The long arm of chromosome 17 has previously been associated with prostate cancer in family-based linkage studies, the authors explain, but no susceptibility variants have been reported before now.

作者说，17号染色体的长臂以前在家族相关性研究中（被认为）与前列腺癌有关，但是以前没有报道易感变异。

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An expectation the entity will sell or otherwise dispose of a long-lived asset significantly before the end of its previously estimated useful life.

实体将会卖的期待或其它的解决一个长命的资产先前在它的结束之前重要地估计有用的生活。

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That some populations have more of the long version of the serotonin-transporter gene has been noticed before, though the association has previously been made at a national, rather than a racial, level.

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