| assortative mating |
Nonrandom mating on the basis of phenotype; usually used for positive assortative mating, the propensity to mate with others of like phenotype.
Ãâó: evolution.unibe.ch/teaching/GlossarE.htm
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| assimilation |
The process of magma contamination in which blocks of wall rock fall into a magma chamber and dissolve.
Ãâó: www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/earth2/glossary/a.htm
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| association |
In human genetic linkage studies, association studies frequently involve the comparison of allele frequencies for a marker locus between a disease population and in a control population. When statistically significant differences in the frequency of an allele(s) are found between a disease and control population, the disease and allele(s) are said to be in association. [Source: NHBLI/NCBI Glossary]
Ãâó: www.cs.uu.nl/people/ronnie/local/genome/a.html
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| assimilation |
when one ethnic group absorbs another, so that the cultural traits of the assimilated group become indistinguishable.
Ãâó: oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth370/gloss.html
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| association |
General term for the relationship among variables.
Ãâó: www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/evaluation/glossary/glossary...
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