Consider, then, two sisters: each receives half of her mother's genes, and so they have a 50% chance of sharing any given gene passed down from their mother; but the situation is different with respect to genes passed down from their father: since he is haploid, all his sperm are identical, which means that the sisters have 100% chance of sharing any gene that came from their father.
Best of all, exquisite books can be investments, given as gifts, passed down to the next generation and passed around to be shared among friends.
In 2007, total private giving passed $300 billion.
Never forgetting the importance of giving back, a trait passed down to her from her philanthropist grandmother, Kelly has been extensively involved in the local community and charities, and holds a special passion for helping children.
For the Great Barrier Reef, though, the world's most famous and largest coral reef system, a final decision passed down today gives us another gash, through which could rush millions of tonnes of coal.
Investigations followed, and Baldo's discovery gave credence to a legend passed down by generations of pious islanders – that Mljet is modern-day Melita, the place named in the Bible as the site of St Paul's shipwreck on his journey from the Holy Land.
A surface reading of her said "vanilla" — or maybe, given the air of Southern graciousness passed down from her mother, "butter pecan" — but nothing more complicated than that.
This kind of culture includes norms and values that can be passed down, values like giving others a hand up when they've fallen down.
It was then passed down to his sister Melva Given when he died in a car crash in 1962.
Before their wedding, Kevin's mother, Suzanne, gives Kate a gold locket that had been passed down on the female side of the family at weddings.
