Sentence examples for be a plastic response from inspiring English sources

Although the enlarged gills seem to be a plastic response to the presence of predators in developmental period, they are not likely to have a defensive function, because enlarged gills, by increasing drag, might actually lower escape performance, and, moreover, might increase predation mortality by inviting the predator to attack the vulnerable head.

Thus, the immediate trend appears to be a plastic response to growth conditions.

This appears to be a plastic response because detrended data showed even stronger statistical relationships, indicating annual response times, which is much too short to reflect evolutionary processes.

However, variation in developmental mode in this species does not appear to be a plastic response to variable salinity or temperature [ 46].

First, earlier leaf shedding in deciduous species could be a plastic response to the elevation-induced shorter length of growing season and lower nutrient availability (Givnish 2002; Pornon et al. 2011; van Ommen Kloeke et al. 2012).

Our knowledge of the genetic basis of resistance in animals is increasing [ 18- 21], but the degree to which resistance can be a plastic response to environmental variation in natural populations is not well understood.

It is suggested that the unique canopy architecture characteristic of the UAE population is a plastic response which maximizes soil shading and reduces soil temperature around the base of the tree.

It remains unknown whether the eyes of the latter individuals are functional: to date no systematic morphological investigation has been performed, whether there is a plastic response of eye development in the presence or absence of light.

The sole factor that contributed to the appearance and expression of resistance in this host population was prevalence and intensity of parasites, suggesting that resistance in these damselflies is a plastic response.

These growth profiles were assayed in the absence of competitors of the opposite ecotype and hence are not a plastic response to the presence of a competitor.

We believe that the initial rapid change toward successful adult returns from smolts with a yearling tactic probably was primarily a plastic response to changed environmental conditions.