#genetic

He was pale as only one state on Bhast dictated—not lacking color necessarily or vitality, certainly. Fey white was more comparable to a pearl; the color subtle and the luster soft, but still vibrant. In spite of the tragedy that could come with it, it was not a dying state. It was a state of living…sometimes much more brilliantly than people could cope with, including the Fey individuals themselves. ↗

— T.A. Miles

#dying #fey #genetic-state #life #living

Diabetes is passed that way -- over and down, like a knight in chess. ↗

— Maile Meloy

#family #genetics #short-story #spy-vs-spy #family

The laws of genetics apply even if you refuse to learn them. ↗

— Allison Plowden

#hemophilia #royal-family #family

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#fascinating #fertile #genetic #i #i think

Genetic code is a divine writing. ↗

— Toba Beta

#creation #divine #dna #genetic #god

We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#genetics #science #science

Human beings are ultimately nothing but carriers-passageways- for genes. They ride us into the ground like racehorses from generation to generation. Genes don't think about what constitutes good or evil. They don't care whether we are happy or unhappy. We're just means to an end for them. The only thing they think about is what is most efficient for them. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#heredity #humanity #science #science

It is interesting to wonder whether taxonomists of the future may regret the way our generation messed around with genomes. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#science #science

Show me the science. Last I heard, gay six-year-olds remain unproven. ↗

— Vernon D. Burns

#science

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#evolution #genetics #evolution