noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
trace
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Incidentally, this means that we can use mitochondria to trace our ancestry , strictly down the female line.
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Different parts of the cells of trees or elephants trace their ancestry to a whole range of ancient beings.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is simply that adaptation and ancestry can explain what adaptation alone can not.
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Now he had an ancestry , as noble and extensive as he wished.
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Some churches are no doubt of Roman ancestry .
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The ancestry of pentecostalism-on the other hand-traces back to mystical, Wesleyan, and Holiness roots.
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The nature of this will vary greatly depending on a rose's ancestry , while its appreciation is a very personal matter.
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This was wu-shu, the combat of my ancestry .