phylogenetic distance
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distance
noun
uk/ˈdɪs.təns/us/ˈdɪs.təns/
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(Definition ofdistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The scale bar represents thephylogeneticdistanceexpressed as expected amino acid substitutions per site.
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Thephylogeneticdistancebetween recipient cytoplasm and donor nucleus could be partly responsible for these results.
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The outcome of such heterospecific interactions depends upon thephylogeneticdistanceof the two species involved, usually resulting in either parthenogenesis or hybridization.
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Therefore, we presume that the neutralizing effect of antibodies in sensitized subjects may decrease with thephylogeneticdistanceof the sandfly taxons.
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In such cases, the ecological distance between hosts becomes the main determinant of the likelihood of host switching, withphylogeneticdistanceplaying a secondary role.
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The general trend is that the sequence identities are reduced with increasingphylogeneticdistance.
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Based on our results, it also appears that microsatellite utility cannot necessarily be predicted on the basis ofphylogeneticdistancealone.
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The five opsin classes are listed in five columns with species of increasingphylogeneticdistance.
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Here, a new index of host specificity is proposed, one that takes into account the average taxonomic orphylogeneticdistancebetween pairs of host species used by a parasite.
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The lack of correlation between thephylogeneticdistanceof tree species and the similarity of their chrysomelid assemblages indicated that host choice was not constrained by plant phylogeny.
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The risk of cross-species disease transmission is decreased because of their increasedphylogeneticdistancefrom humans.
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Many investigators favor chickens because of theirphylogeneticdistancefrom mammals.
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Given the right ecological setting, digeneans are able to switch across considerable phylogenetic distances.
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Despite the substantial phylogenetic distances among these organisms, as the meeting progressed striking similarities became apparent among the dormant and/or dry states.
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However, the loci are very poorly conserved over greater phylogenetic distances.
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Given the phylogenetic distances between vertebrates and molluscs this suggests that herpesviruses were initially fish viruses and that they have evolved with their hosts to infect other vertebrates.
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