The whole point of defining this familiar process as transmission of memes is so that we can explore its analogy with the transmission of genes.

将这个熟悉的过程定义为模因传播的关键是我们可以探索它与基因传播的类比。

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At that point, she says, the genes really kicked in.

她说，在那个时刻，基因确实起了作用。

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We will begin looking at genetic databases to figure out what pathways these genes point toward and maybe start to look at some animal models.

我们将开始在基因数据库中寻找这些基因的途径，也许开始研究一些动物模型。

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And one bit of evidence that these genes are implicated is that some unfortunate people have point mutations in these genes.

证明这些基因起作用的一些证据,是这些基因会在某些不幸的人身上,发生点突变

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Animals that are altruistic even to the point of dying to help another, those genes will, under some circumstances, be preserved over the genes of people who are less caring.

有强烈利它主义的动物,甚至为其他动物牺牲自己，这些基因在某些情况下，就会被保存下来,而那些不关心他人的基因则不会。

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For one point about anticancer genes is that several have to go wrong in the same cell before a tumour can grow.

ECONOMIST: Cancer genetics

Zinc fingers, so named because they contain a zinc atom and are shaped like an index finger, can turn specific genes off or on or to some point in between, delete genes altogether or add new genetic material.

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But from the point of view of the selfish genes themselves, there is no paradox.

FORBES: The Myth ... of the Myth of Junk DNA