Most of the other identified genes were hypothetical, with no known function.
Julian Assange, the editor of WikiLeaks, said the concerns the report raised were hypothetical.
To some extent these conflicts were hypothetical because fighting was so localised that no one really controlled the resistance forces.
Asked whether all the trips described were real, Ms. Thompson replied, "Some were real and some were hypothetical, based on real business scenarios we've all done".
He said inquiries about whether Brown & Williamson might be responsible for the $12 million in damages that were assessed against the dissolved trade organizations were "hypothetical".
He responds: "I caveated my words, very clearly, by saying the answers were hypothetical". These caveats, he says, were edited out.
American corporate customers treated this with understanding, but Japanese customers were horrified to discover that the product specifications were hypothetical, leading to a crisis in trust.
Writing before the development of enormously powerful technology for analyzing DNA, he regretted that his proposals were hypothetical.
In a follow-up e-mail Monday afternoon, Dr. Steele apologized for the earlier message, and said the outcomes it mentioned were hypothetical.
When asked if Cameron would be willing to meet Trump or whether he could be banned from Britain, his spokeswoman declined to answer, saying the questions were "hypothetical".
