genetic relationship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of genetic relationship
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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The team looked at the genetic relationship between mothers and their adult children.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025
Despite these adaptive differences, their close genetic relationship allowed for episodes of ongoing hybridisation, creating even more genetic combinations.
From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023
Today, many Swahili people have little genetic relationship with the medieval individuals in the study.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2023
In this case, the surrogate has no genetic relationship to the baby she carries and gives birth to.
From Slate • Oct. 20, 2020
It was long since recognized that the materials of the drift did not originate where they now lie, and that, in consequence, they sustain no genetic relationship to the strata on which they rest.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.
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