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  • noun A subordinate part of a lineage

Etymologies

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From sub- +‎ lineage

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Examples

  • Esox masquinongy (Mitchell), in Lake St. Clair, Michigan, USA reveals a new sublineage of the North American genotype.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mark B. Bain et al. 2010

  • Viruses collected in Sudan were in sublineage I and closely related to those from Nigeria,

    Atlas Shrugs 2009

  • Strains from Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Cameroon formed a single cluster in sublineage I.

    Atlas Shrugs 2009

  • All the Egyptian isolates were in sublineage IV, which they shared with isolates from Gaza and Israel.

    Atlas Shrugs 2009

  • The NE sublineage experienced to a lesser extent the effect of periglacial climatic conditions, while the SW populations located between the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts were under milder climatic conditions (

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

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