[co- + evolve]co- is a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” sometimes with the derivedsense “auxiliary, subsidiary” (coenzyme; copilot), and, in mathematics and astronomy, with the sense “complement” (codeclination)
Examples of 'coevolve' in a sentence
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Bacteriophages are highly abundant in human microbiota where they coevolve with resident bacteria.
Stephen Wandro, Andrew Oliver, Tara Gallagher, Claudia Weihe, Whitney England, WhitneyEngland, Jennifer B. H. Martiny, Katrine Whiteson 2019, 'Predictable Molecular Adaptation of Coevolving Enterococcus faecium and Lytic PhageEfV12-phi1', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03192/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Buyers' trusting behavior and sellers' reputation-driven cooperative behavior coevolve to alleviate the social dilemma.
Naoki Masuda, Mitsuhiro Nakamura 2012, 'Coevolution of trustful buyers and cooperative sellers in the trust game.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3436922?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We argue kinematics coevolve with the secondarily terrestrial lifestyle of this species.
Clint E. Collins, Timothy E. Higham 2017, 'Individuals of the common Namib Day Gecko vary in how adaptive simplification alterssprint biomechanics', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-15459-6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In a social network, individual opinions and interpersonal relationships always interact and coevolve.
Songlin Zhang, Lixue Chen, Dong Hu, Xian Sun 2013, 'Impact of Opinions and Relationships Coevolving on Self-Organization of Opinion Clusters',Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systemshttp://indecs.eu/2013/indecs2013-pp310-317.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Marine invertebrates, as holobionts, contain symbiotic bacteria that coevolve and develop antimicrobial substances.
Elizabeth León-Palmero, Vanessa Joglar, Pedro A Álvarez, Antonio Martín-Platero, InmaculadaLlamas, Isabel Reche 2018, 'Diversity and antimicrobial potential in sea anemone and holothurian microbiomes.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5942802?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We observe how cooperation and prejudice coevolve, with cooperation being directed in-group.
Roger M. Whitaker, Gualtiero B. Colombo, David G. Rand 2018, 'Indirect Reciprocity and the Evolution of Prejudicial Groups', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-31363-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
As parasites coevolve with their hosts, they can evolve counter-defenses that render host immune responses ineffective.
Zachary R. Lynch, Todd A. Schlenke, Levi T. Morran, Jacobus C. de Roode 2017, 'Ethanol confers differential protection against generalist and specialist parasitoidsof Drosophila melanogaster', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0180182. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Directional selection has acted on key cystatin active sites, suggesting that cystatins coevolve with their host target.
Purisima Enrico O, Dupas Stéphane, Lesobre Jérôme, Pichon Samuel, Chowdhury Shafinaz,Serbielle Céline, Drezen Jean-Michel, Huguet Elisabeth 2008, 'Viral cystatin evolution and three-dimensional structure modelling: A case of directionalselection acting on a viral protein involved in a host-parasitoid interaction', BMC Biologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/6/38. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Bacteria and their bacteriophages coexist and coevolve for the benefit of both in a mutualistic association.
Libera Latino, Cédric Midoux, Gilles Vergnaud, Christine Pourcel 2019, 'Investigation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PcyII-10 variants resisting infectionby N4-like phage Ab09 in search for genes involved in phage adsorption', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0215456. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In fact, amino acid sites within proteins coevolve due to their functional and/or structural relationships.
O'Dea Shirley, Codoñer Francisco M, Fares Mario A 2008, 'Reducing the false positive rate in the non-parametric analysis of molecular coevolution',BMC Evolutionary Biologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/106. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)