First, functional domains emerged as combinations of prebiotic peptides with the very basic functions, such as nucleotide/phosphate and metal cofactor binding.
She said she understood Twitter's basic functions, such as reading posts or adding her own.
The circuits provide basic functions such as clocks, electrical switches, pseudo transistors and display elements.
Many of these craniofacial disorders arise from mutations of "housekeeping" genes, so called because they are required for basic functions such as building proteins or copying DNA.
Windows provides basic functions, such as drawing windows and menus on the screen, managing network communications and accessing disk-drives, on which all PC software can draw.
He said the paediatric oncologist had said "the cancer will likely invade his nerve system, affecting basic functions such as speaking, breathing and eating.
The immediate priority is to have sufficient liquidity so the government can carry out basic functions such as paying wages and pensions.
The gateway at the edge of the network often just performs basic functions such as translating between the protocols used in the Internet and sensor networks.
Brain regions associated with more basic functions such as sensory and motor processes mature first, followed by association areas involved in top-down control of behavior.
However, the vast complexity of such systems has made it very difficult to fully understand even basic functions such as movement.
Based on his experiences with frames and developmental child psychology, Minsky wrote The Society of Mind (1985), in which he presented his view of the mind as composed of individual agents performing basic functions, such as balance, movement, and comparison.
