Sentence examples for genetic tendency from inspiring English sources

The difference in weight gain was even larger between fraternal twins, so dieters may also have a higher genetic tendency to gain.

"The hawk/dove labels are pretty silly because they suggest some unchanging genetic tendency towards favouring one type of policy; anyone who was like that would be very ill suited to be on the MPC," he said.

More than 25 genes may play a role, and some families have such a strong genetic tendency to allergies that, as one researcher said, not even living in a barn would protect them.

After Dr. Young found that male voles with a genetically limited vasopressin response were less likely to find mates, Swedish researchers reported that men with a similar genetic tendency were less likely to get married.

Their causes include uncontrolled high blood pressure, atherosclerosis and a genetic tendency to have weak tissue or an abnormal valve in the aorta.

Even though that virtuous circle may have originated with the child's genetic tendency, it can be strengthened by what happens after the baby is born.

Or to put it another way, some "environmental" (or "nurture") effects are actually attributable to genetic tendencies.

Although the cause of the obesity epidemic remains unclear, researchers have repeatedly pointed to some people's genetic tendencies and to unhealthy eating habits.

It is said that parents of one child believe that upbringing determines personality, but parents with two children believe in genetic tendencies.

Until recently, the only portents on offer were traits that ran in the family, and even they conflated genetic tendencies with family traditions.

But it is evident that emotional life is a function of the interaction of genetic tendencies and the evaluative beliefs acquired through experience.