1.   This dog breed has a number of desirable traits.

2.   At the same time, can we rapidly and efficiently transfer only desirable traits?

3.   Breeders might take a plant with a desirable characteristic, like disease resistance, and cross it with another plant with other desirable traits, like high yield.

4.   But when it comes to desirable traits, most people take more credit than they deserve.

5.   But work remains to figure out what the genes do and which ones are responsible for desirable traits.

6.   Generally, minority groups are allowed certain desirable traits in the culture, which they pay for with a matched set of negative traits.

7.   Her mild temperament is a very desirable inherited trait for captive tigers and could result in future movie roles for her, he said.

8.   Hybrids are crosses between genetically different plants, bred to combine desirable traits.

9.   In genetically altering an organism, genes from one species may be spliced into another to confer certain desirable traits, like resistance to blights or pests.

10.   Instead, the company will focus on engineering desirable traits that are expressed only in the presence of another chemical or process that farmers would purchase from it.