isolated population
collocation in Englishmeaningsofisolatedandpopulation
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isolated
adjective
uk/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.tɪd/us/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.t̬ɪd/
not near to ...
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population
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˌpɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌpɑː.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
all the people living in a particular country, area, ...
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(Definition ofisolatedandpopulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This reproductivelyisolatedpopulationwill constitute a new species.
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More detailed studies into the molecular makeup of this distinct andisolatedpopulationof cells may elucidate any role they might have in axon guidance.
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However, here, as natural selection becomes less efficient in a smallisolatedpopulation, the expected equilibrium copy number is higher than n*, the value for the infinite population model.
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When there is no migration, demes are independent and, as expected, the rate of the ratchet is simply the same as in anisolatedpopulationof 100 individuals.
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For one thing, we cannot tell from this kind of cladistic reconstruction what alternative mutations failed to survive long enough to become typical of the newlyisolatedpopulation.
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The additional problems of a doctor who serves a smallisolatedpopulationneed to be understood.
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In other words, if there is a very smallisolatedpopulationwhich is not able to interbreed, that clearly means a total loss of diversity in the long run.
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Over 130 years theisolatedpopulationbecame a distinctive variety.
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It covered a predominantly rural area featuring rolling country side andisolatedpopulationareas.
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The paisas have been considered anisolatedpopulation, and therefore different.
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Thisisolatedpopulationis thought to face extinction within 10 years.
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While official figures report 70-100 bears in this geneticallyisolatedpopulation, the declining population is actually estimated at closer to 30.
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It may, however, be difficult to be certain about species numbers, for instance in groups of geographically isolated populations.
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This is particularly powerful when there is likely to be only one founder, as in isolated populations.
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The possibility of an increase in abortive self-pollination in small or isolated populations cannot be ruled out as seed set was not quantified.
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Both decreasing mean and increasing variance contribute to the decline of inbreeding depression in small and isolated populations.
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Wright suggests that when isolated populations occupy different peaks group selection between the populations would be a possibility.
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Another approach to cope with the problem of nonindependence is to pool data from isolated populations.
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Differences could arise in relatively isolated populations that occur over the geographic range of a tick species.
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The stochastic nature of parasite transmission dynamics may eliminate otherwise fit parasite genotypes from isolated populations.
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