genetic signature
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneticandsignature
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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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signature
noun[C]
uk/ˈsɪɡ.nə.tʃər/us/ˈsɪɡ.nə.tʃɚ/
your name written by yourself, always in the same way, usually to show that something has been written or agreed ...
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(Definition ofgeneticandsignaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In this case, a cultural practice has left a measurablegeneticsignature, in the form of a different allele frequency.
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The beast also possesses superhuman strength and endurance, as well as the ability to track mutants by theirgeneticsignaturealone.
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However, such figures can be misleading since they do not factor in the types of treatment nor thegeneticsignatureof the tumors.
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The high frequency of co-deletion is a striking feature of this glial tumour and is considered as ageneticsignatureof oligodendroglioma.
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Looking for genetic signatures will not be easy.
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With the growing power of molecular techniques, using genetic signatures to track such cultural events could become an important tool in the study of hominid evolution.
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A number of empirical studies find genetic signatures of both animal and plant species that support this scenario of refugia and postglacial expansion.
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Within genetic signatures, level of response to treatment appears to be a reasonable predictor of outcome.
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More recently, his laboratory was the first to sequence the genome of a cancer patient and discover genetic signatures relevant to the pathogenesis of the disease.
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Despite their well-documented 20th century decline, the researchers failed to find evidence of a recent population bottleneck, although genetic signatures of a historical contraction were detected.
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