The phrase "a role in adaptation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the function or contribution of something in the process of adapting to changes or new conditions.
Example: "The study highlights the importance of biodiversity and its role in adaptation to climate change."
Alternatives: "a part in adjustment" or "a function in adaptation".
Thus, considering that function-altering and pathogenic mutations are enriched in highlanders, we hypothesize that they may have played a role in adaptation of hypoxic environments for highlanders.
Considering all above, we hypothesize that the enriched function-altering and pathogenic mutations in Tibetan highlanders may have played a role in adaptation of hypoxia environment.
The genes within CNVs were significantly enriched for genes involved in defense response (P = 2.60 × 10 12, Fisher's exact test), suggesting that they have a role in adaptation to various environments.
Although Darwin thought that some emotional expressions are due to "the constitution of the nervous system" and play a role in adaptation and survival, he believed that others serve a different purpose: the communication of emotion to others.
Although a number of gene products are known to control light induction in fungi, vvd is the first gene shown to have a role in adaptation to constant light.
In any case, identification of genes that play a role in adaptation will require selection experiments in controlled and field environments to directly measure their effects on fitness, and in addition functional gene analyses to detect loci that actually alter fitness7, 48.
Even though the expression of yeaG occurs shortly after the cells sense N starvation (Fig. 1A), it appears to be continuously expressed for up to 24 h into N starvation (Fig. 1C), we considered whether yeaG could have a role in adaptation to sustained (here defined as 24 h, unless otherwise indicated) N starvation.
More researchers should start sequencing the PB2 gene, says Jonges, and in particular the region between position 600 and 700 that seems to play a role in adaptation to human hosts.
Flexible genes are often located in hypervariable genomic islands thought to play a role in adaptation to specific environments.
Recently, the MTB proteasome was shown to have a role in adaptation to nitrosative stress, and compounds were identified which kill MTB by selectively targeting the MTB proteasome over the human counterpart [55], [56].
By comparison with antenna proteins from other green lineage organisms, we showed that some Lhc polypeptides, notably Lhcb3 and Lhcb6, are detectable only in land plants, suggesting they may play a role in adaptation to aerial environments.
