genetic difference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneticanddifference
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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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difference
noun
uk/ˈdɪf.ər.əns/us/ˈdɪf.ɚ.əns/
the way in which two or more things which you are comparing are not ...
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(Definition ofgeneticanddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, they measure selection on entire genotypes, whereas our model assumes a singlegeneticdifference.
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The general protein pattern differed between parasites in seven out of 43 bands, demonstrating some degree ofgeneticdifferencebetween them.
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For the difference between the two populations theirgeneticdifferenceis not an acceptable explanation.
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All nucleotide differences were also non-synonymous, suggesting that there is nogeneticdifferencebetween the different isolates.
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A postzygotic mechanism of isolation is a lower viability or fertility of hybrids or hybrid descendants due togeneticdifferencebetween the species.
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For several patients, the onlygeneticdifferencecompared with a normal sibling is a point mutation in a single gene.
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Ageneticdifferenceseems to exist, however, when adult survival and oogenesis rate are compared.
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This is based on studies suggesting thegeneticdifferencebetween races is greatest with populations that have been reproductively isolated for long periods of time.
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They confirmed thegeneticdifferenceof the two species by the means of protein electrophoresis.
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Any two neighboring settlements will exhibit somegeneticdifferencefrom each other, which could be defined as a race.
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The studys overall results confirmed thatgeneticdifferencewithin populations is between 93 and 95 %.
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Thisgeneticdifferencestems from the fact that melanism is controlled by a single gene, which controls the level of dopamine in the organism.
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Genes are operated on by natural selection, and in animals genetic differences influence brain and behavior, in presumably adaptive ways.
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While rendering this question a more difficult one, ecological overlap is not incompatible with the definition of culture as are genetic differences or individual learning.
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What are the relative genetic differences between the sympatric and allopatric pairings?
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Evidence that differences in most facets of adult personality are moderately influenced by genetic differences is widespread.
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This observation, however, involved only three strains of each type and may have been due to genetic differences other than those affecting the hydrocarbon profile.
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This indicates that genetic differences among individuals in levels of dietary response are due to a common set of diet-responsive genes.
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Using either environmental variable separately does not necessarily provide a clear view of the potential genetic differences in body size.
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