genetic heterogeneity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneticandheterogeneity
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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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heterogeneity
noun[U]
uk/ˌhet.ər.ə.dʒəˈneɪ.ə.ti/us/ˌhet̬.ə.roʊ.dʒəˈneɪ.ə.t̬i/
the fact of consisting of parts or things that are very different from ...
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(Definition ofgeneticandheterogeneityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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First, it is very unlikely to be one gene, because of the evidence forgeneticheterogeneity.
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Overly broad conclusions will be retracted asgeneticheterogeneityand environmentally caused variants arise.
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Reduced host reproductive success was suggested to be directly due to thegeneticheterogeneityof the parasitic infections resulting in increased host defence costs.
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Similarly, the results could be explained by separate effects ofgeneticheterogeneityon parasite reproductive rate and virulence resulting in the statistical association seen.
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At least in the early stages of understanding a disorder,geneticheterogeneityis probably the norm rather than the exception.
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Genotyping, therefore, confirmed a high degree ofgeneticheterogeneityamong the isolates.
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The survival ofgeneticheterogeneityhere has never been satisfactorily explained, although the possible place of reproductive compensation has been suggested.
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A set of 9 such loci was able to uncover bothgeneticheterogeneityamong the stocks and to build robust phylogenies.
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The more variable loci detected a greatergeneticheterogeneityamong the stocks, whereas the least variable loci were better for robust clustering.
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An important question ingeneticheterogeneityis whether there are phenotypical differences.
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Restrictedgeneticheterogeneityin families of patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
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Parasites could evolve a genetically fixed virulence strategy appropriate for the frequency, and averagegeneticheterogeneity, of mixed infections in the population.
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Hence, we argue that an agedependent model should show a weaker effect ofgeneticheterogeneitythan the one illustrated here.
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Thegeneticheterogeneityof the 12 rootstocks is apparent from their parentage.
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Low numbers of randomly selected loci (6) were sufficient to demonstrategeneticheterogeneityamong the stocks studied.
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Reductions in host reproductive success were also observed in mixed-strain infections but were thought to result directly from thegeneticheterogeneityof the infection.
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However, this condition could because of the small number of patients tested and togeneticheterogeneity.
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