Sentences with phrase «rapid gene expression changes»

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The gene expression patterns, like the structural changes, then returned to pre-eating state within 10 days after eating, «indicating a tight association between differential gene expression and the rapid and cyclic physiological remodeling of the intestine,» the researchers said.

According to the researchers, this is the first study to link the extreme and rapid eating - induced changes of the Burmese python's intestines directly to changes in gene expression, and also the first to show how quickly gene expression changed.

This research, by contrast, suggests that rapid evolution of a complex social behavior like pair bonding can occur by changing the expression of just one gene, he says.

«Understanding which genes are involved in transgenerational acclimation, and how their expression is regulated, will improve our understanding of adaptive responses to rapid environmental change and help identify which species are most at risk from climate change and which species are more tolerant,» Dr Veilleux says.

RNA - seq technology offers a rapid and scalable approach to characterize how gene expression changes in response to experimental manipulations, and is applicable across a wide range of taxa.

«When we looked at gene expression, we found fairly small changes in 65 million years of the macaque, orangutan, and chimpanzee evolution,» said study author Yoav Gilad, PhD, assistant professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, «followed by rapid change, along the five million years of the human lineage, that was concentrated on these specific groups of genes.

What sort of changes in the environment or lifestyle would drive such a rapid shift in the expression of genes — in this case in the liver — in humans and in no other primate?»

Tuning gene expression to changing environments: from rapid responses to evolutionary adaptation.