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...armadillo quads develop from the same fertilized egg, they have identical genes. Thus, according to accepted theory, each inherits the same characteristics from its parents. Any differences between "identical" quads, or triplets or twins-in armadillos or any other animal, including man-have long been explained away as the result of differences in environment. But there is a growing suspicion that there are other influences. And that suspicion was strengthened by the recent discovery that deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the molecule that contains the coded message of heredity, exists outside of the genes...
...cell nucleus after the division of a fertilized egg cell, the little-understood structures and particles in the cytoplasm of the egg cell are not symmetrically arranged. During division, Williams suggests, one new cell may not receive the same quantity of the unknown factors as another, and the result is marked differences between the four armadillos-or between identical human twins-that eventually form from the same...
...which cover about 10% of auto-repair business, suffers from an additional handicap. Dealers say that the automakers are niggardly with compensation for warranty work, allowing only a 25% profit margin for parts, compared with the 40% or more that a dealer can charge for nonwarranty work. As a result, dealers usually do warranty work only on cars that they have sold. The work they do, says the FTC, is often "substandard" because the mechanic is urged on to other jobs...
...companies. Yet B.P. has never won any stars for marketing. Unlike its international rivals, the U.S. majors and Royal Dutch/Shell, it does not have a retail network big enough to even begin to sell its output, of which 85% comes from high-cost Middle East fields. As a result, B.P. has been forced to rely on sales of crude oil and pass up the more lucrative marketing of refined products. The U.S. stations, which will take on B.P.'s green and yellow colors, should help considerably. They outnumber B.P.'s own chain in Britain (4,900 stations), will...
...Scholar Horst Gerson is for the most part mercifully purged of art history jargon. Eighty big color reproductions (book size: 14¾ in. by 11¼ in.) have been carefully printed to reduce the yellow cast of ancient varnish that customarily obscures Rembrandt's backgrounds. The result, though it sometimes gives the impression that the paintings have just been overzealously cleaned and scraped, offers a rare chance to linger over details normally lost in murk. Weight: 10½ pounds...