A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Genet, Jean ... Gentry, Charter to the Genet, Jean French criminal and social outcast turned writer who, as a novelist, transformed erotic and often ... [2 Related Articles] genethlialogy (from the article "astrology") ...the course of his life on the basis of the positions of the planets and ... genetic algorithm (from the article "artificial intelligence") ...the faculty at Michigan after graduation and over the next four decades directed much of ... genetic change (from the article "evolution") Genetic changes underlie all evolutionary processes. In order to understand speciation and its role in ... genetic code the sequence of nucleotides in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) that determines the ... [15 Related Articles] genetic correlation (from the article "animal breeding") Genetic correlation occurs when a single gene affects two traits. There may be many such ... genetic counselling (from the article "genetic disease, human") Genetic counseling represents the most direct medical application of the advances in understanding of basic ... genetic disease, human any of the diseases and disorders that are caused by mutations in one or more ... [9 Related Articles] genetic distance (from the article "evolution") ...genes of different species. Genetic change is measured with two parameters-genetic identity (I), which estimates ... genetic drift a change in the gene pool of a small population that takes place strictly by ... [7 Related Articles] genetic engineering the artificial manipulation, modification, and recombination of DNA or other nucleic acid molecules in order ... [13 Related Articles] genetic epistemology (from the article "Piaget, Jean") ...the child as constantly creating and re-creating his own model of reality, achieving mental growth ... genetic equilibrium (from the article "evolution") Genetic variation is present throughout natural populations of organisms. This variation is sorted out in ... genetic expression (from the article "cell") The transcription of the genetic code from DNA to RNA, and the translation of that ... genetic heterogeneity (from the article "genetic disease, human") ...mutations, all affecting the same gene, may be seen in the affected population (allelic heterogeneity). ... genetic homeostasis (from the article "evolution") As a result of stabilizing selection, populations often maintain a steady genetic constitution with respect ... genetic identity (from the article "evolution") ...speciation has become answerable only with the relatively recent development of appropriate methods for comparing ... genetic imprinting (from the article "genetic disease, human") Some genetic disorders are now known to result from mutations in imprinted genes. Genetic imprinting ... genetic industry (from the article "industry") This sector of a nation's economy includes agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, and the extraction ... genetic intervention (from the article "conservation") In small populations, inbreeding can cause genetic variability to be lost quite quickly. A simple ... genetic method (from the article "climate") ...Empirical methods make use of observed environmental data, such as temperature, humidity, and precipitation, or ... genetic testing (from the article "genetic disease, human") In the case of genetic disease, options often exist for presymptomatic diagnosis-that is, diagnosis of ... genetically modified organism (from the article "biotechnology") Agricultural applications of biotechnology have proved the most controversial. Some activists and consumer groups have ... genetics study of heredity in general and of genes in particular. [57 Related Articles] genetics, human study of the inheritance of characteristics by children from parents. Inheritance in humans does not ... [10 Related Articles] Genetiva Iulia (from the article "Spain") ...century AD there were nine such foundations in Baetica, eight in Tarraconensis, and five in ... Geneva city, capital of Geneve canton, in the far southwestern corner of Switzerland that juts into ... [18 Related Articles] Geneva city, Ontario county, west-central New York, U.S. It lies at the northern end of Seneca ... Geneva town, Adams county, eastern Indiana, U.S., on the Wabash River, 36 miles (58 km) northeast ... Geneva Accords collection of documents relating to Indochina and issuing from the Geneva Conference of April 26-July ... [7 Related Articles] Geneva Bible new translation of the Bible published in Geneva (New Testament, 1557; Old Testament, 1560) by ... [2 Related Articles] Geneva Catechism doctrinal confession prepared by John Calvin to instruct children in Reformed theology. Recognizing that his ... Geneva City Conservatory and Botanical Gardens major botanical research centre in Geneva, Switz., specializing in such areas as floristics, biosystematics, and ... Geneva College (from the article "basketball") The first college to play the game was either Geneva College (Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania) or ... Geneva Convention on the High Seas (from the article "air law") ...the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (1944). Airspace is now generally accepted as an ... Geneva Conventions a series of international treaties concluded in Geneva between 1864 and 1949 for the purpose ... [16 Related Articles] Geneva General Act for the Settlement of Disputes (from the article "arbitration") There are several multilateral treaties that provide for the settlement of international disputes by arbitration, ... Geneva mechanism one of the most commonly used devices for producing intermittent rotary motion, characterized by alternate ... [2 Related Articles] Geneva Protocol (from the article "international relations") Benes submitted an improved Geneva Protocol (or Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes) ... Geneva Protocol on Gas Warfare (from the article "arms control") ...ships and to scrap certain other ships. At the London Naval Conference (1930), however, Italy ... Geneva Summit (from the article "international relations") ...had been urging a summit conference ever since 1945, and once de-Stalinization and the Austrian ... Geneva Summit (from the article "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics") The first Reagan-Gorbachev summit took place in Geneva in November 1985. A joint statement proposed ... Geneva, Academy of private school of education founded at Geneva, Switz., in 1912 by a Swiss psychologist, Edouard ... Geneva, Lake largest Alpine lake in Europe (area 224 square miles [581 square km]), lying between southwestern ... [5 Related Articles] Genevan Psalter (from the article "Bourgeois, Loys") Huguenot composer who wrote, compiled, and edited many melodic settings of Psalms in the Genevan ... Geneve canton, southwestern Switzerland. The canton lies between the Jura Mountains and the Alps and consists ... [1 Related Articles] Genevieve, Saint patron saint of Paris, who allegedly saved that city from the Huns. Geng Jimao (from the article "Kangxi") Once in power, the Kangxi emperor was confronted by the grave problem of what to ... Geng Jingzhong Chinese general whose revolt was one of the most serious threats to the authority of ... Genghis Khan Mongolian warrior-ruler, one of the most famous conquerors of history, who consolidated tribes into a ... [21 Related Articles] Gengou, Octave (from the article "Bordet, Jules") In Brussels, where Bordet founded and directed (1901-40) what is now the Pasteur Institute of ... genic selection (from the article "nature, philosophy of") ...A somewhat more significant issue arose when some evolutionary theorists in the early 1970s began ... geniculostriate pathway (from the article "eye, human") The visual pathway so far described is called the geniculostriate pathway, and in man it ... genin (from the article "Japan") ...or jito. These groups, while distinct from one another, were also quite separate from transient ... genital ridge (from the article "sexual behaviour, human") ...first develop in the same form for both males and females: internally there are two ... genital stage (from the article "Freud, Sigmund") ...always maintained the intrapsychic importance of the Oedipus complex, whose successful resolution is the precondition ... genital tubercle (from the article "animal development") Copulatory organs have developed independently in several groups of vertebrates having internal fertilization. The penis ... genital wart (from the article "wart") ...for those in pressure areas, such as the plantar warts occurring on the sole of ... genitive case (from the article "North American Indian languages") ...&voicedvelarfric;i-tsa&voicedvelarfric; is "he cried," and &voicedvelarfric;wa-tsa&voicedvelarfric; is "he will cry."In noun forms, the concept of ... genitofemoral nerve (from the article "nervous system, human") Minor cutaneous and muscular branches of the lumbar plexus include the iliohypogastric, genitofemoral, and ilioinguinal ... genitor (from the article "parent") ...parents are expected to do in Western society. This distinction is particularly common in the ... genius in psychology, a person of extraordinary intellectual power. genius in classical Roman times, an attendant spirit of a person or place. genius Augusti (from the article "ancient Rome") ...It penetrated the west only slowly, but from 12 BC an assembly for the three ... genizah in Judaism, a repository for timeworn sacred manuscripts and ritual objects, generally located in the ... [1 Related Articles] Genje carpet floor covering handwoven in Azerbaijan in or near the city of Ganca (also spelled Gendje ... Genlis, Madame de (from the article "children's literature") ...as has been noted, did make a difference. Emile at least drew attention to what ... Genlisea (from the article "carnivorous plant") ...(two species; Cuba, South America) and Polypompholyx (two species; Australia) are very similar to Utricularia ... Genna, Giuseppe (from the article "Literature") ...a portrait of Montalbano as a young detective, able to solve his first mystery thanks ... Gennadios II Scholarios first patriarch of Constantinople (1454-64) under Turkish rule and the foremost Greek Orthodox Aristotelian theologian ... [3 Related Articles] Gennadius I of Constantinople, Saint Byzantine theologian, biblical exegete, and patriarch, a champion of Christian Orthodoxy who strove for an ... Gennadius Of Marseilles theologian-priest whose work De viris illustribus ("On Famous Men") constitutes the sole source for biographical ... [1 Related Articles] Gennadius Of Novgorod Russian Orthodox archbishop of Novgorod, Russia, whose leadership in suppressing Judaizing Christian sects occasioned his ... Gennaro, Peter American dancer and choreographer (b. Nov. 23, 1919, Metairie, La.-d. Sept. 28, 2000, New York, ... Gennep, Arnold van French ethnographer and folklorist, best known for his studies of the rites of passage of ... [2 Related Articles] Gennes, Pierre-Gilles de French physicist, who was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discoveries about ... [1 Related Articles] Gennesaret, Plain of (from the article "Galilee, Sea of") The Sea of Galilee is located in the great depression of the Jordan. The Plain ... Gennevilliers town, a northwestern industrial suburb of Paris, in Hauts-de-Seine departement, Ile-de-France region, ... Genoa city and Mediterranean seaport in northwestern Italy. It is the capital of Genova provincia and ... [21 Related Articles] Genoa unincorporated town, Douglas county, western Nevada, U.S., west of the Carson River and east of ... Genoa, Conference of (April 10-May 19, 1922), post-World War I meeting at Genoa, Italy, to discuss the economic ... [2 Related Articles] Genoa, Gulf of northern portion of the Ligurian Sea (an inlet of the Mediterranean Sea), extending eastward around ... Genoa, Lanterna of (from the article "lighthouse") These early lights were similar to those of antiquity, burning mainly wood, coal, or torches ... genocide the deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nationality, ... [29 Related Articles] Genocide, Museum of (from the article "Cambodia") Cambodia has two major museums. The National Museum of Arts is devoted to Cambodian ethnography, ... Genoese lace bobbin lace made at Genoa, Italy, from the second half of the 16th century; it ... Genoese-Venetian wars (from the article "Italy") ...social concord that the Venetian government, like no other, indeed provided. This outstanding success at ... genome (from the article "Life Sciences") The genome is often called the blueprint of life, but it is the epigenome-the way ... genomic library (from the article "genetics") ...and produces many copies of the bacterial genome and the recombinant DNA molecule (constituting a ... genomics study of the structure, function, and inheritance of the genome (entire set of genetic material) ... [2 Related Articles] Genomosperma kidstonii (from the article "gymnosperm") ...in seed plants was made clear by a study of ovules discovered in Scotland from ... genotype the genetic constitution of an organism. The genotype determines the hereditary potentials and limitations of ... [16 Related Articles] Genovese, Vito one of the most powerful of American crime syndicate bosses from the 1930s to the ... [3 Related Articles] Genovesi, Antonio Italian philosopher and economist whose proposals for reforms in the Kingdom of Naples combined humanist ... genre (from the article "organic unity") ...whole, with its several incidents so closely connected that the transposal or withdrawal of any ... genre a distinctive type or category of literary composition, such as the epic, tragedy, comedy, novel, ... [4 Related Articles] genre painting painting of scenes from everyday life, of ordinary people in work or recreation, depicted in ... [1 Related Articles] genro ("principal elders"), extraconstitutional oligarchy that dominated the Japanese government from the promulgation of the Meiji ... [1 Related Articles] Genroku period in Japanese history, era from 1688 to 1704, characterized by a rapidly expanding commercial economy ... [4 Related Articles] Genscher, Hans-Dietrich chairman (1974-85) of the West German Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei; FDP) and foreign ... 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[1 Related Articles] Gentianales gentian order of flowering plants, consisting of 5 families with more than 1,100 genera and ... gentianose (from the article "oligosaccharide") ...naturally occurring oligosaccharides are found in plants. Raffinose, a trisaccharide found in many plants, consists ... Gentil, Emile French colonial administrator who explored the areas of the present Congo (Brazzaville), Central African Republic, ... Gentile (from the article "Christianity") A closely related question is whether Jesus intended his gospel to be addressed to Jews ... Gentile da Fabriano foremost painter of central Italy at the beginning of the 15th century, whose few surviving ... [4 Related Articles] Gentile, Giovanni major figure in Italian idealist philosophy, politician, educator, and editor, sometimes called the "philosopher of ... [2 Related Articles] Gentileschi, Artemisia Italian painter, daughter of Orazio Gentileschi, who was a major follower of the revolutionary Baroque ... [1 Related Articles] Gentileschi, Orazio Italian Baroque painter, one of the more important painters who came under the influence of ... [1 Related Articles] Gentili, Alberico Italian jurist considered by many to be the founder of the science of international law ... [1 Related Articles] Gentilianus, Amelius (from the article "Plotinus") ...collected and arranged as the Enneads. Some, it seems from their complexity, were destined for ... gentle lemur (from the article "lemur") ...the male is black and the female is reddish brown. The rare black-and-white or black-and-red ... Gentleman's Magazine (1731-1914), long-popular English periodical that gave the name "magazine" to its genre. It was the ... [3 Related Articles] Gentlemen vs. Players match (from the article "cricket") Some of the earliest organized cricket matches were between amateur and professional players. From 1806 ... Gentlemen's Agreement (1907), U.S.-Japanese understanding, in which Japan agreed not to issue passports to emigrants to the ... [2 Related Articles] Gentlemen's Canal (from the article "Amsterdam") ...now the Singel and the Kloveniersburgwal canals. Three towers of the old fortifications still stand. ... Gentofte northern residential suburb of Copenhagen. It maintains itself as a separate municipality, although it is ... gentoo penguin (from the article "penguin") ...spring or summer. King penguins are on a 14- to 18-month cycle, and the timing ... gentrification (from the article "Chicago") The most recent destabilizing factor in some areas of the city has been gentrification. Conveniently ... gentry (from the article "Europe, history of") The use of the two terms nobleman and gentleman indicates the difficulty of definition. The ... Gentry, Charter to the (1785) edict issued by the Russian empress Catherine II the Great that recognized the corps ... [1 Related Articles]

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