Temperament is largely seen as the expression
of heritable characteristics as these unfold through maturation and experience [10].
We included measures of birth parent negative affect, which allowed us to control for one domain
of heritable effects, and included adoptive parents, adopted children, and birth parents in our analyses and to directly examine evocative rGE.
von Borczyskowski et al., confirmed that Swedish adoptees carry a higher burden
of heritable risk for suicidality, that is, biological parents» substance abuse, suicidal behavior, and psychiatric illness explained one - third of increased risk of suicide attempt in domestic adoptees.
Therefore this evidence supports the existence
of a heritable component to antisocial or criminal behavior (Tehrani & Mednick, 2000).
Because
of its heritable nature, entropion usually causes the pet to become symptomatic at an early age.
They can be prone to a number
of heritable diseases, though nothing too serious and life - threatening.
Working with them to help reduce the incidence
of heritable health problems may require more patience and tolerance, but will ultimately improve the health status of your breed.
«These examinations screen dogs for any evidence
of heritable disease.
This will significantly reduce the number of purebreds available in California and limit the gene pool, increasing the incidence
of heritable diseases and disorders.
Unfortunately, there is no medication or therapy that will reverse the effects
of heritable HCM.
Like all dogs, Goldens are subject to a number
of heritable defects including eye, heart, hip, elbow, blood and thyroid disorders.
In contrast, modern dog breeds are particular breed standards, sharing a common set
of heritable characteristics, determined by the kennel club that recognizes the breed.
In June 2010, The Golden Retriever Foundation and Morris Animal Foundation entered into a partnership to jointly fund a major three - year, $ 1 million canine cancer initiative titled Discovery and Characterization
of Heritable and Somatic Cancer Mutations in Golden Retrievers, or the MADGiC Project (Making Advanced Discoveries in Golden Cancers).
He is also a major collaborator with Drs. Kerstin Lindblad - Toh and Jaime F. Modiano, and together these researchers have led to the discovery
of heritable traits that account for risk in work on canine hemangiosarcoma.
Have the sire and dam been certified free
of heritable diseases?
«I have been concerned for some time about the increasing incidence
of heritable disorders in many pure breeds of dog,» says Pederson.
The term race or racial group usually refers to the categorisation of humans into populations or groups on the basis of various sets
of heritable characteristics.
Epigenetics is the study
of heritable changes in gene function that do not involve changes in the DNA sequence.
The estimated chances
of heritable male pattern baldness are closer to 81 %, meaning genetics play a much larger role than environmental causes.
Researchers think it may account for up to four percent
of the heritable risk for depression.
Recent technological advances have enabled genome - wide association studies and emerging next - generation sequencing studies to begin to decipher the nature
of the heritable contribution to traits and disease.
157/5: 30 Genetic, developmental, and paracrine interactions in the complex pathogenesis
of heritable aneurysm conditions.
Gilliam is an authority on the identification and characterization
of heritable mutations that affect the nervous system.
A unifying theme in their research is that the human is the most complex, fascinating and important system in which one can study the effects
of heritable variation.
To say there's some sort
of heritable component to a trait tells us something can be passed on in a family that can contribute to performance, but what are the specific genes?
The results, revealing new examples
of heritable bacterial species — including those related to diet preference, metabolism, and immune defense — appear May 11 in Cell Host & Microbe's special issue on the «Genetics and Epigenetics of Host - Microbe Interactions.»
Although studying genetic diversity in African populations tells us a great deal about human history, there is even more to learn by juxtaposing the genetic diversity with the diversity
of heritable traits (phenotypes).
There is just one underlying algorithm at work in Avida, the basic evolutionary law of natural selection
of heritable random variation.
«By sequencing all of the DNA that codes for mRNA and ultimately, proteins, Dr. Amin and colleagues found a single gene that may account for as much as 4 %
of the heritable risk for depression,» said Doctor John Krystal, Editor of Biological Psychiatry.
An example of epigenetic inheritance, this color diversity reflects varying degrees
of heritable, but reversible, gene repression by PcG proteins.
The first of these will focus on the potential use of genome editing in human reproduction to avoid the transmission
of heritable genetic conditions, and the second on livestock to improve systems of animal husbandry and food production.
Regarding the Pod Mrcaru lizards, as I conceded, it is just a «hypothesis»; but, again, although contingent on a final direct sequencing experiment, the available evidence is squarely in the corner
of a heritable genetic basis.
Not exact matches
Significant portions
of personality traits critical to entrepreneurs, like the willingness to take risks and the ability to tolerate ambiguity and uncertainty, are
heritable.
Scientists at the University
of California inserted
heritable, malaria - blocking genes into mosquitoes and observed encouraging results.
In reading the genetic literature, we found that up to 60 percent
of critical personality characteristics are
heritable.
At present, and based on what we know
of the genetic regulation
of development, these phenotypic changes in the gut are most likely the result
of positive genetic changes in the genetic regulatory pathways controlling the development
of the relevant anatomical features, i.e. they are novel positive,
heritable genetic features producing a specific and functional novel anatomical structure within the Genus.
«Evolution is any change across successive generations in the
heritable characteristics
of biological populations» so, what you have to say is «Evolution by an entirely random process with out supernatural intervention» and, unfortunately that doenst really say anything yet..
The founding fathers were concerned enough about this to reject inherited titles and the other trappings
of European aristocracy in favor
of an egalitarian society, in which privilege was not
heritable.
Having family members with these pre-menopausal cancers increase your chances
of genetically
heritable mutations that increase your risk
of developing these cancers.
There is no evidence
of a strong
heritable contribution for SIDS.
Studying the two different types
of twins allowed researchers to estimate the relative influence
of three different factors on twins» trust and distrust trust behaviors:
heritable factors — that is, genetic influences; shared environmental factors — that is, common experiences
of growing up in the same family and interacting with the same immediate peers; and unshared environmental factors — or the siblings» unique experiences in life.
Another turning point is coming, and maybe soon, via CRISPR / Cas9, a biotechnology that holds the promise
of curing genetic diseases (and the peril
of making permanent,
heritable tweaks).
Epigenetic processes are essentially switches that control a gene's potentially
heritable levels
of protein production but without involving changes to underlying structure
of a gene's DNA.
Before they had to deal with
heritable breast cancer and its lead agent, the BRCA1.185 delAG mutation, a previous generation
of Ashkenazim had confronted Tay - Sachs, another genetic disease.
«At 16 %, longevity is one
of the least
heritable traits with medical relevance.
Renowned astrophysicist Livio takes a fascinating walk through the science
of curiosity (a good deal
of experimental evidence shows that an individual's level
of curiosity is
heritable) and profiles some
of the most inquiring human minds to have lived.
Huntington's is
heritable — a copy
of the gene from either parent guarantees a person will develop the disease.
«However, quantifying precisely which parts
of the face are strongly
heritable has been challenging so far.
The researchers have published «atlases» showing how
heritable each part
of the face shape is, which can be viewed online at: http://heritabilitymaps.info
The toolbox
of rat genetics currently lacks the ability to introduce site - directed,
heritable mutations into the genome to create knockout animals.