Sentences with phrase «multiple genes on chromosome»

Not exact matches

To learn more, Zanders and her colleagues used genetic mapping to reveal the complex landscape of multiple meiotic drive genes on chromosome 3 of S. kambucha.

Past studies have implicated multiple genes — on chromosomes 5, 6, and 11 — in ADHD.

The study, published last year, found two strong links to homosexuality on different chromosomes, supporting Hamer's findings and suggesting that multiple genes are at work.

Anderson and colleagues focused on the gene UBE3A, multiple copies of which causes a form of autism in humans (called isodicentric chromosome 15q).

Still, the concentration of male fertility genes on the Y chromosome, in multiple copies and «spell - checked» by a novel form of genetic recombination, supports a surprising theory.

For instance, genetic diseases may be recessive, which means that both parents must contribute a gene for the disease to be expressed, or regulated by multiple genes that may even be located on different chromosomes, or even triggered by environmental factors.