Sentence examples for traits pass from inspiring English sources

On a macroevolutionary time scale, more and more traits pass into the permanently frozen state due to a universal process of sorting on the basis of stability [ 47].

But I wanted a child who was biologically my own; I longed to see all of those funny traits passed down (for better or worse) from my dad, my siblings and my assortment of fay old aunts.

If facial expressions are just cultural traits, passed down through the generations by imitation, their meanings would have diverged by now, he argued.

Here, FP is the number of 1000 simulated traits passing the significance threshold of P < 0.001, and thus each SNP is expected to falsely associate with one of the 1000 simulated traits by chance alone (FP = 1).

Mill life felt inevitable, like a genetic trait passed down generation to generation.

Pride prompted his return, a trait passed right from the coal mines.

It did not surprise anyone in the Owen household because quickness was a family trait, passed from father to Michael and each of his four siblings.

THE FACTS -- Men who notice their hair vanishing prematurely have long been inclined to lay the blame squarely on their mothers, prompted by the old wives' tale that male pattern baldness is a trait passed down on the maternal side.

Further studies may prove that this reaction is actually an inheritable trait passed from one generation to the next, as the less aggressive of the human species who chose flight over fight are now more likely to reproduce, resulting in what Richard Aldwin has named 'the heredity of cowardice' (Aldwin, 515).

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.

The important principle is that only traits that pass on genes will survive natural selection.