Sentences with phrase «alternative versions of the genes»

Normally, to achieve such a rapid evolutionary shift, a species needs to start with an alternative version of a gene already in circulation, giving natural selection more to work with, but in deer mice the new version of Agouti spread rapidly from a standing start.

These enter the population as exceedingly rare alternative versions of the genes in which they occur.

The team members were surprised to find that the plasmid shares many genes with the chromosome, suggesting, says Boucher, that the plasmid supplies alternative versions of genes to help the bacterium elude plant defenses.

Not exact matches

The two closely related regulatory genes are active in the normal development of mammals and govern how RNAs produced from the genes are joined to make final versions of the encoded protein, a process called alternative splicing.

Meaghan Kennedy - «Neuropeptides and Social Behavior: Gene Sequences for Alternative Versions of the Vasotocin Receptor in the Goldfish Brain.»