Sentence examples for opposed traits from inspiring English sources

Consequently, although leaf number and size were constitutively opposed traits (under well watered conditions), their maintenance under drought was positively correlated.

The strength of the partnership lies as much in its opposing traits as in its similarities.

How such often opposing traits are encoded in a macromolecular system is critical to our understanding of evolutionary processes and ability to design new molecules with desired functions.

Measurable traits like boldness and the activity level of an individual, tested in standard behavioural tests like the open-field, are likely reflecting compromises between the opposing traits of antipredatory behaviour and exploration.

Choosing two characters with opposing traits is often useful in setting up a clear conflict for the story.[6].

An important development of sexual selection theory has been the increased focus on sexual conflict resulting from opposing trait optima of the two sexes (Parker 1979, 2014; Arnqvist and Rowe 2005; Kokko and Jennions 2014) (Fig.  2A).

It should also be acknowledged that the present analysis pertains to fisheries selection on body size, as opposed to traits related to growth rate, energy acquisition, or behaviour.

If we can figure out how to value that trait, as opposed to the traits of aggression and domination, we'll be a lot better off.

Judy and I have opposing personality traits: we balance each other out.

They found genetic correlations between traits opposed the direction of selection for the traits, indicating that evolutionary responses would likely be constrained by genetic architecture.

We investigated the genetic variation in seedling recovery following decapitation of two Eucalyptus globulus populations that differ in the extent to which they appear to allocate resources to foliar defence as opposed to recovery traits.