Sentence examples for may favor selection from inspiring English sources
In addition to prey size, the temporal availability of prey may favor selection for gigantism in insular snakes.
Previously we proposed that an agent other than Bt cotton may favor selection for alleles conferring resistance to Cry2Ab in Helicoverpa species (Mahon et al. 2007a).
The infecting MSSA is remarkable in its resistance to doxycycline, which may favor selection of a preexisting PVL+doxyR-MSSA in carrier soldiers who are given a prophylactic dose of doxycycline.
On the other hand, depending on the selection strategy, the techniques may favor the selection of given profiles of test cases despite others.
Therefore, gp250's selecting capability provided a possible explanation to elucidate Vα11+ TCR-driven MCC immunodominance: a positively selecting self-peptide may favor the selection of TCR pairs and CDR3 features that were specific for MCC responses.
In addition, skewed sex ratios may favor frequency-dependent selection of the less abundant sex, the evolution of TSD towards its disappearance or adjustments in the pivotal temperature [48].
Therefore, the high intrahospital linezolid consumption may favor not only LRSE selection but also their competitive survival.
For the sake of intuitive clarity, we assume that the + allele is the one selected for, though of course in natural systems selection may favor phenotypes divergent in either direction.
The second route is epistatic selection for combinations of alleles at multiple loci [ 6, 8], in which natural selection may favor or may not favor certain combinations of alleles that work synergistically.
As their numbers grow, natural selection may favor social intelligence.
Thompson explains that this competition can result in a coevolutionary phenomenon called character displacement: when two species compete for the same set of resources, natural selection may favor traits in each species that allow them to specialize, subdividing the resources, or accessing slightly different resources.
