Sentences with phrase «cells than in female»

The scientists found RB was more likely to be inactivated in male brain cells than in female brain cells.

Not exact matches

But because women respond to medications and develop some diseases differently than men, researchers need to include female lab animals, tissues and cells in their experiments, according to a Nature commentary Clayton co-wrote in May.

According to the latest studies from the fly laboratory of California Institute of Technology (Caltech) biologist David Anderson, male Drosophilae, commonly known as fruit flies, fight more than their female counterparts because they have special cells in their brains that promote fighting.

«This shows that there are more cells that modulate signals and exert temporal control in areas regulating reproductive, social and parenting behaviors in females than in males, with one exception so far,» says CSHL Associate Professor Pavel Osten, the team leader.

The study, published in Cell Reports, shows that male and female flies live longer than average when given low doses of lithium during adulthood or later in life, regardless of their genetic make - up.

Consistent with that result, the researchers found that certain regions of the X chromosome in human female B cells, including regions that contain immunity - related genes, were expressed at higher levels than male cells.

If you imagine the female egg cell (and later, the fertilized egg) as a spherical planet with its own intrinsic biological geography, then certain characteristics of that cell — the location of protein molecules or RNA messages or biochemical traits like pH or even the internal connective structures called microtubules — will be more prominent in certain regions, like one hemisphere as opposed to the other, or near the surface rather than near the core.

Adult male mice also started off with fewer of the lymphoid cells in the lungs than adult females, the researchers found: Female mice had about 1 1/2 times as many of these immune cells as males.

A queen will lay an unfertilized egg in a particular cell only if the cell is big enough to accommodate a male larva, which is bigger than a female one.

When the researchers added cocaine to injured mouse brains, they found that male mice with concussions had more dopamine building up in between cells than did females or non-injured mice.

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