Sentence examples for grading up from inspiring English sources

Plants progressively moved in as the glacier retreated, so a 200-year-old spruce and hemlock forest presently exists at the entrance, grading up to more primitive plants such as mosses and lichens at the head of the bay.

The intermediate DGV prediction accuracy in Continental-sired calves reflects the fact that at least 50% (for some breeds this percentage can be greater than 50% due to "grading up" of Continental breeds within their registries) of chromosomes in these populations may be of Angus origin, resulting in the segregation of the FT QTL in these crossbred progeny.

For most SNPs in this region, the conventional SNP test was the most significant contrast but Fortes et al. [ 20] showed that the PLAG1 polymorphism is due to a B. taurus mutation that was introduced into Brahman cattle during grading up and was then selected for, perhaps because it increases height.

The QTL near PLAG1 on chromosome 14 affects many traits (live weight, height, carcass, meat quality and IGF-I traits) and segregates in both B. taurus and B. indicus, although the mutation arose in B. taurus and was introgressed in Brahman cattle during grading up [ 20].

"Keeping my grades up, doing extracurriculars, activities after school.

"We have brought the grades up, but we have to continue to work.

Among whites, 41percentt were proficient in reading in both grades, up from 35percentt in 1992.

"She can keep doing it as long as she keeps her grades up," she said.