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The results of the present study demonstrate the power of Affymetrix GeneChip expression profiling to differentiate between morphologically distinct tissues that are descended from a common organ.
Descended from light-skinned slaves who enjoyed a privileged position in the plantation hierarchy, the "black elite" continues to hoard access to its boarding schools, social events, and churches: "Why," asks one pedigreed lady, "would I be socializing with some caseworker or mailman who goes to NAACP events?"
As for Hanks, let me say that I think he's still a wonderful actor but am sorry that such a heavy spirit has descended upon him.
Americans, however, had long been saying that something stemmed from something else, `was descended from or caused by it,' exactly in the sense of the German stammen von .
It has been argued that modern bison are descended from Beringian bison, but Cooper's data suggest otherwise.