Not exact matches
Their brains
differed in the
activity of over a hundred
genes that provide cells with energy, influence chemical communications in the brain and strengthen the connection between nerve cells.
Chemical modifications to DNA that change the
activity of genes without changing the
genes» information
differ between homosexual and heterosexual men, researchers from UCLA David Geffen School
of Medicine have discovered.
Supporting that idea, the programmed
gene activity that builds teeth
differs from the instructions that build a jaw, even though both types
of structure grow in tandem.
The research, published today in Nature Communications, found that after one generation
of hatchery culture, the offspring
of wild fish and first - generation hatchery fish
differed in the
activity of more than 700
genes.
The
activity of thousands
of sperm
genes appears to
differ between healthy and obese men, suggesting that a man's weight may be passed on to the next generation
These actions
differ in both left and right spinal cord to a great extent, resulting in the different
activity of genes.
If it's a noisy, random process, however, the two
genes»
activity would
differ, with some cells producing lots
of green and others lots
of red, or any number
of other variations.
McKay and his team plan further research to study how these cascades
of changing chromatin accessibility and
gene activity differ from one part
of the fly to another.