Sentence examples for may affect mammals from inspiring English sources

Atrazine may affect mammals (Sanderson et al. 2000, 2001), amphibians (Hayes et al. 2002), and potentially reptiles (Crain et al. 1997) by altering aromatase, the enzyme responsible for converting an androgen to an estrogen.

More studies like ours are needed to understand how afforestation in the EU may affect the diversity of small mammal populations.

We here have analyzed the possibility that low-dose lithium exposure may affect mortality in both metazoans and mammals.

Elongin C is evolutionarily conserved and therefore may affect aging in complex animals, such as mammals as well as C. elegans.

All the variants detected lie on the promoter region on nucleotides evolutionarily conserved in higher mammals (Additional file 4) and may affect the PTEN expression, although other functional mechanisms of the variants cannot be excluded at this phase.

However, the biological functions of mammal EBP2, such as whether it may affect the stability of Fbw7 γ substrates, remain not completely understood.

One possibility that was recently uncovered by Shukla and colleagues in mammals is that exon-specific DNA methylation may affect exon-skipping by interfering with CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) binding to the DNA.

These data suggest that altering the expression of PRDM16 may affect both the differentiation of the myoblasts and the muscle weight in mammals.

Rabies is a viral disease that may affect the central nervous system of any species, but only circulates in mammals [ 1].

The lack of these mammalian adaptation markers in PB2 was shown to be compensated by substitutions G590S/Q591R, which may affect interaction with viral and/or cellular factors and promote virus replication in mammals.

This naturally occurring process could be related to the aging of mammals as the accumulation of senescent cells may contribute to reduce tissue functionality and may affect its morphology [ 3].