assort
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It is the chromosomes, not the individual genes, that assort independently.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
Others are on the same chromosome, but are so far apart that they also assort independently.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
We could try to assort that bunch top-to-bottom, from the front of the train to the caboose.
From Forbes ● Jul. 14, 2015
Many species, including primates and wolves, assort themselves by means of a dominance hierarchy.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 19, 2011
They represent no mythological deities except in name, and least of all do they assort with the deities of Homer and Hesiod.
From Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter by Ernest Govett
The values along each forked pathway can be multiplied because each gene assorts independently.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The "Hall" would likewise appear to be divided into two tenements, which but ill assorts with its original appropriation; though we are not to consider these deviations as affecting the architectural character or identity.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 573, October 27, 1832 by Various
The crowd assorts itself as the people do who line the barriers at a bull-fight: those who have parasols, to the shadow; those who have barely a hat, to the sun.
From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
The true teacher after large preparation assorts his material, and selects such matter as is appropriate to his own class.
From Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
And here lies the weakness of the epicurean and artistic attitude, that it assorts so ill with the harder and grimmer facts of life.
From At Large by Arthur Christopher Benson
That kid is striking out with a bat and assorted gear that cost more than a Cape Cod weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Clover’s long, tasseled ears collect leaves, grass, and assorted debris on walks, and she scratches them out semiregularly.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
Meanwhile, assorted other parades and caravans are traveling Route 66 in other states this year; most of them concentrate on short segments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
The guest list was as eclectic as the format: fellow stand-ups, YouTubers, chess players and assorted internet personalities, each drawn into Raina's loose, improvisational orbit.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Father Time and Game Time and the Second Guessers and the Minute Men and Dr. Medina, with a pack of assorted animals who all seemed to, oddly, follow her every command, were present.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
Note that we are assuming the interacting genes are not linked; they are still assorting independently into gametes.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Mr Baker seems to be randomly assorting clips for a montage, and the characters feel so real and idiosyncratic that it’s riveting even without a clear sense of plot or direction.
From Economist ● Sep. 13, 2017
The same is true of Comic-Con’s purpose for the publishers, studios and assorting celebrities and creators who are involved.
From Time ● Sep. 5, 2012
Even without the new additions, Yale custodians had years of editing and assorting ahead of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Crushing:—Among the most useful inventions relating to stone working are machines for crushing stones and ores, and assorting them.
From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle
