Sentence examples for great selection pressure from inspiring English sources

In Simpson's own words: "(1) an inadaptive phase, in which the group in question loses the equilibrium of its ancestors or collaterals, (2) a preadaptive phase, in which there is great selection pressure and the group moves toward a new equilibrium, and (3) an adaptive phase, in which the new equilibrium is reached" (Simpson 1944, p. 207).

If LAP is abundant in prey tissues, there may not be great selection pressure governing its level of expression in venoms.

However, the occurrence of self-compatibility in isolated environments such as several oases and the great selection pressure for high yielding genotypes resulted in the accumulation of the SC-allele, self-compatibility becoming predominant in such locations.

"When you have greater selection pressure for protection, you get greater protection".

This will put greater selection pressure on our population of tall waterhemp and it could eventually become resistant to the Group 14 herbicides.

Thus, whether the superior rate of improvement reported by the Swedish study is due to breed, to recording scale or to greater selection pressure is unclear.

Thus, this might exert greater selection pressure for the resistant strains thereby making them resistant to antimicrobials.

In some cases, gene number/structure changes may subject to greater selection pressure, while in other cases changes may not be affected or even favored by natural selection.

Although most fluoroquinolone use is in the community, the most intensive use and therefore the greatest selection pressure relative to numbers and concentration of patients is in hospitals.

Hofacre agrees, saying, "Usage in humans by medical doctors may be the greatest selection pressure for maintaining these resistance genes in humans".

(If it were due to genetic changes in the parasite population, increased treatment frequency could potentially impose a greater selection pressure and lead to decreased ivermectin efficacy).