the formation of canals in the body tissues, naturally or artificially, as sometimes to drain wounds
canalization in American English
(kəˌnæləˈzeiʃən, ˌkænl-)
noun
1.
the formation of canals; the act of canalizing
2. Biology
the development of an organism along relatively predictable pathways despite abnormality or injury
Word origin
[1840–50; canalize + -ation]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, sensationalism, set piece, striation, warmup-ation is used to form nouns from stems ending in -ate (separation) and, on this model, to form nouns from stems of other origin (starvation). Other words that use the affix -ation include: concentration, generalization, pagination, reservation, sensitization
Examples of 'canalization' in a sentence
canalization
In our formulation, canalization becomes synonymous with redundancy present in the logic of automata.
Manuel Marques-Pita, Luis M. Rocha 2013, 'Canalization and Control in Automata Networks: Body Segmentation in Drosophila melanogaster',PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0055946. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Canalization and developmental stability are the two components of phenotypic robustness.
Ceferino Varón-González, Ceferino Varón-González, Luisa F. Pallares, Vincent Debat,Nicolas Navarro, Nicolas Navarro 2019, 'Mouse Skull Mean Shape and Shape Robustness Rely on Different Genetic Architecturesand Different Loci', Frontiers in Geneticshttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2019.00064/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This observation has relevance for the mechanisms underlying the evolutionary canalization process.
Maria Pia Bozzetti, Laura Fanti, Silvia Di Tommaso, Lucia Piacentini, Maria Berloco,Patrizia Tritto, Valeria Specchia 2012, 'The “Special” crystal-Stellate System in Drosophila melanogaster Reveals MechanismsUnderlying piRNA Pathway-Mediated Canalization', Genetics Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/324293. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Canalization and developmental stability are two such mechanisms, acting at two differentlevels of regulation.
Cristina Llopis-Belenguer, Juan Antonio Balbuena, Iván Galván-Femenía, Abril Rodríguez-González 2015, 'Phenotypic Buffering in a Monogenean: Canalization and Developmental Stability inShape and Size of the Haptoral Anchors of Ligophorus cephali (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae).',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4636253?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We refer to this as differential canalization.
Sam Kriegman, Nick Cheney, Josh Bongard 2018, 'How morphological development can guide evolution', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-31868-7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Complete re-canalization or lysis of the thrombus was achieved.
Mohamed H Alshehabi, Munahi M Alqahtani, Abdulrahman A Alsanosi, Khalid A Almazrou 2014, 'Lateral sinus thrombosis in children: Case series', Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Scienceshttp://www.sjmms.net/article.asp?issn=1658-631X;year=2014;volume=2;issue=1;spage=30;epage=36;aulast=Alshehabi. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phenotypic robustness, or canalization, has been extensively investigated both experimentally and theoretically.
Hunter B. Fraser, Eric E. Schadt 2010, 'The Quantitative Genetics of Phenotypic Robustness', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0008635. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The denser pixels indicated greater concentration of stain and increased canalization.
Nicolas Rouleau, Lukasz M Karbowski, Michael A Persinger 2016, 'Experimental Evidence of Classical Conditioning and Microscopic Engrams in an ElectroconductiveMaterial.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5072579?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This offers a new perspective on the relationship between canalization, fluctuating asymmetry, and aneuploidy.
Marcos Matabuena Rodríguez, Pedro Diz Dios, Carmen Cadarso-Suárez, Márcio Diniz-Freitas,Mercedes Outumuro Rial, Maria Teresa Abeleira Pazos, Jacobo Limeres Posse 2017, 'Reassessment of fluctuating dental asymmetry in Down syndrome', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-16798-0. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)