Sentence examples for acquiring a function from inspiring English sources

He speaks of states acquiring a function to indicate by being selected or recruited for indicating.

There is evidence that some UCEs originated from retroposons and stabilized in genomes after acquiring a function that benefitted the host [ 14].

This means either that Lax4 acquired a function that implies less functional constraints or that both genes underwent subfunctionalization in such a way that the protein sequence of Lax4 is less constrained.

He believed that such traits were an important part of organismal evolution because they might eventually acquire a function that was necessary for survival in a new environment; "But structures thus indirectly gained, although at first of no advantage to a species, may subsequently have been taken advantage of by its modified descendants, under new conditions of life and newly acquired habits".

The other possibility is that repeat regions might have acquired a function.

Upon duplication Isa2 acquired a function as a scaffolding subunit of the complex heteromultimeric Isa1/Isa2 enzyme.

Exaptation describes a process in which a feature acquires a function for which it was not originally adapted or selected.

It is conceivable that the retrogene first acquires a function, either by subfunctionalization [ 22] or neofunctionalization [ 23].

If the HE acquired a function beneficial to the host, why was it lost repeatedly during evolution?

In fact once a miRNA evolves and acquires a function in a strictly tissue-specific context, it is rarely lost [ 24, 25].

The maize INDETERMINATE1 gene, ID1, may exemplify a situation where one member of a gene family has acquired a function that is distinct from other family members.