Sentences with phrase «about heredity»

He exploited the Soviet ideology about heredity, the need for agricultural production, and the favor of a powerful dictator — Stalin — to attract adherents to his theories.

My mother certainly wouldn't, but that might lead us into a discussion about the heredity nature of intelligence!

Breeding should be done only by the most ethical, dedicated breed enthusiast thoroughly knowledgeable about heredity, genetics, health issues and testing, temperament, conformation, puppy rearing and placement and the complete pedigree, history and traits of the individual dogs to be mated.

He had a family history of almost every disease imaginable, and at his age was starting to worry about his heredity.

Mendel (1822 - 1884) did this through his discoveries about heredity in plants, describing some of the most important principles in genetics through very simple numerical observations.

«The whole discourse about heredity and evolution will change» (see «Rewriting Darwin and Dawkins?»).

Whereas Gene mauled his way to the middleweight title, Jay has won 13 professional fights by boxing and sharp punching — a sufficient difference to make one wonder about heredity and environment.

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Darwin didn't know about Mendelian Genetics yet, never mind DNA (Mendel was a Christian friar and a meticulous scientist), and recognized that the lack of rules of heredity was a gap in his theory.

«Our texts say not a word about what it means to be a good person or to serve God's will in these extraordinary situations,» concludes critic Ruth Schwartz Cowan in her book Heredity and Hope: The Case for Genetic Screening (Harvard University Press).

• Craig (Ironhead) Heyward, Chicago Bear running back (right), blaming his 300 - plus pounds on heredity: «My mom goes about four bills.»

Moreover, regarding hysteria, Kraepelin wrote about «morbid» constitution, and «defective heredity.»

The concept (and rhetoric) of a profound dichotomy between nature and nurture was superimposed over the more flexible and synergistic «traditional» understanding of the matter, markedly polarising and distorting the entire, many - sided debate about the role and weight of heredity and experience in both the natural world and the human situation.

Their paper in the Journal of Heredity notes that the fish does make up the bulk of the 2,000 species of venomous vertebrates; about 500 snake species are poisonous.

She and her colleagues published another paper in the same issue of Journal of Heredity about blue macaws, the charismatic and threatened parrots made famous by the animated film Rio.

Pancreatic cancer kills about 30,000 people in the U.S. each year, and in about 10 percent of those cases, heredity plays a factor.

At the time, these extranuclear agents of heredity were thought of as everything from parasites, to symbionts, to genes and the labels applied to them were vague or contradictory, owing in part to the fact that very little was known about the role these factors played within an organism.

Before we look closely at heredity and genes, let's stop to consider what scientists have learned about animal and other genomes.

The role of heredity in obesity appears to be between 40 and 70 percent, and next - generation sequencing studies of whole genomes (GWAS) have uncovered about 100 common genetic variants that explain a small amount of variation leading to obesity.

Focusing on the two hundred year history of artificial insemination, it investigates how popular and scientific ideas about gendered bodies, heredity, and risk shaped the transformation of sperm into a (frozen) commodity, were pivotal to separating the act of sex from reproduction, and laid the institutional foundations for the modern fertility industry.

Less than 2 % of diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, Huntington's chorea, and beta thalassemia, result from a single faulty gene, and only about 5 % of cancer patients can attribute their diseases to heredity.

i think the tie in the with originals was absolutely great, the whole «mars mission» thing hinting about the 1968 space travel related plot element, how the heredity of the virus hints how a society could feasibly evolve through many generations, and of course after the credits roll (STICK AROUND!)

This exam is both valid and reliable and covers the following deep understandings of Genes and Heredity which spans the following areas: Heredity Genes Traits DNA (structure and function) DNA (replication) DNA vs. RNA Protein Synthesis Using the Genetic Code Whats unique about this exam is its cosmetics and structural framework.

They learned about a number of things including DNA and heredity, forensics, states of matter and aerodynamic engineering.

As the week went on, participants learned about the body, attending classes on DNA and heredity, breaking bones, the human heart and obesity, and living your liver.

And these questions aren't even touching the meat and potatoes that dog breeding really is about: canine genetics and heredity.

Please join us if you have an interest in learning more about the Golden Retriever, its behavior, health and heredity.

Deciding on an English Springer Spaniel A Short History of English Springer Spaniels First Things First: «The Basics» Health and Heredity: Things You Should Know About English Springer Spaniels Making the «Right» Connections Choosing a Breeder What can be expected of a reputable, responsible breeder?

Inquire about who the parents are, how many breeds are involved in the dog's heredity, are there any known health ailments or temperament issues, is there a health guarantee, do they supply veterinarian approval of health papers and how many litters has the mother had in her lifetime.

Furthermore, by shifting the function of the stretcher, he offers thoughts about the boundaries between painting and sculpture, about redefining them, and a re-evaluation of the heredity of traditional Western painting.

In considering topics of political immediacy — wrongful conviction, heredity, state secrecy, and the porosity of international borders, to name just a few — she addresses the rhetorical nature of the image within her chosen topic, producing works that are as much about the radical potential of images as they are about their limits.