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Likelihood

Likelihood

1. Appearance; show; sign; expression. What of his heart perceive you in his face By any likelihood he showed to-day ? (Shak)

2. Likeness; resemblance. There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation. (Sir W. Raleigh)

3. Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude.

Origin: Likely _ -hood.


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heritability of Z-linked trait

... to apply to the regression coefficients (b) obtained in each case?...Males always have one of the maternal grandfather Z chromosomes but the likelihood of having a Z chromosome derived from the paternal grandfather is 0.5. Thanks!

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by Tweedy
Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:50 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: heritability of Z-linked trait
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Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain

... diet. Fiber may be helpful as well. Increase the fiber in your diet slowly. Increasing fiber content in your diet to rapidly will increase the likelihood of gas and bloating. As your body becomes more accustomed to the increases in fiber, the gas and bloating will resolve.

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by narayan
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Why bother conserving species?

... and so are much harder to tell exactly how threatened they are. Unless I'm mistaken, I think the Red List is supposed to be based on a species' likelihood of going extinct, and how popular that species is with humans shouldn't affect that. Of course, practice is never the same as principle, ...

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by alextemplet
Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:50 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why bother conserving species?
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Re: God vs Evolution

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by canalon
Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:42 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: God vs Evolution
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by twinletkat
Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:19 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: God vs Evolution
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