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However, we found that one-fourth to one-third of the gene fusions shared by at least two kingdoms might have evolved through such independent events, and probable additional independent fusions were noted among bacteria.
The four general types of focus groups each comprised approximately one-fourth of the sample.
It's the NYT , in its front-page story, that most clearly explains the relative smallness of the plan's $5 billion investment in global warming control: "enough to give every citizen an annual rebate covering one-fourth of the cost of a high-efficiency light bulb."
Everyone agreed he was one of history's worst butchers, having killed between one-fourth and one-seventh of Cambodia's population.
The paper points out that this is a landmark development, because while experts have long claimed that nearly one-fourth of all American cigarettes sold overseas get there through smuggling rings, the companies have previously always denied allegations that top executives knew of or were involved in any such alleged illicit traffic.