disequilibrium
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In a typical genomic region, many variants are highly correlated with each other, due to a phenomenon called linkage disequilibrium.
From Science Daily
Still, Galileo measured oxygen and methane in Earth’s atmosphere, the latter in ratios that suggested a disequilibrium brought about by living organisms.
From Scientific American
One of my ideas was to place a figure from the Age of Enlightenment, a humanist, in a sort of psychic disequilibrium.
From Los Angeles Times
Climate change is a reflection of how disequilibrium in the atmosphere has unleashed forces on Earth that exacerbate and heighten social and political tensions.
From Salon
“The pace is quickening, and the number of glaciers experiencing a disequilibrium response is skyrocketing.”
From Seattle Times
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