One group of questions is concerned with the properties of hereditary relations, the sources of variations (in particular, whether they can be environmentally induced), the stability of variations and their regulation, and so on.
The lack of a heredity mechanism was one of the greatest shortcomings for the Origin, one that would not be overcome for 70 years until the discovery of genetics and understanding of sources of hereditary variation and mechanisms that maintain variation within populations (Provine 1971).
The women posting on the FORCE board were an excellent source of information about hereditary breast cancer and various post-mastectomy recovery issues.
Although no evidence for the association of common CNVs with breast cancer susceptibility has been reported [ 2], recent genome-wide studies suggest that rare CNVs represent an alternative source of genetic variation influencing hereditary breast cancer risk [ 3, 4].
(by Mr Pinkney) we had not among us those hereditary distinctions, of rank which were a great source of the contests in the ancient Govts.
A holder of sovereignty derives authority from some mutually acknowledged source of legitimacy — natural law, a divine mandate, hereditary law, a constitution, even international law.
Included in canons were the rejection of hereditary claims to a benefice or prebend, which was a source of consternation to the clergy.
Until recently, the source of cancers was thought to be (1) hereditary, (2) infectious or (3) sporadic.
Since in several of these hereditary amyloidoses the liver is either the exclusive or predominant source of the abnormal protein, liver transplantation has been offered to affected patients as a form of 'surgical gene therapy' [ 19, 20].
Hereditary kingship prevailed in Phoenicia until Hellenistic times, and Greek and Roman sources refer to kingship at Carthage.
