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The conceptual framework concerned with quantification of probabilities. See probability.
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Probability of occurrence of each nucleotide
T A T A A T 77% 76% 60% 61% 56% 82% T T G A C A 69% 79% 61% 56% 54% 54%
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Probability
The expectation of the occurrence of a particular event. Likelihood of the occurrence of any event in the doctrine of chances, or the ratio of the number of favorable chances to the whole number of chances, favorable and unfavorable.
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Probability of occurrence of each nucleotide
for -10 sequence T A T A A T 77% 76% 60% 61% 56% 82% for -35 sequence T T G A C A 69% 79% 61% 56% 54% 54%
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Probability
Multiplicative Rule
The probability of two or more independent events occurring is equal to the product of their probabilities.
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the probability that an individual has a pair of alleles that are identical by descent from a common ancestor; the proportion of loci that carry alleles that are identical by descent from a common ancestor ...
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The probability of a crossover is not uniform along the entire length of the chromosome.
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The probability that a correct fragment will pass, correctly placed, is at least pm (in the worst case of there only being one such fragment).
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risk Probability that something undesirable will happen as a consequence of exposure to a hazard.
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Probability -- the long term frequency of an event relative to all alternative events, and usually expressed as decimal fraction. Proband -- individual in a family who brought the family to medical attention.
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Several environmental factors affect one's probability of acquiring cancer. These factors are considered carcinogenic agents when there is a consistent correlation between exposure to an agent and the occurrence of a specific type of cancer.
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Au, Chan and Yao 2003 applied genetic algorithms to this problem to generate a set of if-then rules that predict the churning probability of different groups of customers.
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Mendel's findings allowed other scientists to simplify the emergence of traits to mathematical probability. A large portion of Mendel's spectacular findings can be traced to his choice to start his experiments only with true breeding plants.
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The Poisson equation describes the probability distribution of random events -- for example, the probability that random mutations in a cell will affect a particular gene, ...
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Centimorgan (cM): A unit of measure of the statistical probability recombination frequency between alleles.
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Punnett squares deal only with probability of a genotype showing up in the next generation. Usually if enough offspring are produced, Mendelian ratios will also be produced.
Step 1 - definition of alleles and determination of dominance.
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If reciprocal heteroduplexes formed during recombination, and if the probability of repair of mismatches is the same for both, then tritypes and tetratypes should occur with equal frequency.
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Hybridization conditions: higher the stringency, lower the probability of hybridization. Increase the temperature or decreasing the salt concentration raises the stringency.
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Mortality death rate or probability of dying at any given age
(mort = death dead)
MortarandPestle a heavy bowl and thick rod used to grind substances to a powder
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Random spatial distribution. Situation in which individuals are randomly distributed in a space; probability of an individual's being located at any given point is the same irrespective of location in the space ...
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The basic idea is that if you have a large enough number of different liver-derived cDNAs carried in those bacteria, there is a 99% probability that a cDNA copy of any given liver mRNA exists somewhere in the tube.
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: Classic genetic fitness is the average direct reproductive success of an individual possessing a specific genotype in comparison to others in the population. Inclusive fitness is described as the classic fitness plus the probability that an ...
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The frequency at which crossing over occurs between two chromosomal loci--the probability that two loci will become unlinked during meiosis. Regulatory gene. A gene whose protein controls the activity of other genes or metabolic pathways.
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