Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them be safe? Nobody knows.

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From the beginning, each human embryo has its own unique genetic identity.

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Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment.

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The process of speciation is completed with the cessation of genetic exchange.

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One of the responsibilities faced by the Environmental Genome Project is to provide the science base upon which society can make better informed risk management decisions.

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Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.

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March of the Wheelchairs

In Dakota land lunch is dinner
and dinner supper while lunch is lunch,
as traditions from farmlands go.

Now breakfast is at 6, lunch at 9
dinner at noon, lunch at 3
supper at 7, everything timed.

Day in and day out, better not be late.
Weather fickle, eating ain’t!
Farm traditions, genetics ‘grained.

No surprise, nursing meals,
wheelchairs marching, internal time,
largo moves, staccato fades.

Day in, day out…they’re not late
Wheelchairs marching, marching in
farm traditions, genetics ‘grained.

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poem by C.H. Sund
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I've come to learn that there is a real difference between men and women. It's genetic.

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We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

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I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me.

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Old for New

It’s not every day a spud jumps out
and asks you to take it home for tea,
but this old King Edward potato did
and it wanted to be chips for me.

He said that he had been discarded
because of his sell by date.
I told him that this was no reason
to become chips upon a plate.

I asked him if he’d considered genetics,
and he said that it was too late.
His extended shelf life was now over
and he’d go out in style with a steak.

“With tubers sticking out your head, ” I said,
“you could produce potatoes by the score.
All it takes is a few months in the soil
and nature will do the rest for sure.”

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poem by Orlando Belo
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People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?

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It is important to consider whether the sample size selected by the Environmental Genome Project will provide sufficient power to discover most alleles relevant to gene-environment interactions.

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His name, Buzz, fits. He can buzz along at 40 miles an hour when his genetic memory moves him.

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Our Sins We Choose

true there exists
genetic disposition
definite inclination
tendency to act
in specific ways

yet mood temperament
personality is choice
sin is character compulsion
choice sin is definitely not
literally genetically inherited

sin is choice
we choose
to embrace
what we value
or what we desire
or to personality
rebel for diverse
desired reasons

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poem by Terence George Craddock
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I decided that the University of Sussex in Brighton was a good place for this work because it had a strong tradition in bacterial molecular genetics and an excellent reputation in biology.

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I don't have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It's what you do with it that counts.

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The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.

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The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled ""genetically engineered,"" the public will shy away and won't take them.

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In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning.

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