Sentences with phrase «broken version of a gene»
Traces of common origins were everywhere: Humans even possessed a broken version of the gene that lizards and birds use to produce eggs.
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For example, a researcher could modify a rat genome to contain a broken version of a gene necessary for female fertility, and introduce some of these rats to an island.
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They then looked for DNA breaks associated with receptor gene rearrangement by using a version of the polymerase chain reaction that amplifies broken DNA.
To repair the problem, the research team «broke» the mutated version of the MYPBC3 gene inside human embryos, using technology that allows scientists to snip a specific target sequence on a mutant gene.