses, but some have small, heritable differences that give them a greater chance of surviving or reproducing, than individuals lacking these beneficial traits.

Hereditary investigations revealed that some degree of inbreeding occurred during these interactions, which scientists said has led to some beneficial traits in modern humans such as having a strong immune system.

Pride is a beneficial trait for confident, successful salespeople.

Understanding the unique and beneficial traits they bring to medical sales will only help you place consistently strong candidates.

An interest in trying new foods is a beneficial trait for a child to have, because it can take repeated tastings of a new food before a child accepts it [38].

Competition and personal performance can be beneficial traits to people in performance - driven professions.