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Genes that control the development of an animal's body plan.

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Genes passed down through the maternal side, though, were found to be a “perfect mitochondrial match.”
Richard III’s DNA Shows Tudors May Have No Claim to the Throne|Charlotte Lytton|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But genes trump everything, even parenting by furry primates.
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World?|Ted Gioia|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That is to say, the ancestral genes, the ancestral strain of inheritance, appears again in these little children.
Joseph Campbell on the Roots of Halloween|Joseph Campbell|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One possible answer was that the animal integrated fragments of the virus into its genes as a result of persistent infection.
Ebola's Roots Are 50 Times Older Than Mankind. And That Could Be the Key to Stopping It.|Michael Daly|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Rubin studied RB and two other genes implicated in cancer, neurofibromin and p53.
Why Men May Be More Likely to Get Deadly Brain Cancer|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But all you can think of are the horror stories about the worn out genes of Earth.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
The radiation that damaged genes and chromosomes and tinier divisions also struck nerve cells.
The Impossible Voyage Home|Floyd L. Wallace
This cell has thread-like things in it called chromosomes, and the chromosomes are made up of things called genes.
Thy Rocks and Rills|Robert Ernest Gilbert
Mutations, sort of unexpected changes, can take place in either the chromosomes or the genes.
Thy Rocks and Rills|Robert Ernest Gilbert
These genes he compares to the foremen for the different types of work to be done in a building.
The Organism as a Whole|Jacques Loeb