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Restrictions on biological adaptation in language evolution [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009 Language acquisition and processing are governed by genetic constraints. A crucial unresolved question is how far these genetic constraints have coevolved with language, perhaps resulting in a highly specialized and species-specific language “module,” and how much language acquisition and processing redeploy preexisting cognitive machinery.
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Probabilistic measures for biological adaptation and resilience
Physical Review E, 2023 This paper introduces a novel approach to quantifying ecological resilience in biological systems, particularly focusing on noisy systems responding to episodic disturbances with sudden adaptations. Incorporating concepts from non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, we propose a measure termed `ecological resilience through adaptation,' specifically ...
Ramirez, Jorge M. +3 more
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Actionable Forecasting as a Determinant of Biological Adaptation
Advanced ScienceAbstractOrganisms continuously adapt to changing environments to survive. Here, contrary to the prevailing view that predictive strategies are essential for perfect adaptation, it is shown that biological systems can precisely track their optimal state by adapting to a non‐anticipatory actionable target that integrates the current optimum with its rate
Jose M. G. Vilar, Leonor Saiz
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Stem Cell Research, 2023 A number of genetic variants in the SYNM gene encoding for the intermediate filament synemin have been reported in patients with cardiomyopathies, skeletal myopathies, cancer and certain neurodegenerative disorders.
Caterina Gargano +7 more
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Cells, 2021 Heat shock proteins (Hsps) represent the most evolutionarily ancient, conserved, and universal system for protecting cells and the whole body from various types of stress.
Olga G. Zatsepina +2 more
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Computational Probing the Methylation Sites Related to EGFR Inhibitor-Responsive Genes
Biomolecules, 2021 The emergence of drug resistance is one of the main obstacles to the treatment of lung cancer patients with EGFR inhibitors. Here, to further understand the mechanism of EGFR inhibitors in lung cancer and offer novel therapeutic targets for anti-EGFR ...
Rui Yuan, Shilong Chen, Yongcui Wang
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 As part of applications dealing with cardiovascular tissue engineering, drop-cast polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) scaffolds have been treated by cold plasma to enhance their adherence to cardiac cells.
Maria Kitsara +9 more
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Absence of Desmin Results in Impaired Adaptive Response to Mechanical Overloading of Skeletal Muscle
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 Background: Desmin is a muscle-specific protein belonging to the intermediate filament family. Desmin mutations are linked to skeletal muscle defects, including inherited myopathies with severe clinical manifestations.
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Modeling adaptive biological systems [PDF]
Biosystems, 1989 During the evolution of many systems found in nature, both the system composition and the interactions between components will vary. Equating the dimension with the number of different components, a system which adds or deletes components belongs to a class of dynamical systems with a finite dimensional phase space of variable dimension. We present two
Bagley, R. J. +5 more
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Environmental Evidence, 2020 Background Climate is an important driver of ungulate life-histories, population dynamics, and migratory behaviors, and can affect the growth, development, fecundity, dispersal, and demographic trends of populations.
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