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These results demonstrate the existence of considerable genetic variation in behaviour among sheep and indicate that behavioural measures of vocalisation and proximity to the human are genetically and environmentally uncorrelated and may represent independent measures of emotional state.

However, both the height of the casque (head ornament) and relative area of the flank patch were positively associated with fighting ability, and not correlated with each other, suggesting that they may represent independent sources of information about an opponent's ability.

A sister group relationship of the lissamphibians and microsaurs has less support, and it is entirely possible that the aistopodans and nectrideans are not amphibians, but instead are members of the antrachosaur evolutionary line, or each may represent independent evolutionary branches within the basal tetrapod radiation.

While similar lifeforms have been known to exist in shallower oceanic trenches (>7,000 m) and on the abyssal plain, the lifeforms discovered in the Challenger Deep may represent independent taxa from those shallower ecosystems.

Considering that rates of pteridophyte species diversity are frequently underestimated as demonstrated by the discovery of a number of cryptic species [38], present infraspecific taxa may represent independent units (biological species or different polyploids).

These two genes are not located close to each other on the chromosome so they may represent independent transfers.

Also, several intronic transcripts were selected against as they may not represent independent transcription units.

Species values may not represent independent data points for analysis due to similarities inherited through shared ancestry [ 54].

Since repeat isolates may not represent independent events, we assessed only the first clinical isolate obtained from each resident (case-residents and control-residents).

A similar association with stroke risk was observed for a nearby SNP, rs1986743, located on ARL6IP6, although the strength of association for this SNP diminished substantially after adjusting for rs2304556, suggesting the two SNPs may not represent independent signals.

As seen in Orchidaceae, however, events interpreted as synapomorphic may in fact represent independent events whose signals have been obscured through evolutionary time.