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POOL. A small lake of standing water.
     2. By the grant of a pool, it is said, both the land and water will pass. Co. Litt. 5. Vide Stagnum; Water. Undoubtedly the right to fish, and probably the right to use hydraulic works, will be acquired by such grant. 2 N. Hamps. Rep. 259; An on Wat. Courses, 47; Plowd. 161; Vaugh. 103; Bac. Ab. Grants, H 3; Com. Dig. Grant, E 5; 5 Cowen, 216; Cro. Jac. 150; 1 Lev. 44; Co. Litt. 5.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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The greater the population the larger the potential gene pool and consequently the greater the specie's capacity for genetic diversity, and therefore survival in a changing habitat.
"This subsequent dog/wolf hybridization contributed only modestly to the dog gene pool," Savolainen explains.
"I am for it as you can keep a gene pool going even if the mare is old or cannot produce.
A study the structure of the gene pool of modern human populations is one of the key problems of population genetics.
Holy overdraft, that's not a gene pool, it's a one-way ticket to Bankruptcy Central.
Summary: ALGIERS- Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Rachid Benaissa said Sunday that the major State's support for agriculture sector in 2010 will go to water conservation and gene pool.
Limerick hardman Philip Collopy, 29, will not get one of the awards for people who have removed themselves from the gene pool, despite being nominated for the award more than 50 times.
The gene pool is not different in those two states--the environment is different.
Matt Janz is ending his "Single and Looking" comic -- known until last year as "Out of the Gene Pool" -- this Sunday.
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