Sentences with phrase «almost identical gene»

In 1996, her group found strong but not conclusive evidence that an almost identical gene controlled cellulose synthesis in cotton.

The less adept mice, Rubin's team found, carry extra copies of a previously known human gene called DYRK; a mutated version of an almost identical gene in fruit flies, called minibrain, causes neurological defects.

Not exact matches

Although genes are recognized as influencing behavior and cognition, «genetically identical» does not mean altogether identical; almost no one would deny that identical twins, despite being natural human clones with identical DNA, are separate people, with separate experiences and not altogether overlapping personalities.

In almost all organisms, every cell contains identical genes — it is a difference in gene activation that distinguishes a blood cell from a nerve cell.

The long stretch of DNA that encompasses the gene in Tibetans is different from any other living human groups and almost identical to Denisovans.

But the genome studies show that the two share an almost identical set of genes that kick in when water vanishes, says Arakawa.

One Neanderthal, whose DNA Reich obtained from a toe bone, had almost no diversity in about one - eighth of the genome: both copies of each gene were identical.

The findings help to explain why we humans have some immune genes that are almost identical to those of chimpanzees.

New findings help to explain why we humans have some immune genes that are almost identical to those of chimpanzees.

Genomic science has found that many of the genes that build a developing body are almost identical across a wide range of highly diverse animals.