genetics

• “The expectation in genetics is that only repeated efforts to replicate associations on independent samples by several research teams will verify initial findings like these," they wrote.”

  The Guardian: Reading the Guardian? It could be down to your 'liberal genes'

• “The Iowa-born expert in genetics is known as the man behind the "Green Revolution" of the”

  The Humanitarian Nobel Peace Prizes

• “Suggesting that, in light of an enduring and widely observed academic performance gap between blacks and whites, such gap may be attributable to genetics is to simply explore a scientific hypothesis to explain a persistent, observed phenomenon.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Scientists’ Openness to the Possibility of Genetic Differences in Mental Traits Among Racial and Ethnic Groups

• “Dwi means “distinct or second,” and ja means “birth,” ja being the same root as gen in the English word genetics.”

  Simon & Schuster: Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar

• “Toward the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, after Bateson had coined the term genetics for the emerging new field of transmission studies in 1906, Wilhelm Johannsen codified this distinction by introducing the notions of genotype and phenotype, respectively, for these two spaces.”

  Gene

• “Chief of privacy Harriet Pearson simply inserted the term genetics into IBM’s existing equal opportunity and diversity policies that covered other types of discrimination based on age, gender, and other factors.”

  Simon & Schuster: The $1,000 Genome

• “The USSR did not believe in genetics because it was bad Soviet politics.”

  Think Progress » Inhofe’s Grandchildren Build Igloo To Mock Killer Snow Storm: ‘Al Gore’s New Home’

• “Cutting-edge seed companies continue to make advances in genetics and biotechnology, allowing us to increase the robustness of staple crops.”

  The Huffington Post: James C. Borel: To Feed the World, Think Locally -- and Act Locally

• “Likewise, the safe modification of human genetics is still years away.”

  Get Smarter

• “Pedro Antonio Arraes, who is president of Embrapa and received his doctorate in genetics and plant breeding at the University of Wisconsin, said Embrapa's role is to improve production per acre so Brazil uses its land efficiently.”

  The Washington Post: Brazilian scientists turning nation into an agro-power

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