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genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring
eye color is an inheritable trait
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Recent Examples of inheritable
This would especially affect people who have inheritable genetic mutations in their family, Dr. Ryniec notes.
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Maressa Brown, Parents, 21 Feb. 2024
Funding for research for sickle cell disease is significantly less than the funding for other inheritable childhood diseases.
—Janice Blanchard, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2023
To confirm the male-killer was actually infectious and inheritable, Dr. Shintani needed to juice some tobacco moths.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
Only female mosquitoes can spread malaria, and so researchers have used CRISPR to successfully create gene drives—making inheritable edits to their genes—that cause females to become sterile or skew them toward producing mostly male offspring.
—Bill Gates, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2018
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Maressa Brown, Parents, 21 Feb. 2024
Funding for research for sickle cell disease is significantly less than the funding for other inheritable childhood diseases.
—Janice Blanchard, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2023
To confirm the male-killer was actually infectious and inheritable, Dr. Shintani needed to juice some tobacco moths.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
Only female mosquitoes can spread malaria, and so researchers have used CRISPR to successfully create gene drives—making inheritable edits to their genes—that cause females to become sterile or skew them toward producing mostly male offspring.
—Bill Gates, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2018
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How genetic genealogy cracked the case Genetic genealogy, a combination of DNA analysis and family tree research, finally led detectives to Guillot Jr. A relatively new field of study, genetic genealogy gained prominence as hobbyists began looking into their family history.Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
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These Dolly copies lived healthily and reached the old age of eight without showing any genetic issues.New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Dec. 2024
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The Eugenic Protection Law, in place from 1948 to 1996, allowed authorities to forcibly sterilize people with disabilities, including those with mental disorders, hereditary diseases or physical deformities and leprosy.Jessie Yeung, CNN, 17 July 2024
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There is no indication that lice are hereditary or that people with certain genetic makeups are more likely to get lice than others.Wendy Wisner, Health, 3 Nov. 2024
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There’s an inherent appeal to library tourism—seeing the places where nations hold their collective knowledge and history.Laura Studarus, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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Vacancy rates for specialized AI skills like natural language processing (NLP) are as high as 15%, while demand for inherent skills such as continuous learning, resilience, empathy and ethical judgment have surged by 81%.Sander van ‘t Noordende, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The theory holds that Gregor Mendel's concept of a gene (a discrete heritable trait or phenotype) is the consequence of a change in the text of DNA that alters the function of a protein and, therefore, the phenotype.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Share [Findings] Sets of both fraternal and identical twins exhibit internally similar metacognitive abilities, suggesting that metacognition is environmental rather than heritable.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Inheritable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inheritable. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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