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Example sentences for: descendant

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Inclusion of a gene in the ancestor was not dependent on its presence in all the descendant taxa, as a gene could be ancestral but lost from some lineages or acquired after the ancestor but before divergence of some descendant taxa.
A descendant of Russian Jews, born and raised in the North (to the extent that Maryland is the North), he would seem to have little reason for interest in that war.
In the Paris evening paper France-Soir , a direct descendant of Jules Verne, of Around the World in 80 Days fame, complained about people saying that the author's dream had finally been realized.
The CIA The CIA is a descendant of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which President Roosevelt created early in World War II after having first thought the FBI might take that role.
Babur the Tiger, descendant of Timur the Lame and of Genghis Khan, accepted their welcome but made no promises.