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noun • the place where something begins, where it springs into being • properties attributable to your ancestry • an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events • the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero • the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived • the hereditary derivation of an individual | ||||||||
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noun • American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934) | ||||||||
| 29% | 11 | Having multiple lines of descent | ||||||
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Lines Of Descent Crossword Clue
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ORIGINS which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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ORIGINS
Updated: October 13, 2023
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