Sentences with phrase «selected by evolution»

Being neither in too much disorder nor too rigidly organized — one of the signatures of critical phenomena in statistical physics — sheep would be able to respond effectively to external disturbances, an advantage that could have been selected by evolution.

Hence, the researchers concluded that these genes might have been positively selected by evolution for a long and healthy life.

Not exact matches

Mutations are indeed not, so far as we know, selected by any overall purpose favoring evolution; but this is compatible with there being short - run and very naive purposes, desires, or feelings in the atoms and molecules constituting the genes, as well as in every cell and every metazoan with a nervous system.

Any RNA, when in a complex with another oligoribonucleotide known as an external guide sequence (EGS), can become a substrate for ribonuclease P. Simulation of evolution in vitro was used to select EGSs that bind tightly to a target substrate messenger RNA and that increase the efficiency of cleavage of the target by human ribonuclease P to a level equal to that achieved with natural substrates.

The newly created Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has selected four initial researchers — Jennifer Doudna of the University of California (UC), Berkeley, Ethan Bier of UC San Diego, James Collins of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and Bassem Hassan of the Brain and Spine Institute in Paris — to receive $ 1.5 million each to study topics ranging from novel techniques for gene editing, how shapes and forms arise over the course of evolution, and how synthetic biology can create microbes that trap and kill dangerous bacteria.

The results suggest that structural balance may play a role in the evolution of social structures by selecting against specific configurations.

The astronomers selected the Milky Way - like progenitors by sifting through more than 24,000 galaxies in the entire catalogs of the Cosmic Assembly Near - infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS), taken with Hubble, and the FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey (ZFOURGE), made with the Magellan telescope.

The American Naturalist editors have selected, for the 2016 Student Paper Award, «Diet Evolution and Clade Richness in Hexapoda: a Phylogenetic Study of Higher Taxa,» by James Rainford (student) and Peter Mayhew of University of York, England.

Modeling recent human evolution in mice by expression of a selected EDAR variant.

In essence, it is proposed that the endocannabinoid system, selected by 600 million years of evolution, is a central mediator of biological harm reduction through its homeostatic activities.

«Robert Orci's Production Diary» is a tour through the shooting of the pilot episode and its lavish 31 - day shoot, «Fringe Visual Effects» gives a sense of the scope of the show's special effects by looking into a few key creations from select episodes and «Evolution: The Genesis of Fringe» charts the development of the show (it's nice to hear Abrams describe how he drew inspiration from David Cronenberg's films).

Writing in the chapter «Social and communication behaviour of companion dogs» in The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behaviour, and Interactions With People edited by James Serpell, John W.S. Bradshaw and Helen M.R. Nott wrote: «It is possible that humans have selected dogs to bark more readily in order to draw attention to potential hazards or problems («watchdog barking») and also during the pursuit of prey, directing the hunter towards the kill.

Uptown, at Alexandre Gallery, «Lois Dodd: Selected Paintings,» organized in conjunction with the publication of a monograph on the artist by Faye Hirsch, could be read as both a context for Berlind's evolution and an affirmation of the continuing currency of paintings that examine perception.

«Racconti Immaginari» is an anthology featuring over a hundred works — between photos, objects, set designs and installations — carefully selected by the eclectic photographer to represent his artistic evolution.

With artworks selected by Naomi Lyons, Sommer's assistant from 1985 to 1999 and a trustee of the Foundation, Circumnavigation is an exploration of the interrelationships between the various media utilized by Sommer, and brings to light the evolution of themes, structure, and line developed over time.

In 2009 she organized the exhibition Showcase & Tell: Treasures from the Spelman College Permanent Collection, which traced the evolution of the permanent collection through the College's visual arts history and in 2013 Multiple Choice: Selections from the Spelman College Collection, which featured works from that permanent collection that were selected by 50 participants.

Tracing the evolution of changing technologies, the exhibition Q & A: Artists In Conversation presents interviews from the Whitechapel Gallery Archive and other archives as well as selected conversations conceived by artists and curators.

As indicated by the title, the exhibition looks into the future and contemplates the world in the year 2050 with over 70 contemporary works selected to address major themes such as over-consumption, global conflicts, scarcity of natural resources, social and economic inequality and the evolution of mankind.

Tracing the evolution of changing technologies, this exhibition presents interviews from the Whitechapel Gallery Archive and other archives as well as selected conversations conceived by artists and curators.

14th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography - January 2017 Wang, M., «Sea ice evolution in the Pacific Arctic by selected CMIP5 models: the present and the future.»