Sentence examples for the evolution of shorter from inspiring English sources

We observed the evolution of shorter life span under high random mortality, confirming the classic prediction.

Increased nest predation risk could also favour the evolution of shorter incubation periods to minimise the total time a nest is at risk [24], [25].

As predicted, larger clutches seem to drive the evolution of shorter EDP presumably due to an arms race between siblings for early hatching [ 6, 18].

Of our independent variables, clutch size had the greatest (negative) influence on EDP, a result that was highly significant (p < 0.01), confirming the prediction that an arms race between siblings for early hatching should drive the evolution of shorter EDP in species with two-egg clutches relative to those with one-egg clutches [ 6, 18].

Controlled crosses, common garden and artificial selection experiments have shown that beak size differences are heritable, that beak length is controlled by multiple genes, and that epistatic interactions are likely to play a key role in the evolution of shorter beaks (Carroll et al. 2001; Carroll 2007; Dingle et al. 2009).

The evolution of short-text messaging on cellphones is an example of consumers putting technology to an unforeseen use.

We have to discover the original [genetic] pathways that led to the evolution of short-tailed birds from long-tailed birds.

Multimode simulations are used to analyze the operation describing the evolution of short optical pulses in the far infrared wavelength regime.

"Our findings provide a new perspective on the behavior patterns of certain animals, and of humans," the study authors wrote, "which is of importance in areas as diverse as the spread of diseases, the formation of groups (or networks), the patterns of many social activities, and the evolution of short message (or Web) services".

In addition, on the basis of statistical analyses that incorporated climatological data, different genetic mechanisms are proposed for the evolution of short-flowering (i.e., early-flowering and early-intermediate-flowering) phenotypes in the western (i.e., Transcaucasus-Middle East) and eastern (i.e., Asia) parts of the species range.

The evolution of short-read, high-throughput sequencing technologies has made genomic surveys of large populations readily attainable (23, 24 ).