related organism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrelatedandorganism
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related
adjective
uk/rɪˈleɪ.tɪd/us/rɪˈleɪ.t̬ɪd/
connected:
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organism
noun[C]
uk/ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈɔːr-/
a single living plant, animal, ...
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Pertinent characters, and environmental states, could be measured in populations of closely related organisms that do and do not exhibit this niche construction.
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It is generally accepted that karyotypic similarity among related organisms indicates phylogenetic relationship.
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Many of these organisms were previously known as the thallophytes, a polyphyletic group of distantly related organisms.
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Inbreeding, or mating between closely related organisms, can clearly be seen on pedigree charts.
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These genes will be compared to closely related organisms that have already developed reconstructions to find homologous genes and reactions.
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Only a few other insects and related organisms (such as mites) that feed on tamarack are known to sometimes cause serious injury.
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Often central to addressing questions in neuroethology are comparative methodologies, drawing upon knowledge about related organisms nervous systems, anatomies, life histories, behaviors and environmental niches.
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This approach relies on the existence of convergent evolution, where distantly related organisms evolve the same trait due to similar selection pressures.
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Properties from well-studied genes can be propagated to biologically related organisms, and for different or poorly known genes biochemical functions can be predicted from similarities.
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Sequences of extant proteins with the same function obtained from more or less distant related organisms are aligned and the best-fitting evolutionary model is determined.
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This technique may be used to clarify relationships within any group of related organisms.
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Unlike in transgenesis, genes are only transferred between closely related organisms.
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Models tend to be relatively closely related organisms, but mimicry of vastly different species is also known.
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The genomes of both organisms have undergone significant gene loss compared to related organisms.
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Classifying diverse groups of closely related organisms that differ by very subtle differences is difficult using a cladistic approach.
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Such homologous proteins can be efficiently identified in distantly related organisms by sequence alignment.
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Kin selection hypothesis is the evolutionary strategy of aiding the reproductive success of related organisms, even at a cost to the own individuals direct fitness.
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Biology defines a species as a group of related organisms.
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The presence of closely related organisms in both the northern and southern hemispheres can not be accounted for by migration.
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