functional significance
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffunctionalandsignificance
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functional
adjective
uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/
designed to be practical and useful rather ...
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significance
noun[U]
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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(Definition offunctionalandsignificancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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What is actually meant here byfunctionalsignificanceis not clear.
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Yet, what is thefunctionalsignificanceof these structural alterations?
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At the present time, thefunctionalsignificanceof these variants is unclear.
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In order to determine their possiblefunctionalsignificance, we considered parallels between these three nuclear entities and interchromatin compartments reported in other cells.
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Searches using a variety of protein domain servers available on the web failed to ascribe anyfunctionalsignificanceto this region.
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Thefunctionalsignificanceof most saccharide changes at the cell surface is not yet clear.
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Whilefunctionalsignificancehas been suggested for tick toxins, the advantages for tick survival in general are not clear.
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In other arthropod classes, information concerning the identification andfunctionalsignificanceof hormones is fragmentary or non-existent.
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Thefunctionalsignificanceof adult neurogenesis remains unclear.
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However, this preliminary report needs to be confirmed in a larger independent population, and thefunctionalsignificanceof the haplotype determined.
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However, thefunctionalsignificanceof the apoptotic bodies inside the oocyte is unknown at present.
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Thefunctionalsignificanceof this homology remains to be established.
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Thefunctionalsignificanceof serotonin during the preimplantation period was examined by studying the effects of serotonin on mouse embryo development.
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First, there is good reason to expect that mutation effects vary substantially, because genomes contain sites that vary greatly infunctionalsignificance.
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Following this line of argument, if behavioural data in a disorder appear normal, then underlying abnormalities in brain structure or processes cannot havefunctionalsignificance.
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Further, knowledge of regional neurofunctional abnormalities provides an essential framework for interpreting the potentialfunctionalsignificanceof postmortem neuronal and molecular findings.
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Left-right differences in size may of course be of littlefunctionalsignificance, and some of the data are contradictory.
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We discuss thefunctionalsignificanceof neurogenesis in learning and memory, and how neurotrophins regulate this process.
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Thefunctionalsignificanceof many of these interactions also remains unclear.
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