In turn, HGT-ratios for one-to-one transfers were highest for phylogenetically similar microorganisms occupying similar or different habitats (Fig. 4A), which supported a tendency for microorganisms to preferentially exchange genes with closely-related microorganisms regardless of spatial proximity.
ΣPCB levels were not associated with pubertal onset in the primary study analyses (Table 3), but secondary analyses, although mostly nonsignificant, supported a tendency for earlier pubertal onset by both TV and G2+ criteria with increasing ΣPCBs in models adjusted for dioxin-like measures [see Supplemental Material, Table 3 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1003102)].
In general, data support a tendency for nitrogen heterotrophy succeeding the amino acid essentiality.
In addition, peaks in the number of outlier loci at map locations for LGs 1, 2, 7, and 12 corresponded with peaks in the magnitude of differentiation observed, supporting a tendency for outliers to co-occur in genomic regions of high divergence.
This conclusion is supported by a tendency for individual minor variants to be concentrated in one or other of the three recent, geographically separated and partially isolated subspecies, Mus musculus musculus, Mus musculus domesticus and Mus musculus castaneus.
Similarly, the SD of sleeping foot temperatures revealed a difference between groups (P = 0.006), with the largest disparity occurring between the nondiabetic normal and large-fiber diabetic groups (P = 0.046), again supporting an increased tendency for foot temperature variability in the diabetic polyneuropathy patients.
The BDNF levels in plasma were found to be decreased in response to this treatment [ 5], a finding that is supported by the observation of a tendency for a decrease in plasma BDNF levels after anti-TNF treatment in a previous preliminary report [ 10].
This finding is supported by a study that found a tendency for small head circumference in infants of women with bipolar disorder.
We calculated the clustering coefficient and obtained lower values for the network of cancer cells supporting our findings that cancer showed a tendency for less centralized, less hub-dependent formation (average of cancer: 0.118, and normal: 0.125, P = 4.20E-04).
This hypothesis is supported by the fact that we detected a tendency for orphan genes and other HGT candidates to be colocalized near retrotransposon genes.
As the number of inotropic support medications increased, there was a tendency for the mean number of organs donated per donor to decrease (P = 0.1; Table 1).
