traits

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McLaughlin now says that the recent revelations about women tell him that “the character traits of Graham Platner are unacceptable.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

"This work may convince scientists to integrate both genomics and epigenomics more often for a complete understanding of how traits that produce disease and healthy states are inherited," says Hansen.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Humans are messy, very complex, and full of bad and good traits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Early edits of the film showed promise, but, Allen noted, it took a while for the creative team to find the comedy, and for Woody and Buzz's character traits to develop.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Mendel had chosen peas after deep consideration: the plants reproduced sexually, produced clearly identifiable variant traits, and could be cross-pollinated with some care.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee