evolutionary pathway

collocation in English

meaningsofevolutionaryandpathway

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evolutionary
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/
us
/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.er.i/
relating to the way in which living things develop over millions ...
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pathway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɑːθ.weɪ/
us
/ˈpæθ.weɪ/
a track that a person can ...
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Although preliminary, our results are intriguing in the light of the crucial position of lancelets in theevolutionarypathwayfrom invertebrates to vertebrates.
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Thereby, in the future we may be able to draw conclusions on theevolutionarypathwayand spread of mycobacteria.
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Universal evolution of intelligent behaviour is at the end of anevolutionarypathway, in which evolution of ion channels in the membrane of microorganisms occurs in its early stages.
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Comparing the homology between genes and their products, is fundamental in understanding the phylogenetic relationship across theevolutionarypathway.
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Despite their abundance, diversity, and radiation along diverse evolutionary pathways, few studies have dealt with the systematics of aleocharine beetles.
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Evolutionary responses to perturbations in a natural terrestrial environment can, in principle, lead to unpredictable evolutionary pathways.
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Indeed, independent evolutionary pathways triggered by perturbation to the environment may lead to features that tend to become similar even though they may be evolving in different lineages.
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They became trapped in this environment when extrinsic constraints, such as oxygen and bathymetric conditions, suddenly changed, leaving insufficient time for new adaptations and the establishment of new evolutionary pathways.
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This evidence, in combination with morphological differences among the discs suggests convergent evolutionary pathways.
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Evolutionary pathways are constrained by both opportunity and possibility.
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In summary, ancestral reconstruction allows for the study of evolutionary pathways, adaptive selection, and functional divergence of the evolutionary past.
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In their separate environments, the genetically isolated groups follow their own unique evolutionary pathways.
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Currently his lab uses a variety of model organisms including yeast, worms, and mice to identify the conserved evolutionary pathways that modulate aging and study them from a mechanistic perspective.
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