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Genes that are located far apart on the same chromosome are likely to assort independently.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

It is the chromosomes, not the individual genes, that 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

The first assorter having satisfied himself that his money is correct in amount and passible in character, next proceeds to assort the notes.

From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various

The values along each forked pathway can be multiplied because each gene assorts independently.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Then I proceed with the distinction, how ill fancy assorts with imagination, as instanced in Milton's Limbo.

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge

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

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

She smiles, yet in a somewhat constrained fashion, that assorts ill with the inborn self-possession that as a rule characterizes her.

From Rossmoyne by Unknown

Inside were my elementary school report cards, two programs from concerts I played as a percussionist with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, and other assorted evidence of a childhood.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Each of the five models is offered in assorted colors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

By the end of 2023, “Theo” had sold 3,000 copies, a respectable number for any book, let alone a quiet novel about a man who has conversations with assorted townsfolk about kindness and mercy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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

The other painters are there, and assorted turtlenecked women, who have begun to appear in long, straight hair, parted in the middle.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

When Minnesota became a territory this system was superseded by another method of handling, assorting or delivering.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by William Henry Carman Folsom