La Reina cattle have special characteristics for the tropics, they possess genes that make them heat tolerant.

In addition, mimivirus possesses genes coding for nucleotide and amino acid synthesis, which even some small obligate intracellular bacteria lack.

It is a statistical certainty that we possess more lethal genes that activate in later life than in early life.

Thus, women should be more selective and restricted in order to have children with partners possessing good genes and resources, who can provide for potential offspring.

R. solanacearum possesses genes for all six protein secretion pathways that have been characterized in Gram-negative bacteria.

In addition, cyanobacteria have been found to possess genes that enable them to undergo nitrogen fixation.

Such peripheral populations are likely to possess genes that are different from the parental population.

They also argue that the case remains to be proved that a symmetrical individual possesses especially hardy genes.

Moreover, the genome possess early and late genes, contributing to its complex transcription program.

In addition, King found the choanoflagellates possess genes that animal cells use to "talk" or signal to one another, such as Receptor tyrosine kinase.