Sentence examples for morphological and phenotypic from inspiring English sources

Both the latter, despite the considerable morphological and phenotypic similarity with the pneumococcus, are considerably less pathogenic for humans and cause infections mainly in the immunocompromized hosts.

The tumour heterogeneity is the observation of the high genetic variation, which is translated into distinct morphological and phenotypic profiles, different cell plasticity, metabolism, motility, proliferation activity, and metastatic potential of the different cells that constitute the whole tumour.

During the pregnancy/lactation cycle the mammary epithelial cells undergo complex morphological and phenotypic programs resulting in the acquisition of apical/basal (A/B) polarization and cellular maturation necessary for proper lactation.

In situ molecular techniques have enabled molecular assessment of individual cells, augmented in particular by recent novel advances in probe design, ultrasensitive detection, and contextual morphological and phenotypic genotyping.

He clearly defined his taxonomic organization according to a broad range of morphological and phenotypic characteristics.

To conclude we demonstrated that progenitor cells cultivated in hypoxic conditions and without specific growth factor enhancing SMCs differentiation displayed morphological and phenotypic properties of SMCs as showed by the expression of SMCs contractile markers.

The real value of molecular data is best exploited, however, if combined with morphological and ecological data to unravel evolutionary pathways of morphological change and phenotypic adaptations [ 1].

In addition, since this species has simple morphological features and phenotypic plasticity, its identification has often been confused with similar related species (Xia, 1986).

We attribute this phenomenon to historic underestimation of morphological stasis and phenotypic variability amongst lineages.

In this group, glioblastoma multiforme is the highest-grade glioma [GBM; grade IV] and is manifested by morphological, genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity [ 13- 15].

Prior to the advent of molecular characterization, accessions in germplasm collections were mainly examined based on morphological characters and phenotypic traits [ 8].