She was a petite bourgeoise, a grocer's daughter; they were mostly upper-middle class or upper-class and also wealthy.
The grande strains have a mean not significantly different from zero, whereas the petite stains centre about a positive value.
Young girls, locally called as "petites bonnes" (little maids), are sent to work as live in domestic servants, many aged 10 or less.
Here we examine the effects of a mutational defect in mismatch repair, and the effects of converting the cells from grande to petite.
We found this effect in petite (aerobic respiration incompetent) strains but not grande (respiration competent) strains.
Compare this to the reverse effect that may occur in societies that value petite frames; culture plays an important part here as well.
The book proves that, contrary to an opinion current at the turn of the nineteenth century, the petite bourgeoisie survived both industrialisation and urbanisation.
While the state tried to transform the petite bourgeoisie, so they sought to shape the structures of the state.