Genes determine the characteristics of every living thing.
基因决定每个生物的特征。
Variation among humans is limited to the possible permutations of our genes.
人类的变化形式受限于我们基因可能的那些排列。
Scientists would soon be able to manipulate human genes to control the aging process.
科学家将很快能够通过操控人类基因来控制衰老的过程。
Natural selection ensures only the fittest survive to pass their genes on to the next generation.
物竞天择确保只有最适应环境的物种才得以生存下来，把基因传递给下一代。
He points out that more than 200 genes influence weight.
他指出，有200多种基因会影响体重。
But in March 2010, a judge ruled that genes were unpatentable.
但在2010年3月，一名法官裁定，基因不可申请专利。
"Most genes are regulated by a master set of genes," Farrant says.
“大多数基因是由一组主基因来调控的。”法兰特说。
The stripes of the Semper Augustus were caused by the genes of a virus.
“永远的奥古斯都”上的条纹是由一种病毒基因造成的。
The platypus genome reveals the animal held onto genes for odor-detection.
鸭嘴兽的基因组还显示其带有气味感觉的基因。
His genes will live on, and perhaps we'll see an even greater Exmoor stag.
他的基因将传承下去，也许我们会看到一个更大的埃克斯穆尔鹿。
Not only the coloring genes, but lots of other genes are getting mixed up, too.
不仅是染色基因，还有很多其他基因也混在一起了。
Something as complex as intellect is likely to be affected by many factors beyond genes.
像智力这样复杂的东西很可能受到基因之外的许多因素的影响。
This is significant, because the amino acid sequence of an enzyme is determined by genes.
这很重要，因为酶的氨基酸序列是由基因决定的。
Silent genes accumulate random mutations, they reasoned, eventually rendering them useless.
他们推断，沉默基因积累随机突变，最终使它们变得无用。
It's pretty incredible how it has managed to hijack the genes of the algae on which it feeds.
它成功地劫持了食物藻类的基因，实在是不可思议。
We all know that we are the product of our genes, but what are all the steps from gene to us?
我们都知道我们是基因的产物，但是从基因到我们的所有步骤是什么呢？
Researchers studying how genes control animal behavior have had to deal with many uncertainties.
研究基因如何控制动物行为的研究人员不得不面对许多不确定因素。
Genes are replicators that pass on information about properties and characteristics of organisms.
基因是传递生物属性和特征信息的复制因子。
If these silent genes are somehow switched back on, they argued, long-lost traits could reappear.
他们认为，如果这些沉默的基因以某种方式被重新激活，长期丢失的性状可能会重新出现。
Although some rivers have been recolonized, the unique genes of the original populations have been lost.
尽管一些河流被重新殖民，但原始种群的独特基因已经消失。
In fact, the process can embed small flaws in the genes of clones that scientists are only now discovering.
事实上，这个过程可能会在克隆的基因中嵌入一些小的缺陷，而科学家们直到现在才发现这些缺陷。
The assumption is that even if this DNA doesn't make up any of the genes, it must serve some other purpose.
这个假设是，即使这个DNA不构成任何基因，它一定有其他的用途。
We think that we may have an almost complete understanding of the set of abnormal genes that drive this cancer.
我们想我们可能对导致这种癌症的一组异常基因有了近乎完全的了解。
The term kleptoplasty is used to describe the practice of using hijacked genes to create nutrients from sunlight.
盗食质体这个术语用以描述利用被劫持的基因从阳光中制造营养物质的做法。
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