genetic change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneticandchange
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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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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofgeneticandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If cultural innovations modify natural selection pressures, thengeneticchangeresulting from modified natural selection is likely to follow.
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The amount ofgeneticchangewas much greater than expected by drift alone.
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The first level is based on physical and chemical analysis of the chromosome and the alterations of phenotype followinggeneticchange.
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It is an empirical question whether such ageneticchangecould be done safely.
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The current studies need to be extended to quantify the magnitude of parasitegeneticchangeover time and space.
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One possible explanation is that frail patients might be more susceptible to strains showing littlegeneticchangethan are patients in good health.
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In order to combat the spread of drug resistance it is desirable to develop predictive models of fluke populations andgeneticchangeunder selection.
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His subsequent research has involved the development of new methods for the introduction ofgeneticchangeinto livestock using nuclear transfer.
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The reciprocating sibling system remains insensitive togeneticchangein the adolescents, as we have noted, but extremely sensitive to parental treatment.
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In other words, for specific traits, counteractive niche construction may sometimes facilitate periods of evolutionary stasis, punctuated by rapidgeneticchange.
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But once this step is taken, we may ask just how long "longterm" actually is and the complementary question of how quicklygeneticchangeoccurs.
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Our species no longer depends ongeneticchangeand natural selection to adapt to new or changed circumstances.
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Again, this is consistent with an outbreak situation, if indeed the movement of virus from one location to another tends to be marked by progressivegeneticchange.
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I argue that the expression of thisgeneticchangeis variable in different individuals and that, in some cases, milder expression may have manifested as extraordinary creativity and iconoclastic thinking.
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Indeed, the low correlation between non-synonymous and synonymous sequence-level genetic distance supports the assumption that different evolutionary forces may be driving each type ofgeneticchange.
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He is avoiding the whole question ofgeneticchange.
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However, it is not clear what relatively small should mean, for example polyploidy in plants is a reasonably common largegeneticchange.
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Nevertheless, in practical situations, thegeneticchangein fitness also depends on many other factors, besides inbreeding and purging.
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The severity of some mitochondrial disorders is associated with the percentage of mitochondria in each cell that has a particulargeneticchange.
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