The phrase "acquired function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to biology, psychology, or technology, where it refers to a function or ability that has been developed or learned over time.
Example: "The acquired function of the brain allows individuals to adapt to new environments and challenges."
Alternatives: "learned ability" or "developed function".
On the other hand, the bar code's recently acquired function as a mobile source of ethical product information really can be empowering.
The rising genes started to produce transcripts that acquired function in regulating the epigenetic status of the X chromosome, as shown for Xist, its antisense Tsix, Jpx, and recently suggested for Ftx.
Hypothesizing that certain activities or events within the brain mean what they do, in part, because of some function that develops over the course of an individual's lifetime shares many of the attractive features of the hypothesis that these same activities or events mean what they do, in part, because of some evolutionarily acquired function.
The most accepted evolutionary scenario for the appearance of plant VDEs involves a gene fusion event between a lipocalin and another gene, together giving rise to the larger VDE protein with a newly acquired function [45], [46].
This acquired function would have been strongly determined by the constraints imposed by the appearance and differentiation of SNBPs in the sperm.
We propose that the Cter motif exclusive to Drosophila provides additional contacts necessary for the recently acquired function of dosage compensation.
They are entirely correct in pointing out that adaptive learning processes will shape, not only the acquired functions of those parts of the brain themselves directly affected by the damage, but also other parts of the brain.
In contrast, nvpEC53 and nvpVS53 may have acquired functions other than that of nvp63 as concluded from the low protein sequence similarity between the three family members.
One of the acquired functions of the tumor microenvironment is the suppression of immune responses.
They may have acquired functions distinct from normal tissue MSCs that alter the balance of host tumor interaction [ 88].
Both proteins interfere with TLR signalling and somehow associate with microtubules, but they seem to be independently acquired functions.
