Sentences with phrase «called gene flow»
Turns out viruses do that all the time, as do plants and insects and even us — it's called gene flow.
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«We're getting a steady flow of calls on the main complaints,» said Gene Russianoff of the New York Public Interest Research Group, which runs a voter help hotline.
Some of the genes involved help regulate the flow of ions in and out of the cells, particularly nerve cells; others code for so - called heat shock proteins that are typically induced during stress.
We call this process «speciation with gene flow,» and evolutionary biologists have long wondered if the genetic basis for this process is highly repeatable and if the genes involved are spread out across the whole genome or in a few discrete regions.»
The samples were then analyzed with a technique called polymerase chain reaction (PCR), used to amplify specific nuclear «microsatellites» for statistically measuring gene flow between the different populations and subpopulations located in the western South Atlantic (Breeding Stock A) and the eastern South Atlantic and Indian Ocean populations (Breeding Stocks B and C, and the Arabian Sea humpback whale population, respectively).
Caspi and Moffitt built on earlier research focusing on a variation in a gene called the serotonin transporter, which normally helps information flow between nerve cells in the brain.
Chances are the pet store informed you that what is usually call «longhaired» and sometimes «teddy bear» hamsters are a special type of Syrian hamster that possesses a gene for long, flowing fur.