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Grandfather

Grandfather

a fathers or mothers father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent. Grandfather longlegs.

(Science: zoology) see Dady longlegs.


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Inter species breeding with fertile offspring

... conjectural parts, and brings forward well all the difficulties. It quizzes me quite splendidly by quoting the "Anti-Jacobin" against my Grandfather ... '33. A letter to Lyell on 11 August is significant:'... This morning I recommenced work and am at dogs; ... By the way, the Bishop makes ...

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by gamila
Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:15 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Inter species breeding with fertile offspring
Replies: 30
Views: 558

There is no scientific method

... conjectural parts, and brings forward well all the difficulties. It quizzes me quite splendidly by quoting the "Anti-Jacobin" against my Grandfather ... '33. A letter to Lyell on 11 August is significant:'... This morning I recommenced work and am at dogs; ... By the way, the Bishop makes ...

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by gamila
Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:48 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: There is no scientific method
Replies: 12
Views: 404

heritability of Z-linked trait

... with WZ (males) / ZZ (females) sex chromosomes, I want calculate the following heritabilities by means of both these regressions: 1. Paternal grandfather- male grandoffspring regression 2. Maternal grandfather- male grandoffspring regression For traits codified by genes located in the autosomes, ...

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by Tweedy
Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:50 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: heritability of Z-linked trait
Replies: 2
Views: 136

question about inheritance of chromosomes

... we can say unambiguously whether or not a child will have inherited an intact chromosome (without recombination) from the child's paternal grandfather. All we need to know in order to answer the question is the sex of the child.

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by jonmoulton
Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:09 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: question about inheritance of chromosomes
Replies: 6
Views: 238

question about inheritance of chromosomes

... chromosomes from his father but now we doubt it, remarking that obviously genes can be and are inherited but can a whole chromosome pass from a grandfather to his grandson? My teacher's remark about it being an easy question leads me to believe we are meant to ignore the concept of crossing ...

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by earthlyillusion
Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:29 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: question about inheritance of chromosomes
Replies: 6
Views: 238
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