Quotes About Genetics

In the 1920s and 1930s, scientists from both the political left and right would not have found the idea of designer babies particularly dangerous - though, of course, they would not have used that phrase.

I have to say that my dad's face is very malleable. He's barely got any cartilage in his face. I think I maybe inherited that Play-Doh-like physicality from him.

Physicians should be genotyped.

All of my life, I've been blessed with a fast metabolism and a petite physique.

Not only am I having a girl, but I picked the girl from her little embryo.

I know I can't eat whatever I want and look the way I want, so you need to work for it. I give credit to Pilates and my parents' good genes.

Alcoholism is a disease. People will debate whether it is a disease of the mind, of genetics, or of circumstances. I don't have the answer to that debate, and frankly I don't care because when you try to pinpoint 'why,' it can often lead to blaming another person, an incident in your past, or circumstances.

All my children inherited perfect pitch.

I did not want to raise a genetically compromised child. I did not want my children to have to contend with the massive diversion of parental attention, and the consequences of being compelled to care for their brother after I died. I wanted a genetically perfect baby, and because that was something I could control, I chose to end his life.

I think that the idea of people wanting to steal your genome remains a little bit in the world of science fiction.

Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary.

The body is not shaped for maximum health or longevity; it is shaped for maximum transmission of its genes. Alleles (different versions of a gene) that increase the number of offspring become more common over the generations, even if that shortens life and increases suffering. This is not merely theoretical. Half of the human population has been shaped by selection to live fast and die young.

Beauty is a genetic device: trickery that instigates competition.

We humans are made such that loving attention can overcome both genetics and environment to a truly remarkable extent.

Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science - in all of biology.

The evolution of animal behavior does constitute a learning process, but it is learning by the species, not by the individual, and the fruits of this learning process are encoded in DNA.

Ironically, it was the completion of the Human Genome Project a decade ago that showed how little the genetic code told us about living organisms (and even less about complex ones such as us).

I have no butt, none of the men in my family do.

Sickle cell disease has personally affected my family.

Telomeres are the ends of our chromosomes that control how long we live. As telomeres become shorter, then cells age and die more quickly. In simple terms, as your telomeres get shorter, your life gets shorter.

There is a long history of how DNA sequencing can bring certainty to people's lives.

My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.

Sheer luck. I was lucky to have been born with cheekbones.

I was lucky to have been born with cheekbones.