We have 26,000 genes. But a blind, millimetre-long roundworm with only 959 cells in total already has over 19,000.
Iain McGilchrist
BlindOverGenesCellsOnlyTotal
The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.
E. O. Wilson
LifeRestGenesPlanetVariety
I think the impulse to get to the heart of the story and to tell it well is in my genes.
Amy Bloom
HeartStoryThinkTellGenesWell
No one knows what the nongenetic causes of individuality are. Perhaps people are shaped by modifications of genes that take place after conception, or by haphazard fluctuations in the chemical soup in the womb or the wiring up of the brain or the expression of the genes themselves.
Steven Pinker
PeopleBrainSoupPlaceUpGenes
I was always thin. I guess I have good genes, so I never worried too much about my weight.
Martina McBride
GoodToo MuchNeverAlwaysGenes
Charles Darwin and I and you broke off from the family tree from chimpanzees about five million years ago. They're still our closest genetic kin. We share 98.8 percent of the genes. We share more genes with them than zebras do with horses. And we're also their closest cousin. They have more genetic relation to us than to gorillas.
Colin Camerer
FamilyTreeYouMoreYearsGenes
There are many ways in which genes influence the brain.
Sebastian Seung
BrainInfluenceGenesManyWays
Genes are natural resources.
Leroy Hood
ResourcesGenesNatural Resources
I haven't actually checked my family tree, but Rutherford is a very old Scottish name, so I've probably got Scottish genes a few generations back.
Greg Rutherford
FamilyTreeNameBackOldGenes
RNA interference has proven to be a quite reliable mechanism for turning genes off in a whole variety of different plants and animals.
Craig Mello
PlantsAnimalsReliableGenesOff
Imagine that: If you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging and extend lifespan.
Cynthia Kenyon
ChangeAgingSlowYouDownGenes
I've thought about adopting, but I'm a bit paranoid that because I'm gay and disabled I'd be put straight off the list. My mother thinks that I would jump the queue because they like minorities adopting. I have great genes, though, and I would like to pass them on.
Lee Pearson
MotherGreatThoughtGayJumpGenes
The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.
Walter Gilbert
ResponsibleInteractionGenesOur
Before the Human Genome Project, most scientists assumed, based on our complex brains and behaviors, that humans must have around 100,000 genes; some estimates went as high as 150,000.
Sam Kean
HumanProjectHighGenesComplex
Our experience in fooling around with the genes of mice has taught us that many of the traits that interest us are not definite products of specific mutations but emergent phenomena arising from extremely complex interactions between genes, environment, and life experience.
Gary Wolf
LifeExperienceEnvironmentGenesUs
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