He also dismisses the notion that sex selection would lead to a more sinister form of eugenics.

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Cutler was identified as the lead attorney when the jury selection began in March, but he stumbled badly during his opening statement and then infuriated the judge with a savage cross-examination of a woman who claimed Spector threatened her with a gun.

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Charles Darwin, by contrast, found a lead for his theory of natural selection in the whimsical hobby of pigeon fancying, where the birds showed an enormous variety of form and behaviour.

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Opponents of sex selection argue that it could lead to an artificial imbalance between the number of boys and girls being born.

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Another reason for expecting that disease-related genes would be recently evolved is that the older a gene is, the more likely it is that errors and weaknesses that could lead to disease will have been eliminated by natural selection.

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If this trend of retailers refusing to sell Amazon products continues, it can only lead to Amazon cornering the market on both price and selection.

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Now leading the Super Eagles in Sunday's qualifier against Zimbabwe's Warriors, Okocha intends to make himself available for future selection, if Nigeria is unable to build a healthy lead in their qualifying group.

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"After a thorough and deliberate selection process, the board of directors is delighted that Krzanich will lead Intel as we define and invent the next generation of technology that will shape the future of computing, " said Andy Bryant, chairman of Intel.

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Lead plaintiffs, regardless of the size of their investment, were allowed to play a central role in the selection of counsel and their compensation (which could be as much as 40% of any settlement).

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