assort
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Perfectly unlinked genes correspond to the frequencies predicted by Mendel to assort independently in a dihybrid cross.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
If genes are far apart and more likely to cross-over, then they are more likely to assort independently.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
This data helps retailers better understand their customers, leading to improvements in how they assort and design stores.Participation.
From Forbes ● Apr. 8, 2014
Many species, including primates and wolves, assort themselves by means of a dominance hierarchy.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 19, 2011
The letter was posted, the letter was scanned, With numberless grins by the men Whose duty it was to assort all the waifs That came from the wonderful pen.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 by James Elverson
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
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
She assorts and arranges her goods by the law of the winds and the tides.
From Time and Change by John Burroughs
To be a "politic," clever fellow, a vast deal more humoring of prejudices, errors, and follies, is requisite, than at all assorts with true honesty of character.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
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
Swansea Crown Court heard the lamb products of Kismet Kebabs Ltd, based in Essex, contained little actual lamb, but a mix of fat, skin, assorted meats and mechanically reclaimed meat products.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Self-proclaimed Parrot Heads—who still slap stickers on the building and leave flip-flops, salt shakers and other assorted memorabilia outside as a shrine to sunny good times—want instead to memorialize the studio forever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
I took a seat at my desk and surveyed the landscape—a small village of nail polish bottles, colored pencils, a rubber finger-puppet beast, and a hill of assorted notepads.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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
Of this number, those employed in handling money are divided into two forces, under the direction, respectively, of the receiving teller and the assorting teller.
From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various
