The phrase "apt to develop the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a tendency or likelihood for something to grow or evolve in a particular way.
Example: "Children are often apt to develop the skills they see modeled by their parents."
Alternatives: "likely to cultivate the" or "prone to foster the".
Relative to whites, blacks were about twice as likely and Hispanics about one and a half times as apt to develop the disease, according to 2010 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures, a report released by the Alzheimer's Association in March.
Diabetes, in particular, is a serious health concern because Latinos are three times more apt to develop the disease than Anglos, according to William Wright, chief of the diabetes control program at the state Department of Health Services.
In the processing of cassava starch it is vital to complete the whole process within the shortest time possible, since as soon as the roots have been dug up, as well as during each of the subsequent stages of manufacture, enzymatic processes are apt to develop with a deteriorating effect on the quality of the end product.
HIV-infected patients are apt to develop aggressive periodontal disease and the associated ulcerative gingivitis, which can result in marked gingival recession and other oral lesions [ 16].
Lonely old people, Dutch researchers have found, are more apt to develop dementia.
As with other forms of culture, trickster tales are apt to develop and evolve when differing societies interact.
Women develop rosacea more often than men, but men are more apt to develop lumpy, enlarged noses, a condition called rhinophyma.
Maybe they are more efficient at photosynthesis, or they're less apt to develop weak (narrow) branch attachments prone to breakage.
The guidelines also say that any chimera possessing human cells should not be allowed to breed, and that human stem cells should not be put into other primates, such as chimpanzees, where a more human-like brain might be apt to develop.
Ethnicity does not make you more or less apt to develop an unhealthy attitude towards food and body image either.
Also, dogs as a species are more likely to acquire certain conditions like arthritis, while kitties are more apt to develop hyperthyroidism or chronic kidney disease.
