disequilibrium Definition
dis·equi·lib·rium (dis′ē′kwi lib′rē əm)
noun pl. -·ri·ums or -·ria-ə
lack or destruction of equilibrium, esp. in the economy
disequilibrium Usage Examples
Converse of object
- create: In this paper we show how the business cycle creates disequilibrium and imbalances in the economy.
- examine: We examined linkage disequilibrium between all pairs of biallelic loci, Lewontin's D ' and r2.
- cause: You may have some sort of disequilibrium caused by an unequal development of different parts of your being.
- show: It shows a previous disequilibrium caused by the systemic ignorance that exists in the real world.
Preposition: between
- pair: The program can also model linkage disequilibrium between pairs of single nucleotide polymorphisms ( SNPs ) where SNP haplotypes are available.
- gene: In a population genetic sense, this hitchhiking ( section 8.9, p. 211 ) builds up linkage disequilibrium between genes.
Adjective modifier
- strong: The three polymorphisms studied were found to be in strong linkage disequilibrium.
- fundamental: Midnight oil was spent on matters such as defining a fundamental disequilibrium in a country's balance of payments.
- environmental: Firstly, the commonly employed markers of the risk society - nuclear accidents, genetic technology and environmental disequilibrium - are crudely amalgamated.
- economic: The major cause of economic disequilibrium which underlies the sale of antiquities is capital flight.
Modifies a noun
- mapping: The localisation has been further refined 60, most recently using the technique of linkage disequilibrium mapping to a region of about 0.3 cM.
- test: Bandolier hopes that transmission disequilibrium tests that are free of bias due to population stratification can wait till brain cells have a good day.
- unemployment: Disequilibrium unemployment ( classical ) Unemployment caused by wages being above the equilibrium level.
- dynamics: Second, regeneration ecology in an arid ecosystem subject to disequilibrium dynamics.
- method: The collaborative has employed both linkage and linkage disequilibrium methods of whole genome screening.
Noun used with modifier
- linkage: Linkage disequilibrium can be the result of physical proximity of the genes.
- transmission: Bandolier hopes that transmission disequilibrium tests that are free of bias due to population stratification can wait till brain cells have a good day.
- whole-genome: Nat Genet 29, 229-232, PubMed 46 Kruglyak, L. ( 1999 ) Prospects for whole-genome linkage disequilibrium mapping of common disease genes.
Preposition: in
region: The three parameters describe the pattern of linkage disequilibrium in the region ( see references ).
Preposition: with
gene: Indeed, the influence of the gene may reflect linkage disequilibrium with another gene.
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