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sister

1. A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother. I am the sister of one Claudio. (Shak)

2. A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.

3. One of the same kind, or of the same condition; generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits. Sister block See Charity, and mercy.

Origin: OE. Sister, fr. Icel. Systir; also suster, from AS. Sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries. Sweester, suster, LG. Suster, suster, D. Zuster, OS. & OHG. Swestar, G. Schwester, Icel. Systir, Sw. Syster, Dan. Soster, Goth. Swistar, Lith. Ses, Russ. Sestra, Pol. Siostra, L. Soror, Skr. Svasr. Cf. Cousin.


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Re: Genomic Imprinting In Humans (and classical genetics)

When the offspring gets a abnormal chromosome from its father It says siblings (sister or brother) may have a chance of getting it or not getting it, depending on why there is a deletion (sporadic mutation in one sperm, as oppose to translocation thru meiosis and ...

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Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:00 pm
 
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Re: two different color eyes

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by scarmation
Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:12 pm
 
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Questions about Biology's term

... chromosome are both chromatids. At anaphase these separate and become two new chromosomes. Bivalent: A chromosome that has duplicated to form two sister chromatids still held together at the centromere. Tetrads: Group of four chromatids at meiosis, or a pair of homologous chromosomes separating ...

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by Jesse2504
Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:25 am
 
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Questions about Biology's term

... state that homologous chromosome consist of 2 chromosome(1 paternal, 1 maternal). A tetrad consists of 2 homologous chromosomes, each made up of 2 sister chromatid. Is that means tetrad consists of 4 chromatid and each of the homologous chromosome consists of 2 non-sister chromatid? Thanks for ...

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