How to Use genetic map in a Sentence

genetic map

noun
  • But for now, the genetic map has more to teach them about how to treat the cancers people already have.
    Megan Molteni, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Scientists sequence the genome -- the entire genetic map of the virus -- to find mutations that could affect how the virus spreads.
    Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 3 Jan. 2021
  • The institute succeeded last month in creating the world’s first genetic map of a black ogye chicken, a species native to the region.
    Eun-Young Jeong, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2018
  • One researcher used mail-order DNA and a genetic map available online for free to create a live polio virus.
    Robert Hart, Slate Magazine, 7 Apr. 2017
  • On the one hand, projects like our genetic map of Europe show the tremendous potential and power of these tools for learning about ancestry.
    Ariel Bleicher, Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2017
  • Now, her team has used their massive collection of dog tumor samples to create the first-ever genetic map of CTVT.
    Megan Molteni, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The race to find the genetic map of the virus started in late December, according to the story that unfolds in interviews, documents and the WHO recordings.
    Fox News, 3 June 2020
  • But to find out which regions produce useful traits, researchers needed a reference point – a genetic map of switchgrass.
    Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Armed with their prior research, Corbett and Graham had a head start when Chinese scientists shared the genetic map of the new coronavirus in January 2020.
    Jonathan Lemire, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Despite the plaudits, China in fact sat on releasing the genetic map, or genome, of the virus for more than a week after three different government labs had fully decoded the information.
    Fox News, 3 June 2020
  • These were then sequenced and analyzed in Naylor’s lab, and compared to create a phylogenetic tree, a genetic map of the walking shark genus, Hemiscyllium.
    National Geographic, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Their complaints included that China delayed releasing the genetic map, or genome, of the virus for more than a week after three different government labs had fully decoded the information.
    NBC News, 10 July 2020
  • With those genetic maps, scientists will be able to analyze the differences among various types of avocados and identify particular segments of DNA that promote disease resistance or other desirable characteristics.
    David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2019
  • By carrying medical information, chips could ultimately read genetic maps on a chipee's intellectual potential and other talents.
    John Kass, Alaska Dispatch News, 1 Aug. 2017

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