Sentences with phrase «study adaptive evolution»

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The study sheds light on the mechanisms and adaptive significance of gene family evolution.

«This study provides insight into the stepwise evolution of an ecologically important trait (resistance to prey toxins), and revealed that the adaptive benefit of changes to individual components of the trait were contingent on antecedent changes in other components,» said Jay Storz, the Susan J. Rosowski Professor of Biology at the University of Nebraska who was not involved in the research.

The study, which combined genetic analysis with a 19 - year - long selection experiment, supports the idea that the mechanisms of adaptive evolution may be more predictable than previously suspected.

Our study provides unique genome - wide perspectives on the adaptive evolution of venom systems as well as protein evolution in general.

The results of this original study are highly relevant to other human diseases that dependent on genome instability, such as fungal infection or cancer, and open new venues for anti-leishmanial drug discovery using host - directed strategies that target the parasite's metabolic dependence on the host cell, thus preventing the adaptive evolution of drug resistant parasites.

Studies investigating these questions could yield insights into the evolution of the vertebrate adaptive immune system.

She said studies investigating these questions could yield insights into the evolution of the vertebrate adaptive immune system.

The study, led by Simone Immler (Uppsala University / SciLifeLab) and in collaboration with East Anglia University, UK, may be of great importance for adaptive evolution and research on assisted reproductive technology, such as IVF.