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subsequence
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subsequence [′səb·sə·kwəns]
(mathematics)
A subsequence of a given sequence is any sequence all of whose entries appear in the original sequence and in the same manner of succession.


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If some word sequence is frequent, all of its subsequences are frequent.
In the sales-route example, when two creatures mate, their progeny inherit subsequences of cities from each parent, leading to the eventual combination of separately discovered good sub-routes.
expressed mutations within a gene, and of course, the organization of gene product subsequences into homologous modules.
 
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