The phrase "assume characteristics" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe when someone or something begins to display characteristics of another. For example, "As the new manager assumed characteristics of his predecessor, he began to gain the trust of his employees."
It demonstrates that in the 1980s and early 1990s the governance of the European Community ("EC) began to assume characteristics reminiscent of Lochner era governance, sparking debates in Europe similar to those associated with Lochnerism.
It comprises a cadre of the artist's typically quotidian components motors, wood, cardboard, metal, tape, wire, and power supplies and, as Paul notes, "seems to assume characteristics of the natural, and the architecture and composition of sound and movement become an organism, defined in its characteristics but alive".
It is clear that patient characteristics influence decision-making, but previous evidence suggests that clinicians may assume characteristics rather than eliciting them directly.
In the case of plant galls, cell phenotypes are adaptive for the gall inducer and assume characteristics mainly linked to its protection and nutrition.
44 This phenomenon may be explained by epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, a biologic process that commonly occurs during both normal embryogenesis and cancer progression when epithelial cells assume characteristics of mesenchymal cells, including greater migratory and invasive properties.
Recent studies have shown that tumour cells can assume characteristics similar to those of immune-privileged tissues such as the low expression or absence of surface Fas receptor (Fas) and the expression of Fas ligand (FasL) (Hahne et al, 1996; Nagata, 1996; O'Connell et al, 2001).
Structural alignment techniques have traditionally been applied exclusively to proteins, as the primary biological macromolecules that assume characteristic three-dimensional structures.
This causes the cell to assume characteristic sickle cell shapes such as the crescent, holly leaf and spindle shapes.
The zeroth order reaction in the nonadiabatic CSTR exhibits more complex behavior and assumes characteristics of both high and low reaction orders insofar as increasing and/or decreasing the uniqueness space, in comparison to all other n > 0.
Let us imagine that it is not the inorganic, liquid metal alloy that assumes characteristics of biological life.
Alpine plants have adapted to these habitats by assuming characteristics like dwarfism, hairiness, bright coloured flowers, and highly developed roots.
