genetic recombination

collocation in English

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genetic
adjective
uk
/dʒəˈnet.ɪk/us
/dʒəˈnet̬.ɪk/
belonging or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) received by each animal or plant from ...
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recombination
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌriː.kɒm.bɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌri.kɑːm.bəˈneɪ.ʃən/
the process of creating new combinations of genes with characteristics different from those in ...
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(Definition ofgeneticandrecombinationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The replicons had to have potential for efficientgeneticrecombinationand evolution.
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During transmission of genetic material from one generation to the next, corresponding sections of maternal and paternal chromosome copies are sometimes exchanged (geneticrecombination).
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The mechanism whereby variation takes place, however, is not known but the answer may lie withgeneticrecombinationas we propose.
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The potential ofgeneticrecombinationgreatly increases the scope of the parasite for developing new variants.
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Efficient tamoxifen injection protocols have been established to enhancegeneticrecombination.
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Linkage mapping is based on the observation of thegeneticrecombinationevents which occur as a result of crossing over between homologous chromosomes during meioses.
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Geneticrecombinationcreates progeny that are genetically different from each other and from their parents.
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Factors investigated were : host resistance to virus infection, vertical and horizontal transmission, the effects of virus infection on host fitness and the consequences ofgeneticrecombinationon virus infection.
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The aim of thisgeneticrecombinationin the laboratory is to develop a yeast strain that efficiently produces ethanol.
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It also explains the high rates ofgeneticrecombinationin retroviruses.
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Mutations can involve large sections of a chromosome becoming duplicated (usually bygeneticrecombination), which can introduce extra copies of a gene into a genome.
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As the generations progress, the proportion of the haplotype that is common to all carriers of the mutation is shortened (due togeneticrecombination).
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This is an important source ofgeneticrecombinationin the life cycle.
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During the ookinete stage,geneticrecombinationcan occur.
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Even among true breeding organisms, some variation due togeneticrecombinationor to mutation can produce a few off types.
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In addition, they obtained evidence for mating andgeneticrecombinationin this species.
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Under neutral evolution,geneticrecombinationwill result in the reshuffling of the different alleles within a haplotype, and no single haplotype will dominate the population.
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Butgeneticrecombination(chromosomal crossover) mixes genes from non-sister chromatids from both parents during meiosis, thus muddling the ancestry path.
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The hypotheses discussed above all depend on possible beneficial effects of random genetic variation produced bygeneticrecombination.
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