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ancestry
noun as in family predecessors; family history
Example Sentences
This highlights an urgent need for genetic studies that better represent diverse ancestries.
The models to generate these scores must be trained on genetic data from large populations of people and have important limitations, including being based largely on data from people of European ancestry.
This suggests something other than shared ancestry -- likely their shared trait of large brains is driving the biological similarities seen in the mice inoculated with their microbes.
Ancient maize genomes from the Ozark rockshelters indicated that maize entered eastern North America at least twice, tracing ancestry to both the upland US Southwest and southern Texas.
"It's about shedding light on a part of history. It's in my ancestry, it's all tied in."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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