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p generation

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition:

The P generation refers to the parental generation in a breeding or genetic experiment, from which the first offspring are produced.

Senses and Usages:

Sense 1:

In genetics, the P generation refers to the original pair of individuals that are used to initiate a breeding process.

Example Sentence: The phenotype of the hybrid plants in the F1 generation is dependent on the traits inherited from the P generation.

Sense 2:

In evolutionary biology, the P generation represents the first generation of a population under study, providing the basis for further analysis.

Example Sentence: Researchers studied the genetic variation in the P generation of fruit flies to understand the basis of speciation.

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