biological mechanism

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biological
adjective
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/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
connected with the natural processes of ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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First, it suggests abiologicalmechanismfor explaining the relation between stress and psychopathology.
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But does exaptation prevent us from understanding the current functioning of abiologicalmechanism?
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Therefore, we cannot assume that a model that provides a fit to the data also provides a description of the underlyingbiologicalmechanism.
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Circulating progesterone levels rise, but thebiologicalmechanismof this effect in cows is not understood, nor is it known if the effect is species specific.
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The notion of the function of abiologicalmechanismseems suspiciously teleological and, to be usable in a psychiatric context, must be analyzable in scientific, causal terms.
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Indeed, it seems possible that the concept of the function of abiologicalmechanismoriginally may have been derived by analogy from the concept of an artifact's function.
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An improved understanding of thebiologicalmechanismis needed, and such information needs to be incorporated into models to better discriminate between the effectiveness of annual versus biennial screening regimens.
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It must upset our fundamentalbiologicalmechanism, making us prone to the contracting of new diseases.
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Homologous recombination is conserved across all three domains of life as well as viruses, suggesting that it is a nearly universalbiologicalmechanism.
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Thebiologicalmechanismfor the production of these compounds is less clear.
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Thebiologicalmechanismwith which axonal pruning occurs still remains unclear for the mammalian central nervous system.
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Each of these will have their own physical characteristics andbiologicalmechanismof action.
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However, the exactbiologicalmechanismof self-understanding in autistic children is currently unknown.
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Protein targeting or protein sorting is thebiologicalmechanismby which proteins are transported to the appropriate destinations in the cell or outside of it.
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In thebiologicalmechanism, taste signals are transducted by nerves in the brain into electric signals.
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The study of spiders as abiologicalmechanismfor pest control has driven much of the research on aggregational response.
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The circadian clock refers to abiologicalmechanismthat governs multiple biological processes causing them to display an endogenous, entrainable oscillation of about 24 hours.
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To investigate possible functions of the simulated biological mechanisms, we tested the performance of several model variants that lack one of these mechanisms.
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The biological mechanisms underlying this finding are not clear.
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This focus on biological mechanisms gives a distinctive flavour to the book.
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