👉 Saliences in biology refers to the concentration of a particular protein within a cell. These concentrations can be influenced by various factors such as temperature, pH, and other environmental conditions. Salience is often used to describe how a gene is expressed or regulated in a cell. For example, when a gene is expressed at a high level, it may have a higher salience than when the gene is not expressed at all. This can affect the expression of other genes that are related to the same protein.