Sentences with phrase «only heredity»

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For Man, by the act of «noospherically» concentrating himself upon himself, not only becomes reflectively aware of the ontological current on which he is borne, but also gains control of certain of the springs of energy which dictate this advance: above all, collective springs, in so far as he consciously realizes the value, biological efficiency and creative nature of social organization; but also individual springs m as much as, through the collective work of science, he feels himself to be on the verge of acquiring the power of physicochemical control of the operations of heredity and morphogenesis in the depths of his own being.

The Carnegie and all the other major foundations that began modern philanthropy not only thought heredity important, they were, writes William Schambra in The New Atlantis, eugenicists when eugenicism was cool.

Freedom is an indetermination in the potentialities for present action which are constituted by all the influences and stimuli, all «heredity and environment,» all past experiences, an indetermination removed only by the actuality (event, experience, act) itself, and always in such fashion that other acts of determination would have been possible in view of the given total conditions up to the moment of the act.

To say that the entire life of the person is determined by heredity is a theory of unfreedom that my religious conviction can only regard as monstrous.

Only 1 in 60 are twin pregnancies, but heredity and mom's age may increase your chances of a twin pregnancy.

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.

Unfortunately, some of these traits are possible only through heredity, and in fact, not obtainable for Substitute Teachers as a whole.

In the nineteenth century TB was believed to be caused by «miasma» (bad air) or heredity; only later was the cause revealed to be bacterial (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)

From which we may deduce that an individual can be «modified» merely by the effect of environment, but that fresh characters will not be transmitted by heredity or will be transmitted only with difficulty and perhaps even then only because of some sustained environmental pressure repeatedly exerted upon a large number of generations.

If one recognizes that with regard to heredity of genes all living things are either CLEAR, NORMAL / CARRIERS OR AFFECTED it becomes clear that testing of whole litters is the only way to be aware of those factors present in a brood bitch / stud dog.

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.

To a large extent, at least in the early years, this means taking on the behaviors and attitudes the majority of the children learned at home — a parents» - group - to - children's - group effect that can be identified as such only by observing the small minority of children who learned something different at home (and controlling for heredity).