mixed population

collocation in English

meaningsofmixedandpopulation

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mixed
adjective
uk
/mɪkst/us
/mɪkst/
showing a mixture of different feelings ...
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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 ofmixedandpopulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Themixedpopulationon this frontier offered several opportunities for balancing different ethnic forces against each other.
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It was concluded that basic proteins are synthesized by all clones and in themixedpopulationbut at different rates.
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They had a socially verymixedpopulation, with a high proportion of non-manual occupations and many students.
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As adults, female worms of the clone were severely stunted when compared with females in amixedpopulation.
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Furthermore, the variation between individuals from amixedpopulationwas greater than from that in any clone, just as was found in the infectivity studies.
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The solid line is a regression of themixedpopulationratios.
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This result could be tentatively explained considering that amixedpopulationof strains is represented in this stock.
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The other centre is based in a small town service with amixedpopulation.
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No significant interaction effect existed between ploidy levels and blocks for leaf shape and among families, ploidy level, and blocks in themixedpopulation.
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In this study, the calves were commingled for their entire lifespan, approximating a homogenouslymixedpopulation.
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Finally, in anurans and urodeles, amixedpopulationof dopaminergic, noradrenergic, and adrenergic cells are present in the nucleus of the solitary tract.
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The inoculum was amixedpopulationfrom the activated sludge tank of a waste-water treatment plant.
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Clear resolution of protein components of all clones tested as well as that of themixedpopulationwere obtained after fluorography.
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There were significant differences between clones and amixedpopulation.
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Recovery of adult worms was greater after infections with amixedpopulationthan with a clonal population.
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However, in the triploid andmixedpopulation, the contribution of non-additive genetic variance (including both dominant and epistatic) was remarkably increased.
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In cases ofmixedpopulation, they code based on the majority group's religion.
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Yet, families responded differently to the small-scale environment for two leaf size traits in themixedpopulation.
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