Sentences with phrase «different effects of the gene»

Not exact matches

Although this could mean that new genes are turned on in middle childhood, it is more likely that the same genes have different effects in the brains of 8 - year - olds as compared to 4 - year - olds (Plomin, 1986).

The clones also appeared to have an effect on the gene expression of the pregnant cows themselves; on day 34, some uterus tissue showed grossly different gene expression, which could affect the placenta.

In a report published in this week's issue of Nature, scientists argue that the FTO gene, discovered back in 2007 and the focus of hundreds of studies since then, exerts its effects through an entirely different gene called IRX3.

«We hypothesized that since RSV and PIV3 are very similar viruses these different effects must be due to differences in the types of genes that RSV expresses,» Pickles said.

While previous investigations into the protein's effects have used either mice in which gene expression was knocked out or transgenic animals that expressed human gene variants throughout their lifetimes, the MGH - MIND - led study used a different approach to investigate the effects of introducing the variant forms of the protein into brains in which plaque formation had already begun.

One person takes a drug and has a set of side effects, all of which could involve different genes.

If so, it could help researchers understand the effects of genes operating at different intensities and may eventually have applications in therapies for genetic disorders.

Unfortunately, it will be more like hundreds, if not thousands of genes that play roles in different side effects.

Another gene, sir - 2, has also been linked to this kind of longevity, although its effects seem to influence several different pathways in the worm's body.

In a study appearing in the Dec. 10 online edition of Neuron, they revealed that two different mutations of the Shank3 gene produce some distinct molecular and behavioral effects in mice.

If you look globally things are different because for demographic reasons there will be an enormous increase in the proportion of Africans which will change the world's genetic balance for skin color and other genes; but within the developed world so far this has had little effect.»

«There are hundreds of candidate genes to sort through, and a single genetic variant may have different effects even within the same family.

However, the combined effects of many different genes cause most variation among individuals.

For example, the BR biosynthesis gene, Dwarf4 (Dwf4), had opposite effects on yield in rice when driven by different promoters (Reuzeau et al., 2006; Wu et al., 2008) and the interaction of BR and GA mutants was developmentally context - dependent in maize (Best et al., 2016).

Since depression is thought to be like fever — a common set of symptoms likely rooted in multiple causes — lumping together genetic data from people with different underlying illness processes likely washed out, or statistically diluted, subtle evidence of effects caused by risk genes.

Degradation of the RNA may result in different mapping bias effects, in particular in a higher read coverage at the 3 ′ end of the genes.

The two big ideas Ying Kai Chan is tackling in science — reducing the harmful side effects of gene therapy and developing better vaccines to protect against viruses — might seem wildly different from one another.

Back to the graph — in addition to the effects of the different forms of the gene, it is striking how high the rate of PTSD is for both individuals with the protective and risk forms of FKBP5.

A third effect of this one gene, by the way, is a different ability to bind certain trace minerals in the liver.

Their discovery was not accompanied by any attempt to demonstrate that the changes in gene architecture they found also involved a change in the function of the genes or were associated with different effects on bear physiology.

Genetic, shared, and non-shared environmental effects were estimated for each temperamental construct and psychiatric disorder using the statistical program MX. Multivariate genetic models were fitted to determine whether the same or different sets of genes and environments account for the co-occurrence between early temperament and preschool psychiatric disorders.