Consequently, phenotypic differences between large, horned or "major" males and their smaller, hornless or "minor" male counterparts may be more extreme in some species than others.
Keep in mind that conceding to your counterpart on relatively minor process issues, such as where to meet, builds trust and goodwill that may come in handy later.
Adapted from the MIT PhD biological engineering program, the undergraduate major emphasizes more of an "engineering analysis, design, and synthesis approaches to modern biology at the molecular to systems level" than its counterpart the BME minor, according to the BE department's Web site.
China's naval commander last week told his U.S. counterpart that a minor incident could spark war in the South China Sea if the United States did not stop its "provocative acts" in the disputed waterway.
These modern crown jewel lock-ups are different in some minor respects from their 1980s counterparts.
Major earning sports like men's football and basketball have long functioned as veiled minor leagues for their professional counterparts, and over the last three decades universities such as Tennessee and Connecticut have developed women's basketball franchises rivaling the top football programs.
Depletion of checkpoint kinase-1 (Chk1) by siRNAs, transfection with dominant-negative Chk1 mutants or pharmacological Chk1 inhibition killed tetraploid colon cancer cells yet had minor effects on their diploid counterparts.
These are structurally very similar to their natural amino acid counterparts with only minor differences in functional groups.
His counterpart, Mario Santiago, a minor leaguer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, has four career starts above Class AA in a seven-year professional career.
The minor characters of biography, like their counterparts in fiction, are less tenderly treated than major characters.
