Sentences with phrase «common versions of the gene»

Two initial studies suggest babies with a specific version of the FADS2 gene demonstrated an IQ averaging 7 points higher if breastfed, compared with babies with a less common version of the gene who showed no improvement when breastfed.

Yet, the opposite relationship held for subjects with the other of two common versions of the gene.

Through its population genetics research in Iceland, deCODE identified common versions of the gene encoding EP3 (the PTGER3 gene) that confer increase in risk of PAOD.

Not exact matches

Traces of common origins were everywhere: Humans even possessed a broken version of the gene that lizards and birds use to produce eggs.

Particular versions of one such gene, called CRH, were more common in people who had been abused as children but didn't suffer from depression as adults, for instance.

The study suggests that a less common version of the BDNF gene may predispose people to obesity by producing lower levels of BDNF protein, a regulator of appetite, in the brain.

The virus inserts the therapeutic gene into the cell's DNA and uses its instructions to produce a receptor protein — a modified version of a common glutamate receptor ion channel - that they display on their surface.

Researchers had already found hints that a variant gene encoding a faster version of this enzyme — which would mean lower levels of dopamine — seemed to be more common in schizophrenics.

«The variant that we discovered is common: Most people have one or two copies of the version of the gene that is linked to accumulating more pathology as you get older,» said lead author Dr. Lori Chibnik of Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Following the gene discovery announced in September, deCODE scientists have discovered common versions of two additional genes that significantly predispose individuals to obesity.

Fifty - nine genes, or the regions that control them, stood out, with certain versions of the DNA much more common in the sport dogs, Kim reported at the meeting.

Having the right alleles (different versions of a given gene, as when the A1 allele of the D2 dopamine receptor produces 30 percent fewer receptors than the more common A2 allele) available somewhere in the population can make one species do better than another when the climate perturbs things.