Sentence examples for contributed to erode from inspiring English sources

Intensive selection programs and artificial insemination have also contributed to erode the genetic reservoir represented by local breeds.

Further, genetic diversity was negatively correlated with average genetic differentiation with all other populations, indicating that isolation and limited gene flow have also contributed to erode genetic variability in some populations (e.g. Wang et al. 2011).

Although cellular industry executives said they might be interested in buying some of the licenses, several industry developments have contributed to eroding prices for the type of wireless airwaves the licenses represent.

Consumer demand for bottled water, sports drinks and energy drinks is exploding, and contributing to eroding sales.

The rapid scale up of HIV/AIDS testing, care, and treatment has increased demand for providers, led to heavier workloads, eroded morale, and contributed to burnout [ 35].

That, along with sales by foreigners, has contributed to a drop in stock prices -- further eroding the value of investment portfolios.

We applied mass balance methods to track how redistribution via plasma contributed to physical and geochemical differentiation of nine slowly eroding (~ 5 mm ky− 1) granitic catenas.

And if our relationships contribute to behaviors that erode our health, can social networks be harnessed to improve it?

These ethical considerations are central to biomedical research in low to middle income countries and failure to attend to them can inadvertently contribute to exploitation and erode trust.

He would return American families to the failed economic policies that contributed to the years of rising inequality, stagnant wages and eroding middle-class security".

Genocide and war in Rwanda have displaced many families and contributed to poverty and other socio-economic problems that have eroded most parents' capacities and confidence to invest in their children's education, the girl-child in particular.