But it was his emphasis on biological descent that prompted Ron Merkel QC to attribute to him notions of racial identity akin to eugenics.
The moral sense, for Darwin, was derived by biological descent from animal instinct, and particularly from the social instincts developed by natural selection.
You don't even have to believe in Judaism to live in Israel, so long as you can prove biological descent from Jews.
In addition, while Altaian Kazakh villages showed some degree of genetic differentiation, they appeared to share a common biological ancestry, suggesting that the observed differences were attributable to the presence of clan structure or closely related descent groups.
The cell theory implies continuous descent; biological processes do not begin de novo but rather unfold within this living context.
Gabriel Weston's award-winning first book, Direct Red, described her rise to seniority and prestige as an ambitious young surgeon and her subsequent – voluntary, beneath the usual social and biological pressures of womanhood – descent from that pinnacle.
The driven, thwarted and not hugely likable woman at the center of this memoirlike novel, which takes as its central conceit the biological concept of matrilineal descent, is modeled on Drabble's own mother.
The driven, thwarted and not hugely likable woman at the center of this memoir-like novel, which takes as its central conceit the biological concept of matrilineal descent, is modeled on Kathleen Marie Bloor, the author's own mother.
The driven, thwarted and not hugely likable woman at the center of this memoir-like novel, which takes as its central conceit the biological concept of matrilineal descent, is modeled on Drabble's own mother.
Days chronicles the story of Yuddy, an insatiable playboy in 1960's Hong Kong, grappling with the feelings he has for his former prostitute adoptive mother and his biological mother of aristocratic Filipino descent.
The following criteria were used for the selection of patients for the current study: (1) currently actively participating in the BSRBR long-term safety study, (2) doctor-confirmed diagnosis of RA, (3) currently or have been treated with one of the three anti-TNF biological agents, (4) European Caucasian descent and (5) reached 6 months of follow-up.
