Sentences with phrase «hybridization among»

They plugged the sequences into an algorithm used for human population modeling, which co-author Daniel Falush modified to allow for hybridization among strains of bacteria.

For example, scientists have documented hybrid zones between introduced and native species, and climate change has already been linked to hybridization among flying squirrels in eastern North America.

Not exact matches

Among other adjustments that could help double fuel economy are turbocharging with smaller, more efficient engines that produce the same level of power; advanced heat management and cooling systems, which reuse the heat produced in the engine for energy; weight reduction, including broader use of high - strength steel that is already in some cars today; better aerodynamics; more efficient air conditioners, transmissions and lighting devices (including headlights); and increased electrification leading to full hybridization with electric motor and regenerative breaking — all of which currently exist.

Not only was intra-specific gene flow among populations seen to be minimal at that time, but, somewhat incongruously, inter-specific hybridization, or the movement of genes among species, was seen to be a much larger force in evolution than intra-specific allele movement.

The level of discordance among the nuclear and mitochondrial markers from the three species, the authors assert, is best explained as an instance of natural hybridization.

While introgressive hybridization is thought to be common among plants, the finding suggests that hybridization in mammals may not be the evolutionary dead end biologists once commonly thought.

Contribution to the understanding of how the evolution of gene families relates to functional divergence, including the fate of duplicated genes, horizontal transfer and interspecies hybridization, as well as the characterization of the ancestral patterns of evolution among archosaurs, and the discovery of the late acquisition of mitochondria in eukaryotes (Gabaldón's group, Science 2014, PLoS Biology 2015, PLoS Genetics 2015, Nature 2016).

Ancient origins, evolution, and the future of bread wheat agriculture Originally formed during the spread of agriculture among settled societies, bread wheat came about from the hybridization between cultivated wheat (T. dicoccoides) and goat grass (Aegilops tauschii) about 8,000 years ago.

Among these is hybridization — sexual reproduction across species boundaries, which can result in the flow of genetic material across species boundaries and even across long distances.

Hybridization seems to be the future for authors, agents and publishers, and is strongly advocated by your own agent Kristin Nelson, among others.

«McLuhan's ideas of hybridization of culture and the effects of media cross-fertilization, among others, form the background to a set of ideas that became the basis of much contemporary theoretical thought,» said Sichel.»

Photo: schnaars, CC Hybridization Isn't Just for Private Vehicles Eaton makes, among other things, hybrid drivetrains for commercial trucks and buses.