Sentence examples for in heritable traits from inspiring English sources
The definition for natural selection included the differential survival and reproduction of individuals, or the change in heritable traits of a population over time.
Evolution is change in heritable traits of biological populations over successive generations.
Individuals vary in the extent to which they are willing to take financial risks, which may be explained in part by individual differences in heritable traits.
The often-striking variation in heritable traits is usually produced by a multitude of polymorphic genes and a variety of environmental factors.
The genetic improvement of plants requires individuals that differ in heritable traits.
A congruent variation in heritable traits can then complement the process toward rapid adaptation (Agrawal 2001; Price et al. 2000).
In this way, the geneticist can offer conclusive evidence for the presence of a locus involved in heritable trait variation.
All these key concept sets invariably include three genetics principles: 1) the genetic origin of variation, 2) heredity, and 3) change in heritable trait frequency in a population over time.
Previous studies have shown that behavioral traits and group traits such as population density and geographic range size tend to show phylogenetic signal that is weaker than observed in highly heritable traits under strong selection such as body mass or fecundity (Blomberg et al. 2003; P. R. Stephens and J. L. Gittleman unpublished data).
Experimental manipulation of microevolution (changes in frequency of heritable traits in populations) has shed much light on evolutionary processes.
Prions are self-perpetuating, infectious, aggregated proteins that are associated with several neurodegenerative diseases in mammals and heritable traits in yeast.
