Sentence examples for observable trait from inspiring English sources

Often this kind of investigation can be conducted by exploiting the naturally occurring variation among individuals, such as in a particular phenotypic (observable) trait in a population.

In conducting genetic studies, it is crucial to discover the degree to which the observable trait is attributable to the pattern of genes in the cells and to what extent it arises from environmental influence.

The high genetic variability among Xiphophorus species and capability of producing fertile interspecies hybrids allows inheritance of any observable trait to be followed into individual backcross hybrid progeny.

It has been reported that for diagnosis of systemic diseases, male pattern baldness (MPB), a clearly observable trait, can be used [ 1, 2].

Male pattern baldness (MPB), an observable trait, has been reported to be associated with various diseases, such as prostate cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Darimont wrote that human predation is rapidly accelerating the rate of observable trait changes in commercially harvested species in the 20 January 2009 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"What is left is a certain social ambience that is Gaelic in feeling with music and dance the most obvious and observable traits".

Genetic variations, changes in DNA sequences that produce different forms of genes, can translate to phenotypic, or observable, traits, such as increased muscle mass.

Plant phenotyping investigates how a plant's genome, interacting with the environment, affects the observable traits of a plant (phenome).

The early cladists regarded efforts at such identification as speculatively beyond empirical analysis of immediately observable traits, so their reference to a "recent common ancestor" remained only an empty placeholder.

The red-sneaker effect fits in with a wider body of research on the idea that certain observable traits or behaviors signal hidden qualities by virtue of their "costliness".