Autism-Related Genes Discovered 人类自闭症基因已被发现发 The human body has about 25,000 genes. Researchers already know of 65 genes they believe carry a risk for autism. Now, researchers at Princeton University in New Jersey have identif

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(35) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(八)月

[Cartoon audio clip] We interrupt your regular broadcast to bring you this important news bulletin. Humans can talk. Chimps cant. Your scientific jargon staggers me, Pinky. In recent years scientists have learned that mutations in a gene called FOXP

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今天我们要学的词是 work-related. Work is spelled w-o-r-k, related is spelled r-e-l-a-t-e-d, work-related. Work-related 与工作有关的。比如,He claimed that the travel expenses were all work-related. 他说,外出旅行的这些开支

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947 sentenced for food-related crimes BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- A total of 947 criminals have so far been sentenced by Chinese courts for producing and selling poisonous or harmful food, according to a spokesman for the Supreme People's Court (SPC

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The anatomy-related adaptations were those that seemed to control the development of the pandas second thumbs. 与生物体结构相关的基因有可能控制熊猫第二拇指的生长。 Two genes in particular, DYNC2H1 and pericentrin, have mutat

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It Pays to Be an Optimist 做个乐观主义者 Research shows that whether a person is an optimist or a pessimist is related to their quality of life, including their physical health. The subjects involved first took personality tests in the 1960s a

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