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half-sibling [2 records]

Record 1 2014-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Science
OBS

Half brother or half sister.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zootechnie
OBS

Sans distinction de sexe.

OBS

Par exemple demi-frère de père.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Genetics
DEF

Two or more siblings with only one parent in common.

CONT

Half-sibling family: offspring from a single tree. You know the mother. A result of open pollination.

Key term(s)
  • half sibling
  • half sib
  • half-siblings
  • half-sibs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Génétique
DEF

Groupe d'individus issus de pollinisation libre formant une famille uniparentale.

OBS

Famille : groupe d'individus qui ont au moins un parent commun.

Key term(s)
  • demi fratrie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Genética
CONT

Progenie o descendencia: Conjunto de hijos de un árbol madre. Pueden ser hermanos completos o medio hermanos.

CONT

El diseño de la plantación fue el de bloques completos al azar con 30 familias de medio hermanos replicadas en 50 bloques con un representante de cada familia por bloque.

OBS

medio hermanos: Cabe señalar que "medio" en este término cumple función adverbial, por lo tanto es invariable en número y género.

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