Sentences with phrase «genes of certain kinds»
The target of selection is normally the individual who carries an ensemble of genes of certain kinds.
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Are any risk factors (e.g., gene mutations, environmental exposures) common among people who develop a certain kind of cancer?
Rather than nature (i.e. genes) and nurture (i.e. environment) each kicking in a fraction of the influences that nudge traits in one or another direction, new studies show the innate potential we call nature becomes reality only when exposed to a certain kind of nurture.
Although the exact cause of schizophrenia remains unknown, experts do agree that schizophrenia develops as a result of interplay between biological predisposition (for example, inheriting certain genes) and the kind of environment you are exposed to.
Once finished, however, an epigenomic map could also prove useful in determining which individuals are at risk for certain diseases and encouraging the kind of lifestyle changes that can prevent the wrong genes from switching on or off.
Experts now agree that schizophrenia develops as a result of interplay between biological predisposition (for example, inheriting certain genes) and the kind of environment a person is exposed to.
«But most of the degenerative dementias, the kind that occurs over time with age, are very often related to certain genes.»
Certain kinds of social environments can turn on the genes that cause this faster growth.