Physical evidence has two main parts: class characteristics and individual characteristics. "Class characteristics are characteristics that are common to a group of similar objects. ... These are class characteristics. Individual characteristics are those characteristics that are unique to a given object and set it apart from similar objects. ... The three bases for incompetence are emotional/psychological factors, cognitive or intellectual factors, and physical factors. ...

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The dominant gene is superior to the recessive gene which therefore means any matched pair of chromosomes that differ in information will result in the dominant characteristic being expressed in the zygote. The zygote will ultimately inherit genes from both its mother and father and contain 46 chromosomes with dominant and recessive characteristics present. It is this process that gives athletes their unique physical characteristics as well as internal attributes such as lactate threshold and the amount of muscle proteins. ...

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Although many of the genetically passed traits are physical in nature, along the lines of eye color, skin color and so on, scientists are now trying to prove that there are genes passed to a child that tells if the kid will have a criminal or aggressive personality. I agree one hundred and ten percent with the fact that physical traits are passed on but I do not agree with the theory or myth that one would have criminal intent because of a gene that they are born with. ... It is of my belief that heredity is composed of strictly physical traits and can have an effect on your risks of getting...

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The possible physical damage that could be done if human cloning became a reality is obvious when one looks at the sheer loss of life that occurred before the birth of Dolly. ... In addition to physical harms, there are worries about the psychological harms on cloned human children. ... Cloning could certainly benefit couples who are infertile and want to have a child of their own, thus they could use cloning to produce a baby with their similar characteristics. In fact they may even choose the characteristics of their child. ...

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However, despite how many or how few individual characteristics twins have in common, they are different people. ... Some psychological characteristics may be biologically based and the parent will know in advance what crisis a cloned teenager will go through and how he or she will respond. ... Though God's miraculous creation of Eve was far from cloning, it is interesting to note in passing that God's own Word says He used Adam's rib- physical bone and tissue- to create Eve." ...

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In layman's terms, the DNA in our cells determines our inherited characteristics such as eye color, hair color, blood type, and so on (Martini, 1998, p.57). ... The person who committed the crime can confess; the victim or witnesses can identify the person who committed the crime; or information can be obtained through physical evidence that links a specific person to the crime or to the victim. Physical evidence is sometimes called the silent witness, and examination of physical evidence is the way crimes are most often solved (Silverstein, 1996, book flap). ...

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They act as a certain sequence of base pairs that codes for a certain trait/characteristic. ... It is described as a Physical Map', which has helped with the draft sequence and already helped identify 100 disease genes.2 A mutation is a change in the genetic material of a cell. ...

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Organisms will depend on reproduction, how mates will attract to each other, and physical fitness. Sexual selection is natural selection arising through preference by one sex for certain characteristics in individuals of the other sex. ...

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Cloning Is cloning ethical? The majority of the world would say no but the medical research possibilities associated with it are endless. In 1997 when Dolly the lamb was born we began to think, "Wow if it's possible to clone an animal why not a human in the futur...

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Do you remember that John Lennon song he recorded before his untimely death, "Imagine-? The one verse says, "imagine all the people - well imagine if all the people looked the same, shared the same physical characteristics, and had no individuality. Pretty scary, wouldn't you say so? The subject of ...

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I)Darwin's Dilemma A)Darwin set sail on December 27, 1831 for a cruise around the world 1)He was well educated and had a strong interest in natural history 2)He also had keen powers of observation and an analytical mind 3)Each place he went he collected animal and plant specimens to his collection (a)He examined his specimens and filled notebooks with his observations B)Throughout the voyage he witnessed countless wonders of nature 1)He demanded explanations for these wonders II)The Diversity of Life A)When Darwin visited tropical South America he saw countless species 1)In one ...

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