Sentence examples for been lost in evolution from inspiring English sources
It is also possible for structures that have been lost in evolution to reappear due to changes in developmental genes, such as a mutation in chickens causing embryos to grow teeth similar to those of crocodiles.
The missing PTP genes may have been lost in evolution or these genes may (partially) be located in poorly sequenced areas of the genome, thus preventing identification by BLAST searches.
We did not find CslA genes in CGAs, suggesting that CslA might have been lost in evolution.
After a few upstream regulators and core components forming the kernel of the Hippo pathway, some regulators have joined, but some others have been lost, in evolution.
The researchers suggest that for as-yet-unknown reasons, developmental diversity in feathers was lost in evolution.
Against this backdrop, there must be some countervailing advantage to DNA laddering, otherwise it would be lost in evolution.
One possible explanation is that additional RFX TFs were lost in evolution.
The results of this study extend these observations through comparison of the evolutionary changes in PPR genes when editing sites are maintained or are lost in evolution.
In addition to estimating the age of each human gene as described above, we also estimated the tendency of a gene to be lost in evolution.
We accept that losses of introns containing regulatory elements are selected against, and only introns with fewer or no regulatory elements are free to be lost in evolution.
