Sentence examples for a strong selection pressure from inspiring English sources

By the same token, bacteria could stop racing to improve as well: because a Mar-based drug would render bacteria harmless but would not kill them, it would not impose a strong selection pressure.

The introduction of predatory birds creates a strong selection pressure on horn length.

The existence of a strong selection pressure for high dispersal ability due to disruptive effects of today's farming is suggested.

Antibiotics with a broad spectrum are potentially a strong selection pressure that will affect more the whole microbiota than the targeted pathogens.

Because it exerts a strong selection pressure on the inferior parasitoids it seems to be likely that these antagonists have evolved strategies to minimize IGP.

This can stem from a strong selection pressure of host in choosing its mycobionts as suggested from the substantial host phylogeny effect on ectomycorrhizal fungal richness and community.

It should also be noted that when the selective pressure is weak (simulation B), the time until the fixation of the advantageous allele is greater than it would be in the case of a strong selection pressure (simulation C).

Purely in terms of carbon economy, there is, therefore, a strong selection pressure on plants to reduce the rate of photorespiration so as to increase carbon gain, but it also improves water- and nitrogen-use efficiency.

"The last evidence I saw, was that there was a strong selection pressure against changes in the MC1R gene that cause it not to work in regions with a lot of sunlight think Africa," Dr. Starr explained.

Modelling demonstrates that this sequence of evolutionary events requires a strong selection pressure.

This imposes a strong selection pressure on these organisms, which may lead to the evolution of resistance to such xenobiotics.