Oct 14, 2011 21:06
13 yrs ago
English term

soft sweep

English to Portuguese Medical Genetics
In traits that are influenced by many genes, natural selection can act quickly because it does not have to wait for a favorable new mutation to come along. All it needs to do is increase the abundance of some of the genes affecting the trait in question, a process known as a "soft sweep".
Proposed translations (Portuguese)
3 +1 "varredura suave"

Discussion

Maria Stella Tupynambá Oct 15, 2011:
http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/ciencia/um-novo-caminho-par... ... achei um artigo falando sobre a varredura suave!
E outro em inglês explicando muito bem:
http://www.newton.ac.uk/programmes/SCB/Poster2/pennings.pdf


Proposed translations

+1
4 hrs
Selected

"varredura suave"

É um conceito relativamente novo em genética, então acho interessante usar entre aspas mesmo:

Referências:
http://www.advivo.com.br/blog/luisnassif/estudo-sustenta-evo...

http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/ciencia/um-novo-caminho-par...

Peer comment(s):

agree Maria Stella Tupynambá
19 mins
Obrigada Stella
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