geographic distance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeographicalanddistance
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geographical
adjective
uk/ˌdʒi.əˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌdʒi.əˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/
relating to geography, or to the geography of a particular area ...
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distance
noun
uk/ˈdɪs.təns/us/ˈdɪs.təns/
the amount of space between ...
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(Definition ofgeographicalanddistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If a residue is negative, the distance between two successive points is smaller than we would expect on the basis of theirgeographicdistance.
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Model 3 controls for gender of both parent and child, marital status and self-rated health of parent, size of sibling group, andgeographicdistance.
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Correlation of pairwise genetic andgeographicdistancemeasures : inferring the relative influences of gene flow and drift on the distribution of genetic variability.
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Geographicdistancewas calculated using latitude and longitude data for isolate source locations.
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Both processes would result in the lack of an association between genetic differences andgeographicdistance, and they could hardly be distinguished from each other.
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This formally introduced a geographic structure, since migration may take the form of a random variable depending on thegeographicdistancebetween populations.
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Genetic distances between fluke populations were related neither togeographicdistancebetween hunt units, nor to definitive host genetic distances.
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This may, in part, reflect constraints such as affordability,geographicdistanceand bad relations between separated parents.
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If a residue is positive, the phonological distance between two successive points is greater than we would expect on the basis of theirgeographicdistance.
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For each location on the line thegeographicdistancewould be compared to a star ting point.
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The fact that 65% of pronunciation difference is accounted for bygeographicdistancein this study lends credibility to the continuum view.
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For example, as noted above, such effects would be expected to result in a dependence of phenotypic covariance ongeographicdistanceseparating pairs of individuals.
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Also, there is no trend showing a positive relationship between genetic distance andgeographicdistance.
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Using regression we determine how much variation can be explained bygeographicdistance.
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Although they often maintained close relationships in spite ofgeographicdistance, they generally interacted on a regular instrumental basis primarily with the children living nearby.
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Geographicdistanceand contact between middleaged children and their parents : the effects of social class over 20 years.
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For example, in isolation-by-distance models, the probability of exchanging genes between two populations decreases with thegeographicdistance.
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Geographicdistanceexplains a great deal, but not everything.
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