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Preferred term

genetic distance

Is replaced by

genetic distance

Definition

[Henderson's] a measure of the difference between two DNAs from different species, which is used in the construction of phylogenetic trees. In its crudest form it is the percentage of nucleotide differences between the two DNAs. see also p-distance. alt. evolutionary distance.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Entry terms

GD
genetic distances
genetic distancing
genetical distances
genetics distance
genetics distances

Scope note

MS Academic Keywords

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0491

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Created 8/3/16, last modified 3/21/22

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