1.   The genes we inherit influence our behaviour.

2.   For instance, one gene might influence the angle of branching, another might influence the length of some particular branch.

3.   The criterion for selection is not the genes themselves, but the bodies whose shape the genes influence through DEVELOPMENT.

4.   Another was the creation of one of the first labs to focus on how genes influence cardiovascular physiology.

5.   Conditions believed to be influenced by genes in the MHC region range from cancer and autoimmune diseases to reading and sleeping disorders.

6.   Dr. Flaherty said that this was possible, but added that it was also possible the gene would influence learning.

7.   Israeli researchers reported this year in the journal Nature that they had found that genes may influence levels of dopamine in the brain.

8.   One chapter notes, for example, that average height has increased even though it is strongly influenced by genes.

9.   The frontal structure, says Thompson, appears to be as highly influenced by genes as fingerprints.

10.   The overall goal is to understand at the most fundamental level how a human develops from an embryo and how genes influence health and disease.