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Susceptibility to obesity is largely a function of genetics, but the environment determines phenotypic expression.
Matthew Yglesias » Health Scares Reduce Smoking, But Not Obeisity 2009
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While inhaling each gas mix, the participants were asked to complete a measure of imaginative ability, rating the clarity and vividness of their visual imagery, as well as being given various suggestions - without the hypnotic induction - from the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale.
Boing Boing 2009
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Wooster et al., “Localization of a Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene, BRCA2, to Chromosome 13q12–13,” Science 265, no.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Wooster et al., “Localization of a Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene, BRCA2, to Chromosome 13q12–13,” Science 265, no.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Wooster et al., “Localization of a Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene, BRCA2, to Chromosome 13q12–13,” Science 265, no.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Susceptibility tests early in the outbreak had shown that this MRSA strain was resistant to a number of drugs: methicillin, tetracycline, erythromycin, and clindamycin.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Susceptibility tests early in the outbreak had shown that this MRSA strain was resistant to a number of drugs: methicillin, tetracycline, erythromycin, and clindamycin.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Susceptibility tests early in the outbreak had shown that this MRSA strain was resistant to a number of drugs: methicillin, tetracycline, erythromycin, and clindamycin.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Management Susceptibility to heart rot and decay is one of the more important factors in management of grand fir.
Grand fir 2009
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She has found that air pollution has significantly weakened conifers such as ponderosa pines and Jeffrey pines, making them more susceptible to drought and bark-beetle attacks, and less resistant to fire (see the abstract "Air Pollution Increases Forest Susceptibility to Wildfires: A Case Study in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California" by Grulke, Minnich et al).
Chris McGowan: A Clockwork Apocalypse: The Southern California Wildfire 2009
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