“I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.” ThinkingWishHeroVery GoodGenes Author:Billy Crudup
“We are sometimes asked what the result would be if we put four +'s in one gene. To answer this my colleagues have recently put together not merely four but six +'s.” IfsSometimesWould BeTogetherAnswersResultsFourSixGenesColleagues Author:Francis Crick
“I've always admired Gene Hackman, Jack Lemmon, Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck. I'm showing my age here.” AgeGenesJimmyJimmy Stewart Author:Tim DeKay
“In systemic searches for embryonic lethal mutants of Drosophila melanogaster we have identified 15 loci which when mutated alter the segmental patterns of the larva. These loci probably represent the majority of such genes in Drosophila. The phenotypes of the mutant embryos indicate that the process of segmentation involves at least three levels of spatial organization: the entire egg as developmental unit, a repeat unit with the length of two segments, and the individual segment.” TwoScienceThreeIndividualProcessLevelsDevelopmentOrganizationMajorityPatternsRepeatsEggsLengthGenesUnitsEmbryosSpatialMutantsDevelopmental Author:Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
“I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat under my eyes. My mum looked 30 when she was 60, so I guess I owe it all to genes and hair dye.” LooksEyeHairFineDecadesFatsOperationsRemoveGenesMumSurgeryHair Dye Author:David Cassidy
“In the last century, as we learned more about genes, we were able to devise ways of accelerating evolution.” WayAbleLastsCenturyEvolutionGenes Author:Nina Fedoroff
“Jumping genes are fundamental because they're agents of change. Everybody knows that organisms evolve. What makes them evolve is that their genes are dynamic and in motion. A familiar example is the stripe-y corn - called Indian corn - that you buy in the fall.” KnowsFallExampleFundamentalsFamiliarAgentsEvolveIndianGenesOrganismsJumpingCornStripes Author:Nina Fedoroff
“New molecular methods that add or modify genes can protect plants from diseases and pests and improve crops in ways that are both more environmentally benign and beyond the capability of older methods.” WayProtectDiseaseMethodAddPlantCapabilityGenesCropsBenignPests Author:Nina Fedoroff
“Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.” SuccessfulJourneyUglySpeedGenesBumpsGood The Bad And The UglySpeed Bumps Author:Peter Guber
“The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.” ResponsibleAttributesGenesInteractionVariationVigor Author:Walter Gilbert
“Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.” TryingTodayStudyPropertyGenes Author:Walter Gilbert
“We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.” HumansAbleTermHuman BeingsHavensDetermineGenesMammals Author:Walter Gilbert
“We know specific genes are turned on in specific cells, but we don't know to what extent this happens.” KnowsHappensCellsGenes Author:Walter Gilbert
“In 15 years we'll have all the sequence, a list of the genes everyone has in common and those that differ among people. We know only something like a tenth of 1 percent of the sequence at the moment.” PeopleKnowsYearsMomentsCommonPercentListsGenesSequence Author:Walter Gilbert
“There was a misconception about me when I started off because I had my hair greased up and I have some vague resemblance to the hillbilly gene pool that Elvis came from. People would say, 'You want to be Elvis' and I would say, 'No'.” PeopleWantHairPoolGenesVagueMisconceptionResemblanceHillbillyResemblance Is Author:Chris Isaak
“I always wanted to be Gene Hackman and I always wanted to be, you know... I wanted to be one of these guys. I always wanted to be Bob Duvall.” KnowsWantedGuyBe YouGenesBob Author:John C. McGinley