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- adjective Not
increasing .
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Although the mean is a nonincreasing function of recombination, the variance increases then decreases, which shows why the maximum r2 between rare and common variants can increase with low amounts of recombination in a region. doi: 10.1371/journal. pbio.1000294.g004
PLoS Biology: New Articles Samuel P. Dickson et al. 2010
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- Tikopia Islanders have maintained a sustainable food supply, and a convenient but stable and nonincreasing population with a bottom-up social organization (2).
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Technically, it can stay level, too thus, it’s either “nondecreasing” or “nonincreasing”.
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We found that although the mean is nonincreasing, the variance first increases then decreases (
PLoS Biology: New Articles Samuel P. Dickson et al. 2010
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