These massive shifts in bacteria and fatty acid levels change the expression of hundreds of genes within the intestinal tract: some genes are turned on while others are turned off. (resistantstarchresearch.com)
Most experts in this new field believe that there are only a couple hundred of these genes in humans, but they can be quite influential. (discovermagazine.com)
Though hundreds of genes involved in face shape remain to be identified, the findings represent an early step toward facial reconstruction with DNA. (sciencemag.org)