Sentence examples for conspicuous traits from inspiring English sources
The genes underlying conspicuous traits, like blue eyes and blond hair in Europeans, have very strong signals of selection, Dr. Akey said, and the sexually visible effects of EDAR are likely to have been stronger drivers of natural selection than sweat glands.
Female animals often prefer males with conspicuous traits because these males provide direct or indirect benefits.
Red-legged partridges show conspicuous traits (Fig. 1) with a slight sexual dichromatism (males are redder) [27].
Male animals often express conspicuous traits that increase their probability of attracting females, but these traits can also increase their probability of attracting predators [1] [6].
Females often prefer males with these conspicuous traits because these males provide material benefits that increase female fitness or genetic benefits that increase offspring fitness [7].
Darwin suggested that eye degeneration - one of the most conspicuous traits found in cave animals - evolved due to disuse [ 4].
"Indeed," Jacoby writes, "the conspicuous trait uniting Hiss's dogged ex post facto bloodhounds with his die-hard defenders is the need to be 100percentt right in order to vindicate not only their verdict on American history but the governmental policies they espouse today".
The most conspicuous trait of these two strains is their obligate dependence upon Fe(II) as an energy source and microaerobic conditions.
A conspicuous trait of Bythotrephes is their long tail spine (Fig. 1).
According to the theory of sexual selection, even though some individuals possess certain conspicuous physical traits (such as prominent coloration) that places them at greater risk of predation, the trait is thought to remain in the population because the possessors of such traits have greater success in obtaining mates.
The most conspicuous bipedal traits include greatly shortened and broadened pelvic blades with a forward-tilted sacrum, convergent knees, horizontally oriented ankles, and a convergent big toe.
