Sentences with phrase «into different organisms»

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Hartshorne suggests that organisms may helpfully be regarded as societies which fall into two broadly different types, «democracies» and «monarchies.»

Remarkably, widely different organisms, including bacteria, plants, animals, and fungi, all share the same basic machinery that copies and transcribes DNA into proteins.

The team next inserted florescence genes into each organism, which caused them to glow different colors — red for speaking and green for listening.

They searched the fluid for traces of RNA indicating the presence of different classes of retroviruses, RNA viruses that, like HIV, copy their sequence into the genome of infected organisms.

As for releasing a synthetic organism into the environment — for example, a souped - up algae for energy production, which one ecologist worried could cause havoc — at least for now, the risks are not much different from those of more conventional genetically modified products, which are covered by existing rules, said science policy expert Michael Rodemeyer of the University of Virginia.

A few hundred million years later, primitive organisms began to split into the different branches that make up the tree of life.

Science tells us that Earth's first single - celled organisms emerged about 3.5 billion years ago and only gradually evolved into many different species, he explained.

Perhaps, they reasoned, if they put their digital organisms on a diet, they might evolve into different forms — just as it happens in nature.

There are two major issues here: the differentiation of cells into a range of different types, and the assembly of cells into tissues, organs, and, ultimately, an intact organism.

The genomic DNA of complex organisms is wrapped around nucleosomes and packaged into various conformations that regulate the access of different gene regulatory factors to their target sites.

They can do this by combining genes from many different organisms, or even by designing new ways to translate genetic sequences of genes into protein products.

Taking the microbiome into account may be important for accurate phenotype - genotype analysis due to the increasing awareness of the impact the microbes have on different body sites, through the products they produce, their ability to protect against invading organisms, their direct interaction with the cell structures and the extracellular milieu, provoking inflammatory or immune responses, and many other effects.

Explain to students that they will be going into part of their local ecosystem to look at its biodiversity by observing as many different types of organisms as they can find.

Even small dog bites can cause serious infections because of the myriad of different bacteria and other malicious micro organisms that can be transferred from the mouth of the dog into the blood stream of the victim.

By sampling different ocean locations for the presence of an elusive but critical group of algae, researchers have gained new insight into the dwelling places of the symbiotic organisms that reef corals need for survival.

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are created by introducing specific traits (genes), either synthetically created or from an existing organism, into a different plant or animal.

They also measured how different organisms use carbon — transforming it into carbon dioxide — rather than just eating the particles, Lampitt said.

While it does not pose an immediate threat to other organisms, there is always the concern that it could evolve into a different form that could be transmissible to humans or other vertebrates.

Consequently, the Commission's decision to «carve up» the different parts of the market authorisation for a genetically modified organism into environmental aspects and non-environmental aspects is, according to the applicant, misplaced.

With my ability to genetically modify organisms to make new products on different scales, and exceptional insight into examining the social and ethical concerns raised by communities, I can easily represent your organization behind the scenes, and in front.