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"ref": "1997, Benedikte Hatz, Untersuchungen der genetischen Diversität innerhalb der Gattung Hordeum mit molekularen Markertechniken, page 85",
"text": "So war die genetische Distanz einer Sorte zu dem Elter, von dem die größere Allelanzahl erhalten wurde, in der Regel geringer als zu dem Elter, von dem weniger Allele vererbt wurden.",
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"ref": "2009, Susanne Weinert Portmann, Familie - ein Symbol der Kultur, page 182",
"text": "Die Kinder kennen das Sprachgeräusch, den Tonfall, wissen, wie hoch der Lärmpegel sein wird, wenn sie, mit ihren Taschen und allem sonst nötigen versehen, die Haustüre hinter sich schließen. Das Elter ist oft erschöpft.",
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"ref": "2009, Susanne Weinert Portmann, Familie - ein Symbol der Kultur, page 182",
"text": "Die Kinder kennen das Sprachgeräusch, den Tonfall, wissen, wie hoch der Lärmpegel sein wird, wenn sie, mit ihren Taschen und allem sonst nötigen versehen, die Haustüre hinter sich schließen. Das Elter ist oft erschöpft.",
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