It persists for generation after generation.
The belief that water droplets on plants focus solar rays and burn foliage has persisted for generations.
The result was a unique blend of principles that persisted for generations as the foundation of religion, government, and society in Myanmar.
Holding authorities accountable on key measures of local nuisance, including graffiti, litter, drug use and loitering teenagers seems simplistic and inadequate as a solution to social problems that have persisted for generations.
But frequently used words can persist for generations, even millennia, and similar sounds and meanings often turn up in very different languages.
Differences in DNA methylation patterns among different human races are present right from the birth (Adkins et al., 2011) and these differences persist for generations as long as they maximally inhabit in the same biogeographic region.
Birds of intermediate to red plumage have persisted for generations.
Perhaps the War on Terror and the 2008 debt crisis were blips on Musk's radar, but they indelibly stamped the lives of millions of people, and their effects will persist for generations.
Farmers of every race have struggled with the income inequities that have persisted for generations, and advocates like Ms. Sherrod have moved mountains to ensure that families can remain in their homes and on their farms.
In some cases these polymorphisms can persist for generations, even past the lifespan of a species.
It has been shown that silencing phenotypes induced by RNAi can persist for generations.
