Michael Horton Quotes

Genetics is about how information is stored and transmitted between generations.

Each part of our genome is unique. We would not be alive if there was not a single mathematical solution for our chromosomes. We would just be scrambled goo.

With our knowledge of modern-day genetics, we realize that it was possible for God to place the potential for all people throughout history into the genes of Adam and Eve when He created them.

The origin of each of us stems from codes of genetic inheritance.

One of the things about genetics that has become clearer as we've done genomes - as we've worked our way through the evolutionary tree, including humans - is that we're probably much more genetic animals than we want to confess we are.

My genetics are good, but they aren't crazy He-Man style.

Heritability pertains to the entirety of the genome, not to a single gene.

Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.

We used to think that our destiny is in the stars. Now we know that its in our genes, in our DNA.

human genetics has taught us that when it comes to our telomerase, we humans live on a knife edge. OK, simply put, yes, nudging up telomerase does decrease the risks of some diseases, but it also increases the risks of certain and rather nasty cancers.

One of the things that got me interested in genetics was the relationship between genes and environment. We are all dealt a certain deck of cards, but our environment can influence the outcomes.

The nice thing about genetics is, I can see my kids doing what I used to do, which is inhaling books like breathing.

Your genetics is not your destiny.

Genes are mysterious things, still unpredictable after all of our research, flecks of humanity that can destroy lives but, just as often, can teach us to appreciate the strange wonder of our existence.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my genes because I can't do anything about them.

and another claimed it was inherited through a parent who was a carrier of the defective gene. I had always assumed the latter was the case with Claire. After all, surely a child who grew out of grief would be born with a heavy heart.

This means that any aliens would also be affected by Adam’s sin, but because they are not Adam’s descendants, they can’t have salvation.

I'm really, really lucky. I was given my dad's good genes.

In college, I had an early introduction to classical genetics from Professor Dan Lindsley, also an extraordinary teacher who influenced me greatly.

The genome could be thought of as a kind of piano with twenty-five thousand keys. In some cases, a few keys may be out of tune, which can cause the music to sound wrong. In others, if one key goes dead the music turns into a cacophony, or the whole piano self-destructs.

A few small changes in your DNA can turn your eyes blue, make you lactose intolerant or put some curl in your hair.

I first heard about 'genes' when I was six years old. At dinner one night, I heard my mom tell my sister, 'It's in your genes.'

All human beings are, in fact, born with dozens of mutations their parents lacked, and a few of those mutations could well be lethal if we didn't have two copies of every gene, so one can pick up the slack if the other malfunctions.

The science of genetics will complicate immensely national health insurance.

The doctrines of Christian theology are a rhapsody of feigned and ill-invented nonsense