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Mating system
The pattern of matings between individuals of a population, including such factors as extent of inbreeding, pair-bonding, and number of simultaneous mates.
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mating system The species-typical pattern of mate finding, reproduction, and parenting of offspring.
matric potential The water potential component caused by the attraction of water molecules to a hydrophilic matrix.
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A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males.
polygenic inheritance
(pol-ee-jen-ik) [Gk. polus, many + genos, race, descent] ...
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His papers on inbreeding, mating systems, and genetic drift make him a principal founder of theoretical population genetics, along with R. A. Fisher and J. B. S. Haldane.
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In the only presentation to address functional analysis of new genes directly, Russ Finley (Massachusetts General Hospital) described use of a yeast-interaction mating system to identify and characterize interactions among cell-cycle regulatory ...
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and microsatellites), they are still amongst the quickest and cheapest marker systems to develop, and remain (as of 2005) an excellent choice for projects that only need to identify low levels of genetic variation, e.g. quantifying mating systems.
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