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Surviving ESTs were then used to search the nr database to identify parental cDNA or mRNA matches, which assembled 623 non-overlapping ESTs into 21 gene or pseudogene antecedents.
Many of these developments blend smoothly into their antecedents and later elaborations.
As for my antecedents, I must confess that I have never heard of Mary Killen, "Eppie," or Jeffrey Zaslow.
Yersinia pestis and Borrelia burgdorferi and the archaea, its antecedents or catalytic mechanism have not been understood.
The elegant simplicity of the Parliament building, graceful façade of the University, and almost ‘Rococo-esque’ decoration on the Academy all hark back to ancient antecedents.