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Even beyond the DNA strength of the species, Lord found genomic characteristics in the samples that would’ve made the rhinos strive to stay alive in cold climates that aren’t too different from what has been found in woolly mammoths.

In the 20th and 21st centuries, researchers looked for distinctively female or male characteristics in smaller brain subdivisions.

Therefore, to calculate correlated polling error, the model creates random permutations based on different demographic and geographic characteristics.

When humans breed such combinations of two different purebred dog lines, they hope to produce offspring that have an admixture of the visual form, temperament and other characteristics — the phenotype— of both breeds.

He found that resistance to the fungus was present in some of the plants as a recessive trait passed down from parent to offspring without affecting other characteristics of the plant.

It has to be said that Dunham includes characteristics that do make “Barry” potentially identifiable.

One green-eyed man, nicknamed “Cai the Roman,” became an instant celebrity due to his decidedly Roman physical characteristics.

This is exciting because it seems that this turmeric compound can enhance the characteristics of NSCs.

Though these groups have unique characteristics, the symptoms can often be very similar.

An Air Force study calls it “slow to install, difficult to repair, (with) very poor air-transportability characteristics.”

She is skilful in seizing salient characteristics, and her chief aim is to preserve the individuality of her sitters and models.

There are five general heads under which the characteristics to be sought may be grouped.

There are four general forms of emphasis which serve as indications of the characteristics of expression.

The characteristics of the different forms are well shown in the table on opposite page, modified from Hill.

New and highly curious characteristics begin to appear when he attempts to give the profile aspect.

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On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to characteristics, such as: style, essence, tendency, nature, attribute, and component.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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