Sentences with phrase «long as the trait»

Such assortative mating increases relatedness in families and can help their offspring survive better as long as the trait under selection (larger size, for example) continues to be beneficial — helping males acquire and fend off mates, for example.

Not exact matches

For that same 75 - year study, openness also emerged as a trait that was linked with a long life, second to conscientiousness.

But, since that study looked only at people who'd already made it into ripe old age, it's tough to say whether or not the study participants developed these characteristics as a result of old age or if the traits helped them to live as long as they had.

In 2007, a paper published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology described perseverance and passion for long - term goals as «Grit» (a non-cognitive trait that measured persistence), and rated it of equal or greater value than IQ and talent.

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.

Her older sister (my kid's grandma) has said that for as long as anyone can remember, she has exhibited masculine traits.

Do the Zombies see such intertwining of love's highs and low - downs as the tragically monstrous character of humanity's sexuality — a perennial trait, albeit one only recently reactivated on a wide scale after a long and unnatural cultural hibernation — that we simply have to learn to live with?

Topher shows us how easy it is to slip back into old patterns of illogic, though he will quite likely demonstrate how no longer useful traits get weeded out of the gene pool as those few like him fade into the past.

I exist, for example, so long as my individual identifying traits are somehow exemplified in actual entities.

As long as he stays grounded, focused and have the traits well outlined by Champagne Charlie who could be exactly what we've been looking foAs long as he stays grounded, focused and have the traits well outlined by Champagne Charlie who could be exactly what we've been looking foas he stays grounded, focused and have the traits well outlined by Champagne Charlie who could be exactly what we've been looking for.

He takes long, awkward pauses that don't look right, as our eyes aren't accustomed to seeing that trait at the next level, since most passers with that trait never get an NFL snap.

He's what Stephen Jones was talking about when he said they would consider a 1 - tech as long as they had 3 - tech traits as well.

Too early to say that he can lead City to Champions League glory in his first season as manager but in the long run, he has all the traits to make City one of the main contenders and never know a winner as well.

In their last three matches alone, Everton have shipped eight goals while on the road only Fulham have been kept at bay in front of goal by an Everton side which no longer boasts a resolute defence as a trait.

Grit in psychology is defined as «a positive, non-cognitive trait based on an individual's passion for a particular long - term goal or end state, coupled with a powerful motivation to achieve their respective objective.»

And in the long run, not only will that help your children to develop the characteristics and traits you hope to instill in them before they head out into the world on their own, but it will also make your job as a parent a little bit easier.

First — challenges are not going to stop until we improve social equality between the sexes and feminine traits are no longer seen as inferior.

It is obvious that the NPP no longer looks attractive to Ghanaian voters as a result of the undesirable character traits of the flagbearer.

Furthermore, B. nipponica adults have intrinsic traits that may facilitate their actions as dispersal agents for this mycoheterotrophic herb: (1) their abundance in the plant habitat; (2) they are ground - dwelling, which means they defecate on the forest floor where M. humile's fungal partners, Russulaceae, reside; and (3) the long transit times of seeds through their gut (3 - 10 h) providing occasional long - distance seed dispersal.

As organisms adapt to their environment, they lose traits that are no longer beneficial or keep them in much reduced form.

Bipedalism, one of the basic markers of humans, apparently developed long before other traits, such as stone - tool making.

A new study indicates that pea plants with some specific traits — such as longer flowering time and higher pod numbers — may be more resistant to heat stress.

For years, some paleoanthropologists argued that hominins like the famous 3.1 - million - year - old Lucy weren't graceful on the ground because they retained traits for climbing trees, such as long fingers and toes.

Scientists may eventually circle back to those long - debated traits of sophisticated language, culture, and technology, in which nurture as well as nature plays a leading role.

As a result, they survived longer and reproduced more than the black moths, so the light - color traits were much more common in the peppered moth population.

If, as Dave Jensen suggests in «Ten Traits of the Job - Search Rebel» only 15 % -20 % of the positions are officially listed in either publications or online, I'm in for a long ride.

The list of probable cultural traits is not as long as that for chimpanzees, but orangutans» tendency to interact with their neighbors less than chimps do made the pattern of learning even clearer.

As a uniquely human trait, language has long baffled evolutionary biologists.

As subpopulations moved into isolated areas, how did they remain isolated over a long enough time for new species - defining traits to arise in nuclear genes and become enriched by natural selection to permit speciation?

In AIP Publishing's journal APL - Materials, the Japanese team describes how this solid - state phosphor promises to make future, low - power vacuum UV lamps that will be more flexible in design as well as being smaller, longer lasting and relatively heat - free — all traits that are typical advantages of solid state lighting in general.

But this benefit will last only as long as the Bt trait keeps working.

Their findings suggest that ovulating women have evolved to prefer mates who display sexy traits — such as a masculine body type and facial features, dominant behavior and certain scents — but not traits typically desired in long - term mates.

Our closest primate relatives may have evolved «us versus them» social traits as a means to cope with competition from rival groups of monkeys long before this behaviour first occurred in humans, new research suggests.

«The view has long been held that this trait evolved during the course of human evolution, when our ancestors were facing a prolonged period of warfare, as parochialism increases group cohesion and cooperation against opposing factions.

An X-linked gene for homosexuality has long been proposed as a way to explain how the trait persists in the population even though gay men tend to have fewer offspring: The gene could increase fertility in females, who would have two «chances» to inherit it.

They found certain traits were linked to longer jumping among younger fish, but as they got older these effects diminished and age itself was most closely linked with jumping distance.

Researchers have long assumed that these dramatic transitions resulted in a sort of accelerated evolution in which genes for traits such as skin color and stature changed rapidly to allow humans to survive in their new habitats.

«As a result, traits that might have been beneficial in adapting to challenging new non-African environments could easily be detrimental over the course of a long life without significant risk of infectious disease or starvation.»

Traits that help an organism survive in the short term, such as heavier seeds, «may lead to extinction in the longer term,» worries Cheptou.

For almost as long as scientists have pondered how nature and nurture shape personality, intelligence, health (or disease) and other traits, they've assumed that each contributes some percentage to the trait.

Evolution — the change in heritable traits over successive generations — has long served as one of the central tenets of biology.

Well, it's attainable as long as you don't fall into certain traps and personality traits that can cost you dearly along the way.

Financially independent women exude this trait better than their counterparts as they no longer have the insecurities that make them unappealing.

There are times that these singles get blinded and see happy coincidences leading both of them thinking that they found the right one, but the truth is, there are some common traits that may change as the relationship takes longer and deepens.

If Born To Be Blue has a serious structural flaw, it's that Jane proves to be a largely thankless role, with long - suffering as her defining trait, accented by looks of disappointment.

Jackman sells the character hard, since Gracey never slows the pace long enough to let Barnum develop as more than a few personality traits, mostly aggressive and all an excuse for another musical number, each choreographed by Ashley Wallen with all the subtlety of a forced military march.

Franco captures that while Wiseau's mouth, which perpetually feels like it's full of peanut butter and / or cotton - mouth - inducing pills may be joylessly droning, «Ha ha ha», the eyes betray that he has no idea what he's supposed to find amusing, but apparently «laughing» is a common trait of these «humans» so as long as he's at least attempting to pass among their ranks, he might as well give it a shot.

Duckworth, a leading grit researcher, categorizes that perseverance and passion for long - term goals as a stable personality trait and possibly part of the trait of «conscientiousness.»

Russ makes three arguments: 1) A recent study that compared grit scores among fraternal and identical twins suggests that grit may be heritable to a large degree, which would make it unrealistic to expect schools or others to be able to alter it; 2) The twin study as well as a meta - analysis of grit research found that grit only explains about 2 - 3 % of the variance in achievement scores, which Russ thinks makes it a poor predictor of other outcomes; and 3) The meta - analysis suggests that grit may be highly correlated with conscientiousness, one of the Big 5 personality traits that psychologists have been studying for a long time.

He seeks to listen first, pays attention to others» needs and perspectives, and views himself as a life - long learner (traits that helped make him a respected manager and award - winning teacher leader!).