Sentences with phrase «now sequence comparisons»

Not exact matches

However, based on data now available, we see that the sequence of the 3 billion nucleotides in any individual genome is unique in comparison with the sequence of another individual's genome, while the degree of sequence similarity between the 3 billion nucleotides in any two genomes is remarkably high.

«What's really important,» Asara says, «is that now you can get these sequences and make evolutionary comparisons with them, which was never possible before with long - extinct organisms.»

Now, using new data collected samples of ancient, carbonized rice, a team of Japanese and Chinese scientists have successfully determined DNA sequences to make the first comparisons between modern and ancient rice.

Now, with more ways to monitor gene activity during development — and fully sequenced genomes of various snakes and other reptiles for comparison — Cohn and graduate student Francisca Leal have tracked the genetic activity in embryonic pythons to see why their legs start, but never finish, developing.

Traditionally, mutation rates have been inferred from evolutionary comparisons or extrapolated from the study of specific loci, but it is now possible to directly assess the mutation rate on a genome - wide basis, using whole - genome sequencing of family trios.

With the number of published microbial genomes now in excess of 100, any new genome that is sequenced is likely to have a close relative available for comparison.

But lest you jump to the inevitable comparisons, the Indian Hangover it is not — ZNMD (as it's now called) has a lot less raunch, a lot more soul, and plenty of beautifully shot musical sequences.

But the canvases vary wildly from one to the next — using her tried - and - true vehicles of action and comparison, Fiona Rae's recent paintings stretch from the pastoral «We go in search of our dream» (2007), featuring a bambi and butterfly peacefully grazing at the foot of a tree, to the nihilistic and menacing «My favorite puppy's Life» (2004), in which a now mutated bambi triskelion hurtles through the dark reaches of space, surrounded by rotating stencils, blobs, and brushstrokes (think of the opening sequence of Superman).