英语词汇“gene pool”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gene pool n. the total number of alleles possessed by a breeding population; (in extended use) the sum total of genetic material in a group or population.Sometimes used with a pun on non-figurative uses of pool, as in quot. 2004.

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1941 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 46 499 It seems unlikely that any geneticist would regard as particularly significant any such a subtraction from the total gene pool of a population of roughly one hundred million.

1970 Times 29 Dec. 10/6 There is a necessity to conserve a wide range of different genes in the ‘gene pool’ from which new strains can be selected.

1989 R. MacNeil Wordstruck i. 5 Enriching the gene pool were German farmer-fishermen, poor Scots crofters, a family of Irish actors and theater managers, and a whispered assortment of drunkards, wastrels, and charming ne'er-do-wells.

1999 D. Mitchell Ghostwritten 423 Go join a doomsday cult, friend. Remove yourself from the gene pool.

2004 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 161/2 Large and burly, Jeff..looked as if he'd been dipped in the Weinstein gene pool.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 Nov. a26/1 A consensus felt that, yes, ‘we need to increase the gene pool of our elected officials beyond the professional pols.’

单词	gene pool
释义	> as lemmas gene pool gene pool n. the total number of alleles possessed by a breeding population; (in extended use) the sum total of genetic material in a group or population.Sometimes used with a pun on non-figurative uses of pool, as in quot. 2004. ΚΠ 1941 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 46 499 It seems unlikely that any geneticist would regard as particularly significant any such a subtraction from the total gene pool of a population of roughly one hundred million. 1970 Times 29 Dec. 10/6 There is a necessity to conserve a wide range of different genes in the ‘gene pool’ from which new strains can be selected. 1989 R. MacNeil Wordstruck i. 5 Enriching the gene pool were German farmer-fishermen, poor Scots crofters, a family of Irish actors and theater managers, and a whispered assortment of drunkards, wastrels, and charming ne'er-do-wells. 1999 D. Mitchell Ghostwritten 423 Go join a doomsday cult, friend. Remove yourself from the gene pool. 2004 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 161/2 Large and burly, Jeff..looked as if he'd been dipped in the Weinstein gene pool. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 Nov. a26/1 A consensus felt that, yes, ‘we need to increase the gene pool of our elected officials beyond the professional pols.’ extracted from genen.² < as lemmas
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