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Example sentences for: modifier

How can you use “modifier” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In an extensive screen for loci that modify the reduction of function phenotype for Cul1, we identified the gene encoding the F-box protein Slimb as a modifier, and we failed to detect contributions of other F-box encoding genes to the phenotype.
One way to turn almost anything into a conceptual Trojan horse is to attach the word stealth to it as a modifier.
Inheritance of an AKR/J modifier seems the most likely explanation but elucidation of the molecular nature of the ipd mutation or the mapping of a modifier gene(s) is necessary to distinguish among the possibilities.
I enjoyed David Galef's definition of backword to mean the modifier added to a previously specific word which has been made generic by the advent of a new technology.
These results provide a basis for future research to identify glaucoma modifier genes and to dissect the molecular mechanisms by which they act.