Sentence examples for asynchrony from inspiring English sources

In the late 20th century, the term asynchrony was used to describe the developmental characteristics of gifted children; that is, their mental, physical, emotional, and social abilities may all develop at different paces.

Fractionation of white light into its components occurs in organisms (chiefly animals) through interference: the incident light penetrates the animal structure and is reflected back through successive ultrathinly layered films, giving striking iridescence, even in diffuse light, as a result of the asynchrony between the wavelengths of visible light that enter and those that return.

Another important phenomenon of random variation is the asynchrony of cell divisions.

The same asynchrony of divisions occur at all stages in the division of cells from the fertilized egg in embryos.

Extensive measurements of fluctuating asymmetry and of asynchrony have demonstrated that these stochastic effects are important sources of phenotypic variation.

Biologists also worry that changes in the climate could affect the red knot's Arctic breeding grounds and also result in "asynchronies" or mismatches in the timing of the bird's migratory cycle and the availability of food along its round-trip of more than 18,000 miles.

Changes in the spatial distribution and seasonal timing of flora and fauna within marine, aquatic, and terrestrial environments can result in trophic mismatches and asynchronies.

The source of these asymmetries and asynchronies is the very low numbers of copies of biologically important large molecules in each cell.