Sentence examples for to serve a different function from inspiring English sources

Rock music now seems to serve a different function.

Other customers said chains like Duane Reade had come to serve a different function.

In other words, traits that had evolved under one set of conditions were co-opted to serve a different function under a second set of conditions.

They may have originally evolved to serve a different function or may have evolved as a byproduct of the evolution of a different feature.

It is at this point in time, when the plesiomorphic1 (ancestral) character has been co-opted to serve a different function, that we call the swim bladder an exaptation for sound production.

It refers to an evolutionary trait that comes to serve a different purpose from its original function.

Although the cameras in Britain were initially justified as a way of combating terrorism, they soon came to serve a very different function.

In fact, in liver microsomes, PGRMC1 has been shown to serve a completely different function as a potential cofactor for cytochrome p450 enzymes [ 3].

Humans have bred a wide range of different dogs adapted to serve a variety of functions.

The above findings suggest that an ancestral reproductive protein, Vg, was repeatedly co-opted in different social species to serve different functions in different castes.

They tend to serve different functions in different regions of the brain, and can have a range of effects depending on an individual's personality and psychological state.