Abdriften
English translation: genetic drift
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|  Selected response from: Beth Kantus United States Local time: 15:56 | ||||
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| 4 +3 | genetic drift |
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| 4 +2 | in support of Beth's *genetic drift*... |
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| 4 +1 | stray from |
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| 4 | drift off |
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drift off Explanation: This is a nautical and aeronautical term. yoou can of, course use it figuratively lkie "he drifted off towards his dreams" I do not really see how you could use it in this context. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-02-05 20:30:04 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- PDF] Cells and their cycles File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML ... this happens, in almost all of the embryo\'s cells, the RNA is translated into ... towards the equatorial plate if they drift off; this push has to happen or the ... www.embl-heidelberg.de/ExternalInfo/oipa/ar2001/cells1.pdf |
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59 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1stray from Explanation: I think in this context Abdriften means to stray from legitimate research goals. Immerhin, George Bush hat in Brüssel ein Pendant gefunden: Philippe Busquin, belgischer Sozialist, Physiker und als EU-Forschungskommissar verantwortlich für einen Gesamtetat von rund 18 Milliarden Euro bis 2006. Man solle, sagt er, von den vorhandenen Embryonen Gebrauch machen, denn da liege für die meisten Bürger ein akzeptabler "Ausgleich zwischen dem Risiko des Abdriftens und dem Interesse der Forschung an neuen Therapien". Mit "Abdriften" meint Busquin die europaweit geächtete Herstellung von Embryonen zu Forschungszwecken. Das Verbot des reproduktiven Klonens ist ohnehin festgezimmert in der Grundrechtecharta der Gemeinschaft. Busquin ächtet auch das so genannte therapeutische Klonen: "Nicht alles, was wissenschaftlich möglich oder machbar ist, ist auch wünschenswert." Entsprechend schließen die Brüsseler Regeln im sechsten Rahmenprogramm für Forschung jegliche Mittelvergabe für das Klonen aus, "und sei es auch für therapeutische Zwecke". Reference: http://www.zeit.de/2002/05/Wissen/200205_stammzellen.html |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3genetic drift Explanation: Here are some websites that deal with the concept of genetic drift; however, I believe the last link might fit your context the best. Hope this helps! http://www.bioweb.uncc.edu/faculty/leamy/popgen/driftsex.htm Genetic Drift Genetic Drift Genetic drift is a process of pure chance by which gene frequencies can change with no external stimuli. This idea might seem to contradict the ... library.thinkquest.org/19926/text/tour/09.htm - 9k Synthetic Theory of Evolution: Small Population Effects ... are due solely to chance factors. The smaller the population, the more susceptible it is to such random changes. This phenomenon is known as genetic drift. ... anthro.palomar.edu/synthetic/synth_5.htm - 10k Gregory Stock, Director of UCLA’s Program on Medicine, Technology and Society: "Once people begin to reshape themselves through biological manipulation, the definition of human begins to drift.... Altering even a small number of the key genes regulating human growth might change human beings into something quite different....But asking whether such changes are ‘wise’ or ‘desirable’ misses the essential point that they are largely not a matter of choice; they are the unavoidable product of...technological advance..." http://members.tripod.com/~ngin/gmhuman.htm |
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