1. McInerney said, referring to the 19th-century monk who founded modern genetic theory . 2. The research proved the long-held genetic theory  on dyslexia, researchers say. 3. The inheritance of acquired characters was rejected, while mutationism gave way as genetic theories  matured. 4. When Allison introduced the genetic theory  of malaria resistance, it was largely received with scepticism. 5. There has also been evidence within animal context regarding the genetic theory  behind female bonding. 6. :You know, not every phenomenon in the natural world needs to be closely explained by genetic theory . 7. He said the study lends credence to environment over genetic theories  of obesity, which have gained popularity lately. 8. This refuted the popular genetic theory  of the time that genes were fixed in their position on a chromosome. 9. His genetic theory  was to cross hybrid teas and miniatures, thus better improving the form than hybridisers who used polyanthas. 10. _In the 1860s, Gregor Mendel, having discovered recessive genes, proposed what was to become the basis for modern genetics theory .