whole genome

collocation in English

meaningsofwholeandgenome

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whole
adjective
uk
/həʊl/us
/hoʊl/
complete or ...
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genome
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒiː.nəʊm/us
/ˈdʒiː.noʊm/
the complete set of genetic material of a human, animal, plant, or other ...
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(Definition ofwholeandgenomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Wholegenomescan for quantitative trait loci affecting body weight in chickens using a three generation design.
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With the increasing availability ofwholegenomesequences of closely related species, the phylogenetic comparison of regulatory regions has increased.
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This latter possibility requires the emergence of mutant copies with regulatory ability, either locally (transposition immunity) or over thewholegenome(transposition repression).
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Wholegenomescan in chickens for quantitative trait loci affecting growth and feed efficiency.
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Demographic departures from the standard null model are expected to affect the patterns of observed variability over thewholegenome.
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Wholegenomescan in chickens for quantitative trait loci affecting carcass traits.
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This is in contrast to the correlation approach here which considers thewholegenome.
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Detailed chromosomal and molecular genetic analysis of single cells bywholegenomeamplification and comparative genomic hybridisation.
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Wholegenomecharacterization of embryonic stage inbreeding depression in a selfed loblolly pine family.
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Target genes can then be identified using a sequence search of thewholegenome.
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This is a function of the immense efforts expended searching for such genes, as facilitated bywholegenomescans and other technical innovations.
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An alternative is associative overdominance due to partial inbreeding, affecting thewholegenome.
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Setting the threshold in this way is required because of the difficulty in setting a threshold for a chromosomal orwholegenomescan.
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