The phrase "a consequence of the environment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the effects or outcomes that arise due to environmental factors or conditions.
Example: "The decline in bee populations is a consequence of the environment, influenced by pesticide use and habitat loss."
Alternatives: "an effect of the environment" or "a result of environmental factors."
However, this state is inherently a consequence of the environment in which the microorganisms evolve and that of the temporal variations in the concentrations seen by the cells along their trajectories.
Is this a consequence of the environment or does the panel of expressed OR genes represent the minimum required for the recognition of all relevant odorants, including those not yet encountered?
It also remains to be elucidated whether higher proportions of FOXP3+CD25high cells within the CD4+ T cell population in cord blood are a consequence of the environment in utero, genetic factors or a combination of both.
Resources are scarce - a consequence of the harsh environment of the highland plateau and limited agricultural space in the lowlands.
Therefore the omni-flow wind turbine has the potential to meet the challenge of unpredictable wind velocity and direction as a consequence of the urban environment.
Muslims may have been using religious rhetoric, but these attacks are a consequence of the sociological environment of their lives in Europe today.
The degree of density is a consequence of the hormonal environment and underlying genetics regulating the epithelial proliferation (Warren, 2004).
Therefore, a defect in channel activation, function or expression may occur as a consequence of the diabetic environment.
First, cancer patients with hyperglycaemia may have increased tumour cell proliferation and metastatic capacity as a consequence of the physiologic environment of hyperinsulinemia (Richardson and Pollack, 2005).
These findings suggested that amastigote release is a consequence of the cytolytic environment modulated by host immune response and may be not actively promoted by parasites.
These data support the hypotheses that DNA methylation either occurs as a consequence of the chromatin environment only in some genes, or that two redundant and independent systems of gene repression have evolved.
