This similarity in structure and history allowed us to look at effects of island size, without having to worry about other
differences among islands.»
Having said that, there are too many circumstances to consider and too many cultural
differences among disciplines to specify a «reasonable» time for all cases.
The study, published Aug. 17 in Neuron, describes how neurons in the nose adapt to experience, and helps explain
differences among individuals and between the sexes.
«Biology of childhood brain tumor subtypes offers clues to precision treatments: Researchers reveal
differences among gene fusions in low - grade pediatric brain tumors.»
But to get the most out of canine gene hunts, geneticist Elaine Ostrander and her colleagues at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, realized that she needed to know the degree of genetic
differences among various breeds.
Studying families of bacteria in the samples, investigators found marked
differences among donor, pre-transplant and post-transplant samples.
Proponents of the idea of multiple personalities have also performed controlled studies of biological
differences among alters, revealing that they may differ in respiration rate, brain - wave patterns and skin conductance, the last being an accepted measure of arousal.
Other chapters apply this to the genetics of immune systems, the evolutionary benefits of sexual reproduction, genetic
differences among human populations, the origin of life and more.
Differences among alters can be nothing short of astonishing.
«Regional
differences among chandelier cells discovered: Location matters when it comes to brain cells» gene expression, connections, and innervation area.»
Cancer researchers are just beginning to investigate the extent and significance of genetic
differences among tumor cells — either cells within a discrete tumor or between a primary tumor and metastases in other parts of the body.
Some of
the differences among studies could arise from gene tree incongruence, possibly due to incomplete lineage sorting (ILS) of those genes (29, 31), nucleotide base composition biases (19), differences between data types (32, 33), or insufficient data (34, 35).
Other biological
differences among athletes are allowed and even expected.
«Sports practice accounts for just one percent of the performance
differences among elite athletes.»
They also found significant
differences among strains in both the average lag response (the amount of time it takes to transition from cell quiescence to restarting cell growth) and average growth rates in response to different environmental conditions.
But it has been difficult to determine just how much the invaders — Anglo - Saxons from Europe's North Sea coast — contributed because of the small genetic
differences among European groups.
A new study reveals that police recruits and experienced officers are more likely than others to subscribe to colorblind racial beliefs — the notion that they — and people in general — see
no differences among people from different racial groups and treat everyone the same.
Wertheim used a sophisticated computer program to build a family tree based on the degree of
differences among the sequences.
There are significant
differences among fields, with the average Ph.D. in chemistry taking just 3.3 years, compared to 5 years in the humanities.
Dr Andrea Manica, co-author of the paper from the University of Cambridge, added: «Our research reveals that the collective performance of groups is strongly driven by their composition, suggesting that consistent behavioural
differences among groups could be a widespread phenomenon in animal societies.»
Another thing the team didn't consider was genetic
differences among individuals: Some monkeys are naturally more susceptible to adversity whereas others are more resilient, he says.
Mercury, with colors enhanced to emphasize the chemical, mineralogical and physical
differences among the rocks that make up its surface.
Differences among the microbes at different farms result in differences in flavor and quality of the resulting chocolate, said Verstrepen.
The organoids grow for several weeks — sometimes up to a year — allowing the researchers to compare growth and pinpoint where
the differences among species arise.
For comparison, the genetic
differences among giraffe species are at least as great as those between polar and brown bears.
And even if
those differences among babies do exist, as some studies suggest, it's not easy to pin them on C - sections themselves.
The differences among species between the two groups separated by the threshold value can be explained by longer neurogenic periods rather than different neurogenic programs.
«Small but distinct
differences among species mark evolution of human brain.»
Finally, the researchers created an evolutionary tree of cetaceans based on the molecular and fossil records and checked to see if the body size
differences among cetaceans can be explained by their dietary preferences.
Other experiments, however, haven't found big, long - lasting
differences among the microbiomes of babies born by C - section or vaginally.
Thus, research experiences obtained during graduate school training are one of
the differences among M.D. - Ph.
Nearby, interactive electronic displays explain
the differences among the three species.
To narrow down this time window, Whitfield studied sequences of three genes from 28 species of wasps — some virus - carriers and some not — and used
differences among the species to build a family tree.
Because of small
differences among the subspecies, researchers expected that a few of the new strains wouldn't make it, says geneticist Fernando Pardo - Manuel de Villena, also at UNC Chapel Hill.
Carbon dioxide emissions were greatest from the manure treatment during the first two years, while CH4 emissions were negative, with
no differences among the N treatments.
Scandinavia also showed the greatest
differences among occupational classes.
«Additionally, we are examining behavioral variation and dietary
differences among marmots along an urban - rural continuum.»
This is not only because tests on laboratory animals can cause much suffering, but also because the relevance of the data they provide for predicting effects in humans or other animals is severely limited by
differences among major species.
Japan, China, and the SNP Consortium — a public - private group seeking genetic
differences among different versions of the human genome — are also adding to the pot.
While there were no significant differences in the responses of residents based on how far along they were in their training, the researchers were surprised to discover some significant
differences among supervising physicians, with senior attendings being more likely than junior attendings — who could be fellows or attendings in practice less than five years — to prefer immediate notification for situations including patient falls, new or worsening pain, an angry parent or family member, or the need for restraints.
Antigenic and genetic
differences among the DENV types influence disease outcome, vaccine - induced protection, epidemic magnitude, and viral evolution.
If you're a nativist about basic core cognitive capacities, as I am, does that also lead you to be a nativist about, say,
differences among the sexes?
Each of these satellites provides a time stamp, and the system calculates your location based on the relative
differences among those times.
And despite the obvious
differences among the three schools, Summers is optimistic about their chances of succeeding — or even surpassing UMBC's achievements.
«There is something about
differences among the children and the quality of English they hear that make some children acquire vocabulary and grammar more rapidly in English and other children develop more slowly,» said Hoff.
«Seemingly small
differences among crabs guarding their coral homes can have big effects on coral survival,» said Moore.
The Policy Tracker shows large
differences among states across many program policies.
Careful genetic analysis not only confirmed long - standing suspicion that Y. pestis was the microbe responsible for the plague, but also found slight genetic
differences among bacteria from various remains at the site — suggesting that even as it killed millions, the bacterial strain itself was dying off.
Tschopp rebuilt the diplodocid family tree from the ground up by documenting 477 traits in the bones of every specimen available, and then using two different statistical methods to examine
the differences among specimens.
These variations in abilities and talents presumably arise from
differences among our brains, and many studies have linked certain very specific tasks with cerebral activity in localized areas.