The fact that expanding neurons are energetically costly was probably a driving evolutionary force in decreasing their density in larger mammals (Additional file 1, Figure S2) and adopting sparse neural representations [ 18, 20, 21].
Employing RPF-EHRs for epidemiological purposes will certainly be a driving force in defining evolutionary needs at source and notably in adding metadata.
Host-parasite interactions are acknowledged as a driving evolutionary force promoting biological diversity and sexual reproduction [ 10, 11], with the MA and GfG model being the most popular models to describe the genetic interaction for coevolving hosts and parasites [ 26– 326.
Environmental stress seems to be a major evolutionary driving force in physical, biological, and cultural evolutions in increasing brain complexity.
Hence, if (plastid) proteins - as exemplified above - possess intrinsic information for their own (sub- organellar targeting sub- organellarf-targeting might be an evolutionary driving force that facilitated and/or accelerated the spontaneousintegration of the transferred genetic material in to the new genetic background.
Present theory suggests that instead sexual conflict should be a widespread evolutionary force driving both intersexual coevolutionary arms races and speciation.
According to a new study, a creature's personality can also be an important evolutionary driving force--one that may give the species some control over its own destiny.
Horizontal gene transfer seems to be an important evolutionary driving force in carboxydotrophy and hydrogenogenesis in this species, abilities that permitted it to survive in niches where multiple inorganic and organic substrates may be available at low concentrations.
"Our findings provide insights into the understanding of the evolution of seed traits in fire-prone environments and demonstrate that human-made fires can be driving evolutionary changes in plant species from ecosystems where fire does not occur naturally," the researchers wrote.
Gene duplication is generally believed to be a major driving force in evolutionary innovation, giving rise to genomic complexity.
