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Alternations in either gene cause genetic instability and interfere with cell division, which could be a path to breast cancer developing.
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Alternations of monoamines in specific central autonomic nuclei following immunization in mice.
The UltraMind Solution M.D. Mark Hyman 2009
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Alternations of hope and despair are hard on the nervous system.
The Wind from The Sun Clarke, Arthur C. 1962
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"Alternations of Forest Growths," is a scientific success.
Life: Its True Genesis R. W. Wright
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Alternations of torpor and animation cause greater exhaustion and loss of physical powers, than would be occasioned by a continuance of uniform torpor.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 363, March 28, 1829 Various
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Alternations of cold and heat therefore in healthy constitutions within certain limits, are salutary; promoting, on the one hand, the vigour and tone of the body; on the other, the due activity and excitement of the various functions.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828 Various
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Alternations of savage fury and mute despair succeeded to one another.
The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille
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Alternations and additions for five county schools
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Alternations like sing, sang, sung (Anglo-Saxon singan, sang, sungen) were ingrained in the linguistic consciousness.
Chapter 8. Language as a Historical Product: Phonetic Law 1921
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Alternations between hope and despair -- fantastic pictures of future with and without her, wild pleadings with her -- those delirious transports to which our imaginations give way if we happen to be blessed and cursed with imaginations -- in the security of the darkness and aloneness of night and bed.
Grain of Dust. 1911
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