Sentences with phrase «response to environmental stress»

Thousands of experiments have independently confirmed genetic changes in microorganisms in response to environmental stress.

Many human diseases have a genetic component, whether inherited or resulting from the body's response to environmental stresses like viruses or toxins.

Of these, early estimates suggest that about 100 genes directly influence growth and development, 80 affect responses to pathogens like insects and fungi, and around 40 control responses to environmental stresses.

A long record of ancient stone tools could tell us if the monkeys picked up tool use in response to an environmental stress, such as rapid sea level changes, for example.

The signatories of the petition represent a knowledgeable consortium of scientists, who have published more than 17,600 scientific papers on subjects including plant breeding, the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying plant growth and development, and plant responses to environmental stresses.

Metabolomics showed that chronic fatigue syndrome is a highly concerted hypometabolic response to environmental stress that traces to mitochondria and was similar to the classically studied developmental state of dauer.

Ted Hinds, BS (Engineering Science), MS (Atmospheric Science), PhD (Physical Ecology, U. Washington, Seattle), Quantitative empirical analyses regarding climatological, meteorological, and ecological responses to environmental stresses, consultant for USA EPA research on global climate change program.

Pediatricians can help caregivers understand that there are healthy strategies and interventions that can help children reduce these excessive responses to environmental stress and assist children in resuming a normal developmental trajectory.

Many bacteria, however, can not form spores and instead survive a stress by entering a «dormant» or viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state in response to environmental stresses.

A closer look revealed epigenetic changes, such as methylation and histone modification, which shut down selected genes, often in response to environmental stresses.

In plants, it is known that SUMO conjugation regulates plant development and their responses to environmental stresses.

The research, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, has revealed a connection in plants between the roles played by defense signaling and light signaling, processes that activate genes in response to environmental stresses.