Sentences with phrase «certain physical features»

Volunteers were asked to learn personality attributes that described the aliens, all of whom shared certain physical features such as their color, their shape, or the way they moved.

Some dogs are suspicious of certain physical features — a beard, a floppy hat, dark sunglasses, a walking cane.

The goal of breeding and selecting dogs with certain physical features, whether for work or show, is to produce the «ideal» dog.

Certain physical features such as eye color and coat color will also affect the price.

The documentary looks at other problems that have resulted from mating dogs who are close relatives, all for the purposes of accentuating certain physical features deemed desirable by the dog show crowd — boxers suffering from epilepsy, pugs with breathing problems and bulldogs who are unable to mate or give birth unassisted because their heads are so big.

In July, three scientists proposed that certain physical features shared by domestic animals, described as domestication syndrome, might all result from mild defects in the function of cells known as neural crest cells (SN: 8/23/14, p. 7).

The experts, who were told only that the women received the information in a «reproductive health setting» without relating it to abortion, found that the inaccuracies are concentrated around certain physical features, such as extremities and internal organs, and fetal viability in a manner that overstated fetal development, Daniels said.

Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder characterized by cognitive delays and often certain physical features, including reduced stature and brain size.

RSPCA dog welfare expert Lisa Richards told The Huffington Post UK: «Many dogs have been bred to emphasise certain physical features, some of which have become so extreme that they can cause pain and suffering, make dogs prone to particular disorders, or even prevent them from behaving normally and from enjoying the activities we know dogs love.

You know how people breed dogs in order to accentuate certain physical features?

You can create subtle age, appearance and communication filters, meaning that you address a certain age group, you require a certain physical feature and some other matching element.

What happened in the Victorian era is that people started breeding dogs to accentuate certain physical features.