In the past decade, however, some studies have sought to address sexual selection in the parasitoid wasps more explicitly and found that, despite the lack of obvious secondary sexual traits, sexual selection has the potential to shape a range of aspects of parasitoid reproductive behaviour and ecology.
By focusing on the dynamic histories of museum collections, new research reveals their pivotal role in shaping a wide range of social relations.
This may seem like a tiny investment for a city with a nearly $1 billion annual operating budget, but it's a powerful investment because it is helping Jacksonville's local government branch out into key areas that are shaping a long-range jobs plan.
Of course, the race's outcome was shaped by a range of factors.
In her place is a prehistoric, pancultural goddess figure with raised arms, shaped from a range of materials including grass, flowers, branches and mud.
Its music is shaped by a range of influences from DJ Logic to Sun Ra, John Coltrane to Sly Stone, John Cage to the Meters.
Most people would probably agree that their personality has been shaped by a range of factors – not just genes, but environment, family circumstances, culture, and social surroundings.
The cost of housing is shaped by a range of factors influencing demand and supply and hence it is hard to analyse the housing market in isolation from other markets and without considering the local, national and international interconnections.
When trying an assignment like this, it's important to emphasize for students the pedagogical rationale and how the class benefits from being shaped by a range of perspectives, rather than just the teacher's.
Using the case of the United Klans of America (UKA) in North Carolina, I argue that state efforts to exert social control upon a perceived threat to the status quo are shaped by a range of internal and external contingencies.
