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
He submitted DNA samples to prove he shares a genetic relationship with his children, which he hoped would speed up processing.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022
Not only do such resemblances exist, but they have been discovered and pointed out, not as mere adventitious similarities, but as proof of genetic relationship.
From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by Powell, John Wesley
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