Sentence examples for strains may have contributed from inspiring English sources

The recent fixation of the variant in a subset of strains may have contributed to the rapid divergence of inbred strains.

Thus, the inoculation of cattle with a pool of scrapie isolates of possibly various strains may have contributed to the heterogeneity in the molecular PrPres profiles observed in this study.

The growth defect observed in vitro for the ΔrelA ΔspoT strain may have contributed to this reduction in virulence.

Both the low rate of influenza B activity in preceding seasons and mismatch of B/Malaysia like viruses with the vaccine strain may have contributed to the greater B/Malaysia like virus activity seen in community influenza in 2008.

Yukutake et al. (2013) suggested that the redistribution of hydrothermal fluid by large dynamic strain changes may have contributed to the initiation of the seismic activity in 2011.

Although it is entirely likely that strain differences may have contributed to these findings, it is also possible that Mgl1 expressing ATMs in the visceral adipose at any given time may reflect a balance between infiltrating and resident macrophage populations.

Third, strain differences may have contributed to the different findings (Sprague Dawley vs. Wistar rats).

Evidence that strain characteristics may have contributed to cluster size comes from the finding that the spoligotypes of most of the common RFLP-defined strains in this study were identical to, or only 1 spacer different from, widespread spoligotypes already described.

This study focused on annotated transposase ORFs in Frankia sp. and the identification of fragmentary IS elements present in three strains of Frankia sp. Their positioning and diversity suggest roles in driving genome size and strain differences that may have contributed to the adaptation of different Frankia lineages to their hosts and soils.

Regarding Prn2 strains, it is not so clear that they colonized more efficiently than Prn3 strains; however, other factors may have contributed to the predominance of Prn2 strains in vaccinated populations.

The B. neohumeralis strain was not systematically inbred, but its establishment and maintenance as a laboratory strain for several years may have contributed to a loss of variability.