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TEs make up a large fraction of many plant genomes; indeed, they are the major determinant of genome size.

Long regarded as "junk DNA," retrotransposons are pieces of ancient foreign DNA that make up a large fraction of the mammalian genome.

And pedestrians, who make up a large fraction of drunken-driving victims, should wear light-colored clothing and walk facing traffic, he said.

Short-chain carboxylic acids, or volatile fatty acids (VFAs), are believed to make up a large fraction of VOC emissions from these facilities, although there are few studies to substantiate this.

The topic particularly appeals to biomedical students, who make up a large fraction of biology majors.

The context for renewable energy development in both New England and Oregon involves rapid growth in distributed photovoltaics, although these do not yet make up a large fraction of electricity supply.

Combine that with less rainfall in California, and fog could make up a larger fraction of annual precipitation.

An analysis of the source strengths confirmed that lagoon emissions are a larger flux source (average lagoon flux ∼18,137 ng N m−2 s−1; average soil flux ∼54 ng N m−2 s−1); however soil surfaces make up a larger fraction of a commercial hog operation than the lagoon surfaces, and as a result they cannot be neglected when developing and apportioning NH3 emissions.

When the sequences turned over more slowly, the dominant sequence also tended to make up a larger fraction of the total sequences; the degree of dominance ranged from 0.28 for HA to 0.88 for NS2 (indicating that 88% of NS2 sequences sampled in New York State between 1995 and 2005 were one of only three distinct amino acid sequences).

It is important to note that the biomass fractions shown are from a sampling performed in early July, whereas the biomass tested in this study is from late autumn when the C4 grasses, including Andropogon gerardi, Sorghastrum nutans, and Schizachyrium scoparium, would probably have outgrown the others, and therefore would make up a larger fraction of the biomass.

Slow wave sleep, also referred to as non-REM sleep, makes up a large fraction of the normal sleep cycle and occurs earlier than REM sleep.