Sentences with phrase «wild relatives as»

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Here's a graph covering few months of the relative value of bitcoins against US dollars; as you can see, there have been wild fluctuations in the value over the past two months.

Concerns have been raised about the potential effects of transgenic introductions on the genetic diversity of crop landraces and wild relatives in areas of crop origin and diversification, as this diversity is considered essential for global food security.

The Hochul - Wu battle is a wild card, since both candidates are relative unknowns, though Hochul has a leg up on her opponent in WNY after serving as Erie County clerk and (albeit briefly) a congresswoman.

The researchers conducted a series of mutations on the detected positively selected amino acid sites, and further investigated the resulting protein's structural and functional features as relative to its wild type.

But they also collected wild relatives of chickpeas in southeastern Turkey that hold «great promise,» von Wettberg says, as a source of new genes for traits like drought - resistance, resistance to pod - boring beetles, and heat tolerance.

By comparing ancient and modern DNA from a domesticated animal as well as its nearest wild relatives, researchers can identify when specific genetic mutations associated with domestication arose.

From their many sizes and colors (vibrantly demonstrated by the potatoes on offer at the Bolivian market pictured above) along with genes that resist drought, wild relatives represent a genetic storehouse of potentially useful traits, such as the genes that allowed potatoes to recover from the blight that precipitated the Irish potato famine.

Generally, any mutations that are widespread in domestic plants and animals but absent from their wild relatives are assumed to have played a key role in the process, spreading as people and their livestock moved across the globe.

Because enhancing the conservation of crop wild relatives is one of the United Nations's Sustainable Development Goals, the authors suggest that the study's numbers could be used as a baseline for measuring progress toward meeting conservation goals.

Other suggested projects include studies of Arctic ecosystems subject to pollution from Russian factories; surveys of wild relatives of crops in South America; studies of the food potential of fish in African lakes; and investigation of the greenheart tree in Guyana as a raw material for pharmaceutical use.

Wild Relative Ancestors or cousins of modern crops, usually the same species as their farmed counterparts.

Small passerines are commonly kept in cages, and may be capable of seeing roughly as fast as their wild relatives.

Thus far, the DiPalma group has sequenced DNA from over 90 strains of domestic ferret as well as other wild species of ferret, including the Siberian Polecat, the closest relative to the Black - footed Ferret, which is also susceptible to Sylvatic Plague.

However, there has been a lot of research done on this subject and we do know quite a bit about the diets of the dog's closest wild relatives such as the wolf, coyote, and fox.

Birds commonly kept as pets are no different than their wild relatives — they are the native species of other countries.

As evacuees have streamed into temporary shelters or moved in with relatives, animals — including wild monkeys as well as dogs and farm animals such as pigs, chickens and cows — have been left in the danger zone close to the volcano that is most at risk of cascading ash, rocks and hot gaAs evacuees have streamed into temporary shelters or moved in with relatives, animals — including wild monkeys as well as dogs and farm animals such as pigs, chickens and cows — have been left in the danger zone close to the volcano that is most at risk of cascading ash, rocks and hot gaas well as dogs and farm animals such as pigs, chickens and cows — have been left in the danger zone close to the volcano that is most at risk of cascading ash, rocks and hot gaas dogs and farm animals such as pigs, chickens and cows — have been left in the danger zone close to the volcano that is most at risk of cascading ash, rocks and hot gaas pigs, chickens and cows — have been left in the danger zone close to the volcano that is most at risk of cascading ash, rocks and hot gas.

The wild fluctuations of the 5 and 10 year trends can be clearly seen, as can the relative stability of the 20 - year trend (and the simple decade over decade measure, dubbed «10 - yr - diff»).