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802 examples of Genes in a sentence

Our genes seem to have awesome power over our destinies.
And yet, I would like to think that I am more than my genes.
Are you more than your genes?
Everybody: I am more than my genes.
To some extent, they are programmed by your genes.
The scientists there are producing giant-sized corn, but the genes are spreading to other species, creating abnormally large Komodo dragons and a cobra (one that's bullet-proof and swims underwater).
As for the actors, it appears the acting genes skipped a generation.
Miss Fritton sounds something like a melding of Julia Child and Eleanor Roosevelt, and definitely has Sim's droll and deadpan comic genes.
A DinoCroc is created when manipulation of prehistoric genes runs amok.
He developed a theory to decode genes and block the human ageing process, but if he doesn't come up with detailed reports any time soon, his research will be stopped.
Wayne was portrayed very well in this film, and the Penquin was back to his true form, no mutant genes in him this time!
The computer which controls the teleportation decides to splice Seth's and the Fly's genes together.
Unsurprisingly, The Fly II is a disappointment, emerging as a mere exercise in formulaic shocks and little else, as young Martin Brundle (Eric Stoltz) is brought up by the sinister Bartok (Lee Richardson) only to realise his horrendous destiny as dormant genes in his body begin to transform him into a crossbreed of fly and human, just his like deceased father.
Unknown to Martin Brundle, he carries his father's genes, and he begins to rapidly transform into a monstrous human/fly abhorration.
I'm so glad i was born with "Happy Genes" .
It didn't hurt that Kate is just as funny if not funnier than her mom (good genes) and Matthew should be credited for his great sense of humor.
Liza Minnelli has it in her genes from her beloved mother, Judy Garland, and Vincente Minnelli.
Hollywood is really harsh with aging actresses but this doesn't give them any excuse for trying (unsuccessfully) to look sexy and desirable until...death, especially when it's not in their genes.
I don't care how much that woman wanted a baby, one look at these people should give anyone pause about whether those are the genes you really want in a child you raise.
Well.. Quite simply put.. Part of their genes.
Genetically modified mice either lack a specific gene or gene-pair (knock-out mice) or carry a piece of foreign DNA integrated into their own chromosomes (transgenic mice), and are used to deduce the functions of particular genes.
This protein is involved in a process called apoptosis in which damaged cells commit "suicide" to ensure that their defective genes are not passed on to daughter cells.
Its first sentence read: "How genes might specify the complex structures found in higher organisms is a major unsolved problem of biology."
How do genes build organs, bones, or skin and specify their function?
In principle, we could learn what genes do just by reading their chemical language.
But we could not tackle the chemistry of genes.
This approach defines genes according to an organism's observable characteristics.
Fortunately, technological progress lets us define genes much faster than Mendel could.
This would provide us with lots of genetic variation, enabling us to analyze the genes fully.
The plan was not to trace genes directly to behavior, but to separate the problem into two questions: a developmental question ("how do genes build nervous systems?"), and a physiological question ("how do nervous systems or brains generate behavior?").
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