In the short run, protecting a new experiment or theory may confer an advantage -- a published paper, a patent, a scientific prize.
However, cellular genes captured by viral genomes may confer an adaptive advantage, for instance, during infection.
This suggests that the common gene variants in KCNN3 may confer an increased risk of migraine in the Norfolk pedigree.
We speculate that immigrant status within the HIV patient population may confer an additional negative impact on tetanus immunity.
A weak association was detected in rs2252673 (P = 0.027), which indicated that INSR may confer an increased susceptibility to PCOS in Chinese.
Psychologists who examine this tendency - sometimes called cognitive dissonance - have speculated that refusing to face the truth may confer an evolutionary advantage.
Both serotypes are zoonotic and the presence of hybrid VR plasmids may confer an adaptive advantage under certain conditions, resulting in bacterial strains that are more difficult to treat and have a higher epidemic potential.
Alternatively, having 25 brains may confer an advantage or a disadvantage depending on whether and how they are connected, or whether the connection is series or parallel.
These findings provide insight into the molecular underpinnings that may confer an advantage to honey bee populations.
First, SLE may confer an increased risk for thrombosis that is independent from that of aPL [21], [22].
This TNAP associated phosphomonoesterase activity may confer an important role to this protein in the nervous system, as discussed below.
