genome size

collocation in English

meaningsofgenomeandsize

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genome
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒiː.nəʊm/us
/ˈdʒiː.noʊm/
the complete set of genetic material of a human, animal, plant, or other ...
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size
noun
uk
/saɪz/us
/saɪz/
how large or small something or ...
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(Definition ofgenomeandsizefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In other words, thegenomesizeis much larger than would be expected given the total number of protein coding genes.
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It should also be noted that the proportion of orphan genes is independent ofgenomesize.
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Thegenomesizeof the organism is three billion basepairs in this example.
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Adaptation of the endosymbiont to the host's lifestyle leads to many changes in the endosymbiontthe foremost being drastic reduction in itsgenomesize.
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Furthermore, amongst species of bacteria, there is relatively little variation ingenomesizewhen compared with the genome sizes of other major groups of life.
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Obviously, under multplicativity no limiting relationship exists betweengenomesizeand mutation rate.
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Estimating the genetic architecture of quantitati e traits the threshold tends to be lower (as the search is performed over a smallergenomesize).
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For a finite sites model the answer may - among other quantities - depend on thegenomesize, measured by the number of sites.
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The difference ingenomesizebetween the fire ant and previously studied hymenopteran insects may reflect differences in genome organization.
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Our mapping could have detected a difference in map lengths much smaller than the estimated 50 % difference ingenomesize.
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Both participants are complex metazoans with numerous chromosomes and relatively largegenomesize.
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Most importantly, it is the best mammalian species for genetic manipulation because it has so many special strains available and has the samegenomesizeas man.
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Evolutionary dynamics of intron size,genomesize, and physiological correlates in archosaurs.
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Transposable elements and the evolution ofgenomesizein eukaryotes.
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Individuals are very small, typically only 0.20.3 m in size and have a very smallgenomesize.
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Thegenomesizeis 15,480 nucleotides (nt) long and follows the rule of six.
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In eukaryotic organisms, there is a paradox observed, namely that the number of genes that make up the genome does not correlate withgenomesize.
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The number of transcription factors found within an organism increases withgenomesize, and larger genomes tend to have more transcription factors per gene.
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The basis for this rule is still under investigation, althoughgenomesizemay play a role.
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Genomesizecan increase by duplication, insertion, or polyploidization.
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