Sentence examples for primary selection force from inspiring English sources

We speculate that phagocytotic feeding was the primary selection force acting to conserve genes for LPBP-B proteins in early eukaryotes.

As recent physiological and biogeographic studies implicate temperature as a primary selection force for species survival and persistence of populations [ 16, 17], a second factor for consideration might be including specimens from populations with broader thermal tolerances in order to minimize risk to the restored population through climate change.

Both have in common that they assume that female polymorphism is maintained by negative frequency-dependent selection, with the primary selective force being costly male sexual harassment.

While we found evidence for both positive selection and segregating deleterious alleles, purifying selection appears to be the primary selective force acting in all three strains.

Our study of female anatomy strongly suggests that intersexual selection is an additional, and perhaps the primary, selective force in the evolution of diversity in size and elaboration seen in male waterfowl genitalia.

While the primary selective forces shaping eye physiology and morphology in B. anynana have to be further pursued with field and lab experiments, we propose that an intricate balance between sexual selection, natural selection, and developmental constraint are playing a role.

"I knew that, if we had a primary selection for the candidate, Rita might win.

The primary selection process for the United States Olympic ski team comes from World Cup events.

Thus, if the duplication has been maintained by selection, control of replication may not be the singular or primary selective driving force.

The selection forces responsible for these results are fully described.

Changes in the phenotype also exert selection forces on pathogens.