单词 | sib-pair |
释义 | > as lemmassib-pair sib-pair n. chiefly Genetics a pair of siblings. ΚΠ 1922 L. M. Terman in L. L. Burlingame et al. Gen. Biol. ii. xlii. 519 It is believed that it is the presence of identical twins in the groups which have been measured and tested that is largely responsible for the greater resemblance of twin-pairs as compared with ordinary sib-pairs. 1971 Brit. Med. Bull. 27 45/2 Sib-pair comparisons have also been used to separate the effects of family size..upon intelligence. 2009 J. C. Knight Human Genetic Diversity ii. 54/2 In this situation sibling pairs are often analysed by looking for excess sharing of alleles that are identical by descent among affected sib pairs more often than would be expected by chance. < as lemmas |
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