genetic constitution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneticandconstitution
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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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constitution
noun[C]
uk/ˌkɒn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.stəˈtuː.ʃən/
the set of political principles by which a state or organization is governed, especially in relation to the rights of the people ...
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(Definition ofgeneticandconstitutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The genotype indicates the plant'sgeneticconstitutionand determines its inherent ability to grow and produce latex within the environment provided.
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To determine thegeneticconstitutionof each line we examined polytene chromosomes of the mosaic genome lines.
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How large a role is played bygeneticconstitution, socio-economic class, trace elements and overcrowding, among other factors, in establishing and maintaining this variability?
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The result of the child'sgeneticconstitutionmay then be an environment that fails to encourage either cognitive development or the learning of inhibitory control.
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Geneticconstitutionmay determine that 'one man's meat is another man's poison'.
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And the same can be said of (2), the belief that it is still more wrong to select a preexisting, knowngeneticconstitution.
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It occurs for a relatively wide range of ecological parameters but requires specialgeneticconstitution.
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We established 266 such isogenic lines and determined theirgeneticconstitutionby using chromosomal and molecular markers.
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Intervening in the organism's genomic blueprint means inventing its futuregeneticconstitution.
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Pharmacogenomics may eventually provide a platform for developing highly individualized therapies that are best suited for the person's specificgeneticconstitution.
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It would also be interesting to compare thegeneticconstitutionof the seed bank with that of the contemporary vegetative phase.
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One possible reason that could be given is that the choice of a person'sgeneticconstitutionis somehow a choice of that person's very self, or of her essence.
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If one accepts agency and intentionality as ageneticconstitutionof modern humans, their operation is a constant ingredient in all social and cultural traditions and change.
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But let's grant that among the many cloned children brought into this world, some will feel badly about the fact that theirgeneticconstitutionis not unique.
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The positive correlation of faecal egg counts and of egg accumulation in the tissues indicated that thegeneticconstitutionof the host influences the fecundity of the parasites.
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The provisions on biomedical ethics provide that no research into modification of thegeneticconstitution of human beings, or into human cloning, may be carried out.
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What is the threshold of radioactivity, which, if we are not there now, we may reach in the future, beyond which man'sgeneticconstitutionmight stand at risk?
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Therefore, one must vary theirgeneticconstitution.
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The maternal contribution to thegeneticconstitutionof the triploid endosperm is double that of the embryo.
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Therefore, maternal contribution to thegeneticconstitutionof the triploid endosperm is double that of the embryo.
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