First, they're affected by the vast racial businesses and wealth that are passed down from generation to generation.
And it remains a sacred trust that must be passed down from one generation to the next.
Heirloom seeds are those that are passed down from generation to generation, are open-pollinated and aren't patented or genetically modified.
Families and sporting companies have sent rods and golf clubs, which are passed down from one unit to the next.
Mitochondrial DNA is passed down from mothers to their offspring, so only all-female lines of descent can be traced using those indicators.
This association is directly engaged in maintaining traditions of spinning, dyeing and weaving, passed down from generation to generation within the community.
Sponging is a complex hunting tactic passed down from mother to offspring.
It is a space for family elders to tell their stories so that they can be passed down from one generation to the next.
The knowledge required for raising castells is traditionally passed down from generation to generation within a group, and can only be learned by practice.
While it was common for these skills to be passed down from father to son, many young men were also adopted into the ninja clans.
The techniques involved, including warp ikat, double-face embroidery, and single-face jacquard weaving, are passed down from mothers to daughters from early childhood through verbal instruction and personal demonstration.
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While slavery was abolished in Mali after independence from the French in 1960, there are still more than 800, 000 victims of slave cast identity, which means their status as slaves is passed down from their parents.
Passed down from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday, the plan is anchored by a 6 percent flat tax on energy production revenue, including both direct earnings and funds associated with feed-in tariffs (FITs).
The technique could be used to prevent debilitating and fatal "mitochondrial" diseases, which are passed down only from mother to child.
Even though little direct evidence survives, stories about Ms Yai Damrongthammasan have been passed down generations from people who knew and met her - attesting, Dr Seeger says, to her charisma.
"My mother used to tell me stories about Mulan when I was a little girl and its just one of those stories thats been passed on down from generation to generation for thousands of years, " says Ming-Na Wen, who brings to life the character Mulan.
Most of Cambodia's artistic traditions had been passed down orally, from teacher to student, up through the 1970s.
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Preparations, which last for a whole year, follow instructions passed down to children from age five, and from generation to generation.
The women of the Yakama tribe passed down a unique tradition from generation to generation, using a long rope of hemp twine as a literal timeline.
Known as "autosomal" analysis, this test involves scanning a million points across each person's genome to look for matches in the patterns passed down to them incrementally from previous generations.
In 2011, 41% of students passed the nursing tests, down from 58% in 2010.
As crude costs continue to rise, explains McCain, they will be passed down the production process, from crude to intermediate and to finished goods.
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Amid the desolation, the Japanese could take comfort from the thought that knowledge passed down over the generations had saved some lives.
But after anti-spam laws were passed and botnets were shut down, junk mail coming from these countries decreased.
The addition of a tiny amount of DNA from a third person will be passed down the germ line - through the eggs - to subsequent generations.
Sillero Francisca Serrano, a 78-year-old resident of Baena, the olive-oil-producing village outside Cordoba, was given her salmorejo recipe from her grandmother and in turn, has passed it down to her own grandchildren.
Material is taken from a donor, mixed with water, filtered and passed down a tube into the stomach.
Though now slowing, spending from the huge emergency budgets passed last year is still trickling down through the economy.
As the ages passed, the pressure of layers above and heat from inside the earth broke down and reassembled these simple plants and animals into chains of carbon atoms bristling with hydrogen.
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