Sentence examples for may be adaptations from inspiring English sources

It probably goes without saying that religions may be adaptations without being currently adaptive (Sosis 2009).

Some or all of these traits may be adaptations to help retard water loss.

The vanadium and niobium compounds in ascidian blood may be adaptations to low oxygen levels.

The heavy interdigitation of the skin layers by epidermal rete pegs and long dermal papillae and its high rate of sloughing may be adaptations to reduce drag.

Its small mouth and short gill slits may be adaptations for capturing cephalopods via suction, while its weak jaws and small teeth reflect a diet of mostly soft-bodied prey.

A small entrance and large interior, together with the use of a deep layer of wood chips in which to bury the eggs and small young when the adults leave the nest, may be adaptations to reduce the chance of predation.

Of course, the market may be making adaptations that are harder to measure.

Many convergent CNVs may be general adaptations to laboratory conditions.

The chemistry of blood may be an adaptation, but blood's color is not an adaptation.

Dark skin may be an adaptation in the tropics to prevent cellular damage from UV radiation, and light skin may be an adaptation in higher latitudes to allow the formation of vitamin D (Yuen and Jablonski, 2010).

The strength of the LAL reaction may be an adaptation related to the animal's shell.