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It was suggested [ 3 ] that acquisition of these new functions (either by symbiosis or HGT) permitted previously free-living nematodes to expand their range into a new ecological niche (the plant) as a prelude to speciation into parasitic forms.
In response to the governor«s initiative to expand the state«s IT workforce, proposals were made for a program to recruit and fund college and university students willing to study technology management as a prelude to becoming part of the state government«s labor force.
This is a prelude to a planned full-fledged boycott starting Nov. 23.
Claiming that "we are products not just of evolution, but also of what we imagine ourselves to be," Culturebox decries the classroom teaching of the evolutionary roots of rape (even as a prelude to explaining the hows and whys of resisting those roots) on the grounds that "[t]he first message to be drilled into boys' heads [would be]: We believe you're genetically programmed to rape."
On Sunday, for example, the liberal Observer , which previously supported the bombing as a prelude to a successful ground campaign, called Sunday for it to be scaled down, deciding that a land war is no longer a practical possibility.