Sentence examples for looking for evolutionary from inspiring English sources
For years now, many of my friends, both Chinese and foreign, party members and outspoken critics, have been looking for evolutionary steps towards a greater separation of state and party, more genuine rule of law (as opposed to mere rule by regulation), a larger space for NGOs and more open public debate.
For mammalian miRNA targets, the rate of false positives is commonly reduced by looking for evolutionary conservation between species as well as the presence of experimentally validated target properties (e.g. an adenosine 'anchor' at position 1 of the miRNA-mRNA binding site) [ 16].
Studies of the genomic organization of hemoglobin genes in the mammalian and avian lines examined this hypothesis by looking for evolutionary "footprints" of silenced hemoglobin genes as well as conservation and divergence patterns of genes surrounding the α and β gene clusters along the mammalian line [ 9, 11].
Rather than classifying organisms by observing their physical traits, as others had done, using ribosomal DNA, Woese looked for evolutionary relationships by comparing genetic sequences.
"Regardless, it suggests that we should look for evolutionary conserved pathways across the tree of life".
To find an explanation for the phenotype of the patient, we looked for evolutionary conserved non-coding sequences that may have a regulatory function on gene expression.
An increasing proportion of this work looks for evolutionary explanations.
Our approach to identifying the relevant subset of targets is to look for evolutionary conservation.
Medical and veterinary science seldom look for evolutionary explanations of why virulent pathogen strains might spread in a host population, but recent theoretical advances suggest that an evolutionary approach could provide more effective ways to manage infectious disease [ 1].
Biologists have been pondering this question for decades, looking for any evolutionary advantages cuteness may provide.
"You're always looking for convergences" in evolutionary biology, Crespi says.
