phenotypic difference
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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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Thisphenotypicdifferencemay be caused by the allelic difference between null and point mutations.
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The result is an excellent example where a largephenotypicdifferencebetween populations occurs in the apparent absence of any single locus with large phenotypic effects.
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The other bands were not relevant for establishing phenotypic differences between the two samples studied.
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The importance of environmental influences is further supported by the observation of phenotypic differences in the lesions of monozygotic twins.
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Table 1 describes the spectrum of different sickle syndromes and the genotypic and phenotypic differences amongst them.
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The creation of such dose differentials is based on phenotypic differences between the tumour and the rest of the body.
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There are two concepts (mutation-selection balance and balancing selection) which are based on the phenotypic differences between alleles.
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This dose differential can be achieved through the exploitation of various phenotypic differences between the diseased site and the rest of the body.
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A significantly positive regression constant would indicate the presence of linkage when the sample of sib pairs examined has low phenotypic differences.
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The power of the analytical method was found to be greater than the power obtained using the standard analysis when samples of sib pairs with high phenotypic differences were used.
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A number of studies have examined the possibility that drug-resistant strains may show additional phenotypic differences, particularly whether they are more or less immunogenic or pathogenic than drug-susceptible lines.
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Phenotypic similarity between family members results from additive genetic and shared environmental influences, whereas phenotypic differences result from nonshared environmental influences.
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Three hypotheses might account for consistent foraging specializations across individuals: food source variation, phenotypic differences, and frequency dependent-choice.
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The genetic basis of the phenotypic differences between the two strains results from coding, regulatory, and insertion/deletion polymorphisms at five chromosomal loci.
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Developmentally driven strategies are associated with phenotypic differences caused by varying conditions during the course of development that affect body size or overall adult health.
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These phenotypic differences are then subject to selection.
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Also, the phenotypic differences observed are in agreement with the subspecies concept.
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Like the differences between haploid a and cells, different patterns of gene repression and activation are responsible for the phenotypic differences between haploid and diploid cells.
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