assort
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Therefore, genes that are far apart on the same chromosome are likely to still assort independently because of recombination events that occurred in the intervening chromosomal space.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Perfectly unlinked genes correspond to the frequencies predicted by Mendel to assort independently in a dihybrid cross.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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 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 assorts and arranges her goods by the law of the winds and the tides.
From Time and Change by John Burroughs
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
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
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
Supplies for the vessels—food, fuel, assorted goods for the shops on board—come from local suppliers in the region or from ports, especially in Bahrain, where ships with the Navy’s Combat Logistics Command bring in supplies.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
In many ways, the entire project feels like an action-comedy response to the assorted woman-centric series produced by Reese Witherspoon and/or Nicole Kidman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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
A large wooden trunk stood open at the foot of his bed, revealing a cauldron, broomstick, black robes, and assorted spellbooks.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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
Hank Williams scratched his head thoughtfully as he turned again to the task of assorting the afternoon's mail.
From The Song of the Wolf by Frank Mayer
