genetic relationship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of genetic relationship
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Whereas in Arizona, a single person with no genetic relationship can gain parental status only by filing for adoption after the baby is born.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
The team looked at the genetic relationship between mothers and their adult children.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025
The U.K.'s Biobank database enabled Zhang and Long to assess the genetic relationship between reproduction and lifespan at the genomic scale.
From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2023
Today, many Swahili people have little genetic relationship with the medieval individuals in the study.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2023
Yet the echinus can have, at the best, none but the most distant genetic relationship with the Polyzoa.
From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George
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