"gene" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The gene accounts for about 21 percent of all diabetes cases; more than a third of Americans carry one copy.
- And in the twins' overall score, derived from 28 questions, genes accounted for 53 percent of the differences.
- The finding has no immediate practical importance, since the gene accounts for such a small percentage of intelligence.
- Together the two genes account for the great majority of cases of hereditary breast cancer.
- By current estimates, he says, "our genes account for only 30 percent of our health."
- However, these genes account for a small proportion of variance in reading disability, often less than 0.5%.
- Because the known genes account for only a fraction of all the cases, women without the genes are not in the clear.
- Previous studies show that genes account for at most 50 percent of a given trait.
- But genes cannot account for the soaring rates of diabetes in the United States.
- The gene accounts for a large percentage of cases of hereditary colon cancer.
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