Sentence examples for virtue of selection from inspiring English sources

Homologous structures are the same by virtue of descent from a common ancestor, regardless of what functions these structures are involved in, whereas analogous structures are similar by virtue of selection processes favoring comparable functional outcomes, regardless of common descent (Figure 5).

Consequently, patients receiving DES in our study, by virtue of selection bias, had more stable coronary artery disease and lower baseline risk of thrombotic or restenotic events.

By virtue of selection criteria, blood donors are generally healthier than the general population.

It is evident that the maternal parameters were significantly different between the two groups, by virtue of selection criteria (Table 1).

As amply demonstrated for BRCA1/ BRCA2 mutations, the cancer risk derived from analyses of cancer kindreds is exaggerated by virtue of selection criteria aimed at collecting families in which most mutation carriers have developed breast cancer.

13 patients had unilateral disease (group A), no patient had bilateral disease (group B) by virtue of selection criterion, and 9 patients were classified as group C, i.e. they had disabilities other than the hip, which interfered with their functional or locomotor capacity.

But if they go that route, they may find themselves reinforcing the virtue of his selection, and perhaps be seen as re-fighting the very battles in Washington that Governor Bush declared in his acceptance speech that he wants to move beyond.

Since structures also can be similar by virtue of natural selection operating in similar environments, homology is contrasted with analogy.

By virtue of gateway selection, the 5CVN-adroit algorithm is more likely to find a route from source to destination without any confusion in the routing process.

Our pilots were simply far more skilled than the Chinese and Russians by virtue of better selection, more rigorous and realistic training using better tactics and better exploitation of the skills of experienced pilots, and far more flying hours (the much more reliable F-86 flew 40 hours per month to the MiG's 10 or 12 hours).

Patients receiving DES in our study, by virtue of physician selection, had more stable coronary artery disease and had lower baseline risk of thrombotic or restenotic events.