Researchers expressed surprise at the remarkable genetic uniformity they found among modern Jews, no matter where the diaspora has become dispersed around the world.
So far, the scans had seemed amazingly uniform, reflecting both the physiological conformity of the Jarada and the genetic uniformity of the individuals within a given caste.
That genetic uniformity makes the apple a sitting duck for its enemies.
This genetic uniformity, researchers say, may have contributed to their rapid demise during an outbreak of Dutch elm disease in the 1970's.
The SCLB epidemic highlighted the issue of genetic uniformity in monoculture crops, which allows for a greater likelihood of new pathogen races and host vulnerability.
Many researchers believe that the main problem related to agro-ecosystem management is the general tendency towards genetic and ecological uniformity imposed by the development of modern agriculture.
The genetic uniformity provided by clones offers a control for experiments designed to quantify the subtle effects of environment and cultural techniques.
This is an effect similar to inbreeding: it leads to genetic uniformity.
If the DNA analysis had shown genetic uniformity, he went on, that would have meant that the mixing occurred later.
This system of locking cannot function in a crop pathosystem in which the host population has genetic uniformity.