[mass noun]lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree
直系;祖系,家族史。
[count noun]
【人类学】 家族谱系。
[count noun]
【生】 血统,谱系
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the chimpanzee and gorilla lineages .黑猩猩和大猩猩的血统。
a sequence of cells in the body which developed from a common ancestral cell
细胞谱系
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the myeloid lineage .骨髓细胞谱系。
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