Sentence examples similar to a thrifty selection from inspiring English sources

For example, the thrifty gene hypothesis posits that populations whose ancestral environments were characterized by periods of feast and famine may have experienced selection for a "thrifty genotype" that promotes efficient fat and carbohydrate storage [ 10].

Is Aereo a thrifty pay-TV option or a fix in search of a problem?

In 1962, James Neel suggested that exposure to periods of famine during human evolutionary history resulted in selection pressures in favour of a thrifty genotype that led to highly efficient fat storage during periods of abundance [ 1].

As mentioned above, the association of westernized high fat dietary and more sedentary lifestyle habits along with the rapid increase of T2DM in East Asia suggests a thrifty gene hypothesis by which T2DM is caused by genetic variants undergoing positive selection during historical times of nutrient scarcity [ 57].

The sandwich is a thrifty and unacknowledged American classic.

Human obesity is considered a consequence of a thrifty or economic metabolism.

The solution to that conflict is an adult economical individual, a "thrifty aged".

"A discontented, lazy rabble instead of a thrifty working class".

On the unbuilt 10, Mr. Fitzgerald sounded a thrifty note.

But United is clearly taking a thrifty approach.

China is different from America: it is a rising economic power and a thrifty one.