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
They then analyze each salmon’s DNA, and match breeding pairs that have no genetic relationship to each other.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2016
As was said above, the theory is not a theory of the descent of man from any particular animal type, but rather the theory of the kinship, the genetic relationship, of all animal species.
From Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Ellwood, Charles A. (Charles Abram)
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