major lineage

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandlineage

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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lineage
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈlɪn.i.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈlɪn.i.ɪdʒ/
the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long time before him ...
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(Definition ofmajorandlineagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All threemajorlineagesegments were linked with houses in the back row of the main cluster of buildings, in which, on the far eastern side, was the ancestral hall.
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It is a variety that has only recently been deemed amajorlineageby a few published works.
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However, it hardly explains the long branches existing between the 2 major lineages, and reflecting dramatic size-differences observed between variants of several chromosomes.
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As mentioned above all trees show the same 6 major lineages, and interestingly the species that are natural hosts of this parasite do not form a monophyletic group.
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A recent phylogeny suggests the squirrels as a family can be divided into five major lineages.
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Molecular analysis suggests that there are 35 major lineages of bamboo.
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A number of major lineages that he proposed are still accepted in current insect classification.
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Phylogenetic relationships within this genus are poorly understood, though it has been suggested that there are two major lineages.
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The collection was primarily used for teaching purposes and eventually grew to several thousand specimens encompassing the major lineages of invertebrate animals.
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Today, protozoan are usually single-celled and heterotrophic eukaryotes containing non-filamentous structures that belong to any of the major lineages of protists.
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Ostariophysians includes five major lineages and is a very diverse group.
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