Sentences with phrase «understand symbiosis»
Researchers cultured the pathogens found in the ants» gut to understand symbiosis that takes place in the human body.
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Because these beetles are the largest and most impactful engineers of forest ecosystems, understanding their symbiosis with fungi is key to understanding forest health.
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A better understanding of the role of lipid biosynthesis in this type of symbiosis could therefore help to select host plants that can make optimal use of their relationship with their fungal partners, which can be a benefit to sustainable agriculture.
In addition, mechanisms for maintaining stable symbiosis are poorly understood, partly due to a lack of research tools.
For some 140 years, scientists have understood lichens to be a symbiosis between a fungus, which provides a physical structure and supplies moisture, and a photosynthesizing alga or cyanobacterium, which produces nutrients.
«Because symbioses are so common, understanding how symbiotic species interact and how they evolve will tell us a lot about ecosystems and how they will respond to climate change.»
«I suspect in a lot of cases where we assume mutualism we might find that isnt the case, which has important implications for understanding and conserving symbioses in nature.
Review: Understanding the impact of soil sodicity on mycorrhizal symbiosis: Some facts and gaps identified from cotton systems — Samieh Eskandari — Applied Soil Ecology
Exemplifying the useful symbiosis of animal experiments and computer modeling, the paper describes the quest to understand the interplay between genetic patterns and physiological traits that contribute to weight in mice.
Our project, Genomics of a Beetle - fungal symbiosis with massive implications for forest Disturbance Ecology, aims to understand the obligate relationship between bark and ambrosia beetles and their symbiotic fungi.
We now understand that the symbiosis between the good microbes and us is essential for our health, and probiotic (pro-life) microorganisms are responsible for our health.
It's a sensational symbiosis that makes it easy to understand why no matter what car Britain's most debonair secret agent gets behind the wheel of, he'll always drive an Aston Martin.
Such an approach promises greater understanding and symbiosis within our family packs.