生物学家也注意到鹿会嗅和舔陌生的擦痕，这表明小树上的这种视觉标记在鹿群的社会生活中起着重要的交流作用。
Biologists also noted deer sniff and lick an unfamiliar rub, which suggests that this visual mark on a small tree plays an important communication purpose in the social life of deer.
目前进化论生物学家中有一种思想，认为起主要作用的因素是为争夺基因而进行的竞争，而并非为了财产。
But the thinking among evolutionary biologists these days is that what is mainly going on is a competition for genes, not goods.
生物学家和心理学家都知道光线影响情绪，但是弗吉尼亚大学的一项新的研究表明，光线同样在调节恐惧和焦虑方面起着重要的作用。
Biologists and psychologists know that light affects mood, but a new University of Virginia study indicates that light may also play a role in modulating fear and anxiety.
但问题在于，没有足够多的生物学家在研究如何让这些不同的基因和蛋白质协同作用产生活的有机体。
Trouble was, there were not enough biologists doing the job of figuring out how all these genes and proteins worked together to create a living, breathing organism.
另一方面，与动物行为研究学家相反，许多进化生物学家认为情感的主要作用还是帮助生存。
On the other hand, many evolutionary biologists, in contrast to animal behaviorists, acknowledge some emotions primarily for their survival function.
至于这个显眼的背鳍的作用是什么，自从1878年古生物学家爱德华·库珀(EdwardCope)在德州首次发现以来，专家们一直争论不休。
The purpose of the prominent fin that defines this species has been debated since it was first discovered by paleontologist Edward Cope in Texas in 1878.
就像门捷列夫元素周期表对化学研究的重要作用一样，这个细胞可视化图示将为生物学家提供新的研究框架。
Just as Mendeleev's periodic table of chemical research as an important role in the cell biologist visual icon will provide a new research framework.
下月即将年满50岁的科波菲尔表示，他已经聘请了生物学家和地质学家对“不老泉”可能存在的对人类的作用进行检测，但他目前不会邀请客人在泉中游泳或饮泉水。
Copperfield, who turns 50 next month, said he had hired biologists and geologists to examine its potential effect on humans but he's not inviting visitors to swim in or drink from it just yet.
自然选择如何通过作用于重要调节因子而决定基因调节的进化方式，一直是进化生物学家感兴趣的话题。
How has natural selection determined the evolution of gene regulation by acting on major regulatory factors? This question has been attractive to many evolutionary biologists for a long time.
考古生物学家以前认为有些恐龙的小前肢曾经起到捕捉昆虫或者撕肉的作用。
Paleontologists had previously thought that some dinos' small forelimbs had served to catch insects or rip flesh.
这种酶对阻断人类基因损伤也有十分重要的作用。”细胞分子生物学家麦克穆林说道。
This enzyme is also extremely important in counteracting damage to our genetic material, " says Mikael Molin of the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology."
这种酶对阻断人类基因损伤也有十分重要的作用。”细胞分子生物学家麦克穆林说道。
This enzyme is also extremely important in counteracting damage to our genetic material, " says Mikael Molin of the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology."
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