If obligate parthenogens have truly abandoned canonical meiosis altogether, genes required specifically for meiosis should be under reduced selective constraint and become non-functional over time.
It provides different information than self-reported function and, thus, provides an alternative means to assess functional status or progression of functional ability over time.
However, earlier analyses in the Leiden 85-plus Study cohort [ 23, 24] showed significant differences in functional performance over time using the same functional performance scores that were used in this study.
Fibrosis/cirrhosis leads to increasing functional impairment over time and finally to complete functional loss in both organs.
Objective: To assess the influence of initial stroke impairments on the severity of basic and higher level functional deficits over time and to determine the cumulative impact on functional deficits beyond severity of motor deficits alone.
Individuals with better working memory function showed significantly greater abilities to recover social behavior skills, whereas those with working memory deficits showed no functional improvement over time.
An alternative explanation could be that the duration of El Paso residency effects on lung function may be due to reduced functional development over time.
The presence of ICD-10 recorded comorbid conditions is an important predictor of long term functional outcome following orthopaedic injury and adjustment for comorbidity is indicated when assessing risk-adjusted functional outcomes over time or across jurisdictions.
There is some evidence from longitudinal studies that many patients with one functional disorder develop symptoms of other functional disorders, i.e. there appears to be a high degree of mobility between different functional disorders over time [ 42, 82, 83].
Moreover, chronic and heavy alcohol consumption affects the integrity and function of vital tissues and organs, causing slow but significant structural and functional damage over time.
"And those who have more negative images of aging have worse functional health over time, including lower rates of survival".
