TASK DEFINITION: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
PROBLEM: Benzer and Hirsch 's competing philosophies developed behavioral genetics , and helped it become a legitimate area of study in the scientific community .

SOLUTION: Benzer and Hirsch 's competing philosophies served to provide necessary scientific tension in order to accelerate and enhance developments in behavioral genetics , helping it gain traction as a legitimate area of study in the scientific community .

PROBLEM: It is surrounded by the towns of Angat and Pandi in the north ; by San Jose del Monte City in the south ; by Norzagaray in the east ; and by Marilao and Bocaue in the west .

SOLUTION: The town is bounded on the north by the municipalities of Angat and Pandi ; portion of San Jose del Monte City on the south ; Norzagaray and other portions of San Jose del Monte on the east ; and the municipalities of Marilao and Bocaue on the western side .

PROBLEM: The Civil Registry and Identification Service is an institution for public service in Chile .

SOLUTION:
The Civil Registry and Identification Service is the Chilean public service in charge of registering civil statuses of persons and other issues which , by law , it has to register .