Sentence examples for a functional bias from inspiring English sources

As a result, a new balance of Th17/Treg cell function or even a functional bias toward Treg cells appears in CIA by the quinpirole treatment.

i) A directional bias (A-> B is not as likely as B-> A). ii)A functional bias (genes with the same function are more likely to be transferred) iii) A taxonomical bias (some taxa-related or not-are more prone to HGT) iv) An environmental bias (taxa living in the same environment are more likely to exchange genes with one another) The authors need to be precise about what they mean by "biased HGT".

A functional bias towards compression has also been observed for bone, but with the formation of microcracks in the region under greatest tension.

To help maintain a positive energy balance in ancestral human habitats, evolution appears to have designed a functional bias in spatial memory that enhances our ability to remember the location of high-calorie foodstuffs.

In exploring the smaller clusters holding one- to five-paralogs (656 clusters with a total of 1,724 proteins), it is difficult to discern a functional bias or propose a plausible explanation for paralogy.

There is evidence for a functional bias for those paralogs that are retained [ 6].

To see whether there is any functional bias in genes having nonsense SNPs, we examined the frequent biological terms in the genes having nonsense SNPs.

However, as the genome of Chiloscyllium plagiosum is not fully sequenced and annotated, it was difficult to determine whether these miRNA targets have any functional bias.

Gene retention occurs in a lineage-specific manner in a wide range of organisms [ 11, 12, 16] and a significant functional bias exists.

Our results demonstrate a striking functional bias in the actions of V1 and V2b INs on flexor extensor motor activity, whereby the selective ablation of V1 vs V2b INs results in hindlimb hyperflexion and hyperextension, respectively.

This could possibly reflect a significant functional bias to mRNA targeting given that subtype III-B interference systems have been implicated in targeting RNA and transcribing DNA within hosts [ 22, 39, 40].