Quotes About Genes

When the hoary old question of nature versus nurture comes around, sides form quickly.

Family traits, like murder, will out. Nature has but so many molds.

sociobiologists are not merely willing, but devoted, "Slaves of the Gene."" They believe that an organism-a man, say-is epiphenomenal to his genes: an effect, not a cause. Or at least, they believe that a man is about as epiphenomenal to his genes, as his singlet (for example) is to him. Wilson spoke for all sociobiologists, when he said: "An organism is only DNA's way of making more DNA."24 Fourth:

Sociobiology, then, is a religion: one which has genes as its gods. Yet

Namely, that for every once that Dawkins says that genes are not purposive, he says a hundred things (many of which I have quoted) which imply that genes are purposive. And

Because we are universal explainers, we are not simply obeying our genes. For

The modern West has been deeply split about freedom and responsibility. On the one hand, it has championed human freedom in many forms - human rights, sexual freedom, political liberty, freedom to choose in many spheres. On the other hand, many of its most intelligent members have not believed that people are free at all, and have devoted great efforts to show that really we are the product of our genes, our unconscious drives, our education, economic pressures, or other forms of conditioning.

The Tablets describe how the genes of the Annunaki and those of the native humans were combined in a test tube to create the 'updated' human capable of doing the tasks the Anunnaki required. The idea of test tube babies would have sounded ridiculous when the tablets were found in 1850, but that is precisely what scientists are now able to do. Again and again modern research supports the themes of the Sumerian Tablets.

Heredity and environment interact constantly, Hilda wrote. We seek out occurrences and activities which stimulate our genes and make them flourish, and we avoid things which frighten us or make us uncomfortable.

I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.

You don't have to go the gym - just walk 10,000 steps a day and you are activating your good genes. But do practise yoga.

I have good genes in my family, so we'll see just how long I'll be around.

My whole family is quite petite, so I have good genes on my side. But I find it quite tiresome that we have to keep talking about sizes and how much weight we can lose.

I'm lucky to have very good genes. My mother was so tiny she was almost bird-like, and my father was tall and lean. Both lived until their early 80s.

My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.

Well, my mom was an Olympian, so we have some good genes on that front.

I was always thin. I guess I have good genes, so I never worried too much about my weight.

So you're her brother? Says Linn. I guess we know who got the good genes.

When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is a very great deal of complication, and indeed beauty in being a gene machine.

And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance.

We can change the expression of more than 70 percent of the genes that have a direct bearing on our health and longevity.

Every drop of human blood contains a history book written in the language of our genes.

we are the product of this universe and I think it can be argued that the entire cosmic code is imprinted in us. Just as our genes carry the memory of our biological ancestors, our logic carries the memory of our cosmological ancestry. We are not just imposing human-centric notions on a cosmos independent of us. We are progeny of this cosmos and our ability to understand it is an inheritance.

The degree of cooperation between organisms can be expected to be a direct function of the proportion of the genes they share; conversely, the degree of conflict between them is an inverse function of the proportion of shared genes.