Genetic history of Europe — European populations have a complicated demographic and genetic history, including many layers of successive migrations between different time periods, from the first appearance of Homo sapiens in the Upper Paleolithic to contemporary immigration … Wikipedia
isolate — [[t]a͟ɪsəleɪt[/t]] isolates, isolating, isolated 1) VERB To isolate a person or organization means to cause them to lose their friends or supporters. [V n from n] This policy could isolate the country from the other permanent members of the… … English dictionary
GENETIC ANCESTRY, JEWISH — Background The human genome refers to approximately three billion chemical letters (nucleotides) comprising the sequence of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in almost every cell of each human being. There are four different nucleotides (adenine,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Genetic screen — This article is about a method to identify the functions of genes. For screening or testing for genetic diseases, see genetic testing. A genetic screen (often known as a phenotypic screen, or shortened to screen) is a procedure or test to… … Wikipedia
Isolate — A group in which mating is always between members of the group. For example, the Amish. * * * 1. To separate, to set apart from others; that which is so treated. 2. To free of chemical contaminants. 3. In psychoanalysis, to separate ideas,… … Medical dictionary
Genetic relationship (linguistics) — In linguistics, genetic relationship is the usual term for the relationship which exists between languages that are members of the same language family. The term genealogical relationship is sometimes used to avoid confusion with the unrelated… … Wikipedia
isolate — 01. He lives in an [isolated] region of the state, and he doesn t really care about the social problems of the big cities. 02. The victims were put in [isolation] to keep the other patients from being exposed to the disease. 03. The U.N. is… … Grammatical examples in English
isolate — isolator, n. v. /uy seuh layt , is euh /; n., adj. /uy seuh lit, layt , is euh /, v., isolated, isolating, n., adj. v.t. 1. to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone. 2. Med. to keep (an infected person) from contact with… … Universalium
Language isolate — A language isolate, in the absolute sense, is a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical (or genetic ) relationship with other living languages; that is, one that has not been demonstrated to descend from an ancestor common to any other … Wikipedia
TAS2R38 — is a bitter taste receptorcite journal | author = Conte C, Ebeling M, Marcuz A, Nef P, Andres Barquin PJ | title = Identification and characterization of human taste receptor genes belonging to the TAS2R family | journal = Cytogenet. Genome Res.… … Wikipedia
