Sentences with phrase «different genetic markers»

They were then able to sequence a large portion of the golden - crowned manakin's genome including 16,000 different genetic markers, finding that about 20 per cent of its genome came from the snowy - crowned, and about 80 per cent came from the opal - crowned.

However, Sonia Pascoal, a postdoc in Bailey's laboratory, performed a genome - wide scan that showed that the genes responsible are linked to different genetic markers.

Not exact matches

Using genetic markers, the scientists showed that within the same colony, bees from one lineage started fanning at a slightly different temperature than did bees from a different lineage.

Funded by the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, Rufford's Small Grants for Nature, and the National Geographic Society, Parusnath is developing and testing microsatellite markers similar to those used in human parentage tests to establish the genetic relatedness of Sungazers in different populations across the species» distribution.

The researchers then statistically plotted the genetic distances between the groups based on 326 genomic markers — stretches of DNA with no known functional significance — that are known to vary among people whose ancestors came from different parts of the world.

But the exact causes of the vast majority of autism - related disorders remain a mystery: classic genetic studies, which tie the ailment to single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs — deletions, additions or substitutions of one unit in the genetic code), have returned a number of different markers with very few well - replicated candidates.

As with other genetic studies linking diseases to DNA markers, her research tends to compare populations who have one variation of a genetic marker with those who have a different variation — a comparison that has limited application to individuals.

The scientists were thus able to transfer the genetic information from the known fluorescent protein eqFP615 into the DT40 chicken B cell line in order to produce protein variants of the new infrared marker Amrose with different spectral properties.

However, by examining «marker alleles,» or rare genetic differences, the researchers found that early colonizing strains are transferred from the mother, but that late colonizing strains are different and likely are acquired from the environment.

The introduction of genetic markers makes it possible to isolate such cells from different sources and to examine their therapeutic potential.

Breeding centers may sequence tens of thousands of varieties of a single crop to create a catalogue of millions of genetic markers for different traits like disease - resistance or heat tolerance.

Our proprietary algorithm involves more than 18,000,000 comparisons against more than 250 different breeds and over 1800 genetic markers.

Genetic markers have been found for approximately 15 different breed - specific diseases, including PRA, Von Willebrand's Disease, and copper toxicosis.

They identified genetic markers that are «most different» between centenarians and randomly selected individuals... «We tested our model in an independent set of centenarians and achieved an accuracy of 77 %,» explained Professor Sebastiani.