Some type of differential interaction between specific Nrx and NL isoforms may drive the functional specification of each synaptic connection [4], [10] [12], although the precise mechanism underlying such a process remains unknown.
This is a good example of functional polyphenism, which may become a textbook example of how ecology can drive functional adaptations, even within species.
Thereby, the genomic islands associated with the Hcp and VgrG proteins could drive functional diversification of the T6SS, which may explain the plethora of biological roles described for this secretion system.
The mechanisms by which variation at mth affects performance are unknown, but we hypothesize that differences in gene expression may drive the observed functional variation among mth alleles.
Gene duplication may drive the modularization of functional network through specialization, thereby disentangling cellular systems.
The organoid model helps identify functional elements that may drive disease onset.
In vivo, this alteration in functional osteoblast numbers may drive decreased bone mineral density seen in HIV patients.
Taken together, we speculate that the loss of mammalian RDS2 might cause an instant functional vacancy, which may drive the less important ROM1 to evolve adaptive changes to fill the vacancy.
Global fisheries data also improve our understanding of how changing environmental conditions, e.g. climate, may drive shifts in the catch of species with specific functional traits18, and how functional diversity may buffer the negative impacts of temperature variability on fisheries productivity9.
First, epigenetic regulation is one process in which different classes of long and short RNAs cooperate to provide an astronomical number of functional outputs, some of which may drive cancer metastasis.
