Sentence examples for systems of adaptation from inspiring English sources

He attempted to explain social phenomena as enduring systems of adaptation, fusion, and integration of elements.

The merging of crop and wild habitats on the edge of agricultural fields (i.e., 'hybridization of the habitat'; Anderson 1948) can produce ecological niches favorable to crop wild hybrids possessing new 'genetic systems of adaptation' (Anderson and Stebbins 1954, pp. 378).

These findings suggest a unique system of adaptation to low temperatures, causing rapid food spoilage in the refrigerator.

Bacteria respond to stressful conditions encountered in the stationary phase of growth through a complex and intricate system of adaptation.

The scientific mind cannot regard the intricate system of adaptations in nature as arbitrary and is not satisfied "so long as any explanation, not tantamount to arbitrariness itself, has any probability in the order of nature" (PD 100).

Possible explanations include factors that reduce the efficacy of natural selection relative to drift, such as low effective population sizes, strong population structure[ 36, 40], or effects of mating system on adaptation [ 41, 42].

Studies performed on the East European Plain revealed essential features of systems of human adaptations at the Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic and later stages.

This study proposes a negotiation-based approach to combine the notion of adaptivity (system-controlled adaptation) and adaptability (user-controlled adaptation) for an adaptive learning system.

In several genetic systems, the speed of adaptation has been attributed to cellular mechanisms that increase mutation rates in response to growth limitation.

In all these systems, the benefit of adaptation can be summarized as the possibility of signal detection irrespective of the background level, thus widening the range of accessible signals and keeping the system robust in presence of perturbations.

We contrast the U.S. model to the Dutch system of climate adaptation to emphasize the feasibility, value, and effectiveness of adopting robust adaptive capacities, rather than policies steeped in reactionary responses.