So plant breeders require new genetic variation within each crop species so they can adapt to different environments — such as drought, flooding or disease resistance. (sciencedaily.com)
To identify new genetic variations associated with different SLE phenotypes, a total of 598,258 different regions on the genome (known as single - nucleotide polymorphisms) were genotyped in a population of 482 Caucasian European SLE patients of Spanish origin recruited from the rheumatology departments of 15 Spanish university hospitals belonging to the IMID Consortium (SLE group). (sciencedaily.com)
Hünemeier responds that her team looked for new genetic variations unique to Neandertals and other ancient humans and came up empty - handed. (sciencemag.org)