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LTR

¹ American

abbreviation

long-term relationship.

ltr. ² American

abbreviation

letter.
lighter.

LTR British

abbreviation

long-term relationship: used in lonely hearts columns and personal advertisements

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The evolutionary distance of the two LTR sequences was estimated by using the Kimura two-parameter method51.

From Nature • May 8, 2018

To identify solo-LTRs, we first excluded intact LTR transposable elements from the dataset of Gypsy and Copia LTR-retrotransposons, and aligned all known LTR segments to those damaged LTR-retrotransposons.

From Nature • May 8, 2018

You're establishing a LTR with a bunch of unicellular organisms.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2016

The goal of Women's LTR is to make learning fun so girls return to the mountain and join the snowboarding lifestyle.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The Women's LTR Program is a perfect opportunity for women to add the fun of snowboarding to their lives in a comfortable, safe environment," says Burton Global Team rider Victoria Jealouse.

From Time Magazine Archive

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