Sentences with phrase «gene mapping technique»

«A three - dimensional map of the genome: Gene mapping technique promises to unlock the power of proximity to find genes implicated in diseases.»

Using gene mapping techniques, the researchers zeroed in on a mutation in the gene for hypocretin receptor 2.

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To test that idea in the ragworm, Tomer used a technique he had developed to examine the complex brains of small creatures with unprecedented clarity: He created a high - resolution map of the worm's brain cells according to the genes they express, not just their shape and location.

There he pioneered the development of a novel gene identification technique of mapping by admixture linkage disequilibrium.

These high - resolution maps and new techniques for defining genetic markers should greatly accelerate the hunt for genes linked to diseases.

The scientists sampled the genetic code of 400 trees from 31 locations across northern North America and combined the genetic variations with computer modeling techniques to map how important genes differ within balsam poplar and to locate where trees may have the best chance of survival in a rapidly warming world.

Using a technique called whole - genome random sequencing, a TIGR team mapped the entire two - million - gene sequence of Thermotoga maritima, a bacterium first plucked from hot geothermal springs in Vulcano, Italy.

Positional cloning is a genetic mapping technique used to pinpoint the location of specific traits of interest, such as disease - causing genes or mutations, within the genome.

A new technique produces complex maps of gene interactions and how they change as cells mature.

Approach: Wu's group used Brainbow, a transgenic technique originally devised to map individual neurons in the brain, to label cells stochastically using gene cassettes that code for four uniquely expressed fluorescent proteins.

Their study used a pioneering genetic technique to analyse maps of DNA regions linked to an inherited risk of breast cancer and identify the actual genes involved in raising a woman's risk.

Our approaches include gene discovery, mapping of signaling networks in cell culture models and in vivo functional analyses done through gene knock - out and knock - in techniques in mice.

The GENSAT project aims to map the expression of genes in the central nervous system of the mouse, using in situ hybridization and transgenic mouse techniques.

The GENSAT project maps the expression of genes in the central nervous system of the pre - and postnatal mouse, using both in situ hybridization (ISH) and transgenic mouse techniques.