This suggests behavioural rather than genetic factors could hold the key to finding out why so many British children are obese, scientists claimed.
科学家宣称,行为因素而不是性别因素可能是众多英国儿童肥胖原因的关键。
In Delusions of Gender, Fine, an Australian psychologist and academic, suggested differences in behaviour between men and women have social rather than genetic causes.
但在《性别错觉》一书中,来自澳大利亚的心理学家兼学者科迪莉亚·法恩告诉我们,是社会而非遗传因素导致了男性与女性之间的行为差异。
The survey finds that most Americans, including those who say they are overweight, agree that personal behavior — rather than genetic disposition or marketing by food companies — is the main reason.
调查发现,大多数美国人,其中包括那些认为自己超重的人,都认为个人行为习惯而非遗传或其他因素是造成超重的最主要原因。
This time the topic under discussion was not genetic engineering but geoengineering—deliberately rather than accidentally changing the world's environment.
只是这次的讨论主题从基因工程换成了地球工程——没有随意性,而是有目的地改变地球环境。
In the 1980s molecular and genetic analysis was introduced, enabling species to be identified by their DNA rather than visual observation.
1980年分子学和基因分析的出现,可以通过物种的DNA而不是通常的观察来鉴别他们。
Rather than springing from a few genetic mutations that spur cells to grow at an uncontrolled pace, cancerous tumors grow from a disruption of entire chromosomes, he says.
他说,并不是几处基因突变就能导致细胞不受控制地疯长,癌细胞是因整套染色体组的瓦解之后形成的。
The study has not determined why these factors are linked to reproductive success, but it is likely that they indicate genetic, rather than environmental, effects.
研究尚不确定,这些因素何以影响生育的成功,但它们很可能标明了基因,而非环境的影响。
The same process can detect genetic variations if a sample of DNA, rather than RNA, is poured over a suitable array.
同样,如果用的样本是DNA而不是RNA的话,就可以检查基因突变的情况。
Research into the environmental drivers behind obesity, rather than the genetic ones, has tended to focus on diet and exercise, which are undoubtedly the major contributors.
Johnson说“对肥胖背后的环境因素(非遗传因素)的研究中,饮食和锻炼一直是焦点,毫无疑问它们是主要因素。”
Neutral mutation — Evolution at the molecular level is primarily determined by mutational input and random genetic drift, rather than by natural selection.
天然突变——演化过程中在分子的层次上主要是经由随机的基因流而决定,并非借由天择所影响。
Psychologists believe that the child's bad temper and bad personality is not from the parents of the "genetic", rather than learn from their parents.
心理学家认为,孩子的坏脾气和坏性格与其说是从父母那里“遗传”来的,不如说是从父母那里学来的。
Genetic medicines will be aimed at the causes of disease rather than the symptoms and doctors will start prescribing different treatments for different patients, depending on their genetic profiles.
基因药物将针对疾病的成因,而不是症状,医生会开不同处理不同的病人,这取决于他们的遗传图谱。
The scientists believe that the Masai are protected by their high physical activity rather than by some unknown genetic factor.
科学家们相信,是运动而不是基因因素使马赛人很少得心血管疾病。
Evidences were also obtained that host adaptation, rather than geographic factors, is the primary force to drive genetic differentiation of the pine stem rust fungi.
研究结果还提示松干锈菌的遗传分化主要同寄主有关,而与地理分布关系不大。
The primary biomedical benefits of cloning stem more from the use of this technology in the genetic modification of animals rather than from making identical copies.
克隆原来的生物医学之受益是将这项技术应用于动物基因的修改,而不是制造相同的复制品。
The researchers found that many previously identified genetic signals of selection may have been created by historical and demographic factors rather than by selection.
研究者发现以前发现的许多遗传学选择特征也许更多的来源于历史和人口学因素而非自然选择。
Much change is due to random genetic drift rather than positive selection. It could be called the survival of the luckiest.
许多变化源于基因的随机变异而非自由选择。我们可以称其为幸运者生存。
Rather than spending the three years since I graduated with a degree in biomedical engineering pursuing frontier genetic research, I have served as an Air Force junior officer.
在我获得研究基因方向的生物医学工程学位后,我没有耗费三年的光阴,而是成为了一名初级的空军军官。
Rather than spending the three years since I graduated with a degree in biomedical engineering pursuing frontier genetic research, I have served as an Air Force junior officer.
在我获得研究基因方向的生物医学工程学位后,我没有耗费三年的光阴,而是成为了一名初级的空军军官。
应用推荐