adaptive significance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadaptiveandsignificance
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adaptive
adjective
uk/əˈdæp.tɪv/us/əˈdæp.tɪv/
having an ability to change to suit ...
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significance
noun[U]
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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However, we fully agree that claims ofadaptivesignificanceare best justified by empirical data rather than plausibility arguments.
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Theadaptivesignificanceof such a strategy should be considered in light of the parasites' overall transmission window.
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Some of this heterogeneity was of course believed to haveadaptivesignificance.
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These potentially haveadaptivesignificanceindependently of each other, but may also act synergistically.
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Perhaps more important, such a socio-emotional function for dreaming would still have clearadaptivesignificancefor dreams occurring today.
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The possibleadaptivesignificanceof the migratory behaviour, site-specificity and its link with changes in parasite development are discussed.
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Two major aspects of this polymorphism remain unknown : its genetic basis and itsadaptivesignificance.
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Theadaptivesignificanceof such an emergence strategy is discussed.
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It is likely that this mismatch has someadaptivesignificance.
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Theadaptivesignificanceof such an emergence strategy is emphasized.
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Therefore, it is not clear whether this process occurs under field conditions, or whether it hasadaptivesignificance.
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Theadaptivesignificanceof both monocarpy and mass flowering in a long-lived tree is uncertain.
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It should thus be possible to experimentally evaluate theadaptivesignificanceof changes in the absorption spectrum of a target nucleic acid.
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However, my emphasis is on tool use preceding the use of gestures, because of its greatadaptivesignificance.
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But we have no idea of theadaptivesignificance, if any, of increases in tooth number, or why colonization of an island might promote them.
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To address this issue we separately consider theadaptivesignificanceof intrinsic motivation (which is invariantly autonomous) and the tendency to integrate extrinsic motivation to the self (which yields autonomy).
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This is unfortunate because the nature and intensity of natural selection will largely determine theadaptivesignificanceof standing variation and hence the ' evolutionary potential ' of populations.
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Results highlight the potential for combining in situ measurements of quantitative leaf traits with phylogenetic information to elucidate theadaptivesignificanceof plant trait variation across lowland tropical landscapes.
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Because we do not really understand the relationship between size and function in neural tissue, we cannot say what the functional/adaptivesignificanceof such absolute variation might be.
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