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Definition of Genetic constitution
1. Noun. The particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism.
Generic synonyms: Composition, Constitution, Make-up, Makeup, Physical Composition
Derivative terms: Genotypic, Genotypical
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genetic Constitution
Literary usage of Genetic constitution
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Biology of Death: Being a Series of Lectures Delivered at the Lowell by Raymond Pearl (1922)
"genetic constitution b. Rate of metabolic activity. ... genetic constitution is
not a function of the environment, but is, for any individual, a constant, ..."
2. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1921)
"Thus in a race of a genetic constitution known to be unfavorable to growth of
this tumor, the most stringent and efficient elimination is found in females ..."
3. Studies of Inheritance in Guinea-pigs and Rats by William Ernest Castle, Sewall Wright (1916)
"All of those whose genetic constitution was known with complete or nearly complete
certainty, either from parentage or from offspring, are put after the ..."
4. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"... researchers has concentrated primarily on species composition within communities
and not on genetic constitution of populations of individual species. ..."
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