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In each case identified, this distributive system of fission yeast can partially circumvent the MI segregation errors of achiasmatic chromosomes; approximately one-quarter to one-half of those homologs expected to nondisjoin ( i.e., move to the same pole) end up segregating distributively ( i.e., move to opposite poles).
Among the alternative candidates: a left-wing politician expected to get one-quarter of the vote and, more exotically, an "excitable surgeon known simply as Eneas, who calls for Brazil to build an atomic bomb" (in the NYT 's words).
Only about one-quarter of new drug approvals are rated by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to have therapeutic benefit over existing treatments (NIHCM 2002; see Figure 1).
Under Clinton's plan "less than one-quarter of the cigarette-tax revenues remain for programs that help the less prosperous."
Behavioral disturbances are common amongst patients with Alzheimer's disease [ 18 ] and antipsychotic medications were prescribed for about one-quarter of the patients in our study.