Previously, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) we showed that sons offatherswho had started smoking regularly before puberty (< 13 years) had increased fat mass during childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. We now show that if thepaternalgrandfathe...
refers to the ability of a single genotype to produce multiple phenotypes when exposed to different environments. Secondary adaptations (sometimes called post-adaptations) are adaptive changes that an exaptation undergoes to become better suited to its evolutionarily novel function. Secondary sexual signals...
however, is that twins as a group feel closer to their newly found twin than to the adopted sibling they were raised with since childhood. Here, a perceived lack of
We are grateful to the E-Risk study mothers and fathers, the twins and the twins’ teachers, and the Add Health study participants and their parents for their participation. Our thanks to CACI, Google Street View and to members of the E-Risk team for their dedication, hard work and ...
Blind people can’t fly planes because they don’t have the same abilities as those with sight. Four year olds don’t drive because they don’t have the same abilities as those that are older. Women should be permitted to go around most parts of the country with the twins flapping in ...
It’s interesting (or sad) that English Bible translators have such a problem with this. German has different words for human being (Mensch), man (Mann) and woman (Frau; Weib in old German). Even Luther in his translation of 1545 correctly renders the terms. He even coins “Männin”...
HPV16-specific cell-mediated immunity (CMI) was studied in 10 case-children born to mothers with an incident cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) diagnosed during their 14-year follow-up (FU), and in 21 children born to mothers, who remained constantly HPV-negative (controls). The mean ...
I've been taking photographs of everything for more than 30 years. After becoming a mother to twins I found an inexhaustable subject, I wanted to capture every moment of the amazing journey of childhood. Co-Founder Baby Bank UK,
different personality. The only just laws are the ones that punish those that actually degrade someone’s human personality. Rape, murder, robbery, and fraud are all examples of this. When someone rapes another they are taking away their free will to do whatever they choose. And those who ...
Different mutations occurring in the unstable CGG repeat in 5' untranslated region of FMR1 gene are responsible for three fragile X-associated disorders. An expansion of over ∼200 CGG repeats when associated with abnormal methylation and inactivation of the promoter is the mutation termed ‘full ...