selection pressure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofselectionandpressure
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selection
noun
uk/sɪˈlek.ʃən/us/səˈlek.ʃən/
the act of choosing someone ...
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pressure
noun
uk/ˈpreʃ.ər/us/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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(Definition ofselectionandpressurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofselection pressure
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Thus, each year the worms were subjected toselectionpressureduring 2 steps, and to genetic drift during 22 steps.
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To understand the kind ofselectionpressureacting on resistance, infectivity and virulence, it is important to understand the specificity of the interaction.
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These advanced lines should have at least four seasons of trials under constantselectionpressurein the target environment.
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Two factors that are likely to influence such trade-offs are theselectionpressurefrom parasites and the reproductive value of safeguarding future survival.
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Counteractive niche construction implies only that a novelselectionpressureis counteracted by the actions of an organism.
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In the absence of externally applied drug treatment the other majorselectionpressureacting on intestinal worms is the host's immune response.
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Bernays (1997) found that the risk of predation during feeding was very high and suggested strongselectionpressurefor rapid food intake in early instars.
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Thus, strongselectionpressurecould drive on the leaf size/number and the degree of branching.
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This abrupt diversity gradient suggests a powerfulselectionpressurein the crab zone preventing the establishment of certain dicotyledonous species.
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One underappreciatedselectionpressureis the relative levels of waste, especially when evaluating probable versus improbable lineages.
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Perhaps male rarity has not provided sufficientselectionpressureto generate territoriality in females.
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Such influences are likely to be most obvious in the absence of insecticideselectionpressure.
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The higher the degree of susceptibility, the bigger is theselectionpressurefor resistance.
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The attributes of fleeces from these animals have been manipulated for generations by subjective and objectiveselectionpressure.
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We are told that niche construction causes changes inselectionpressure.
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The second question is how to distribute theselectionpressureamong the families.
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It was assumed that environmental factors, such as variations of temperature and rainfall could affect theselectionpressure.
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In cognition, each thought changes the "selectionpressure" against which the next is evaluated; they are not simultaneously selected amongst.
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The total period of in vitro culture was kept to a minimum so that laboratoryselectionpressurewas avoided as far as possible.
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