Sentences with phrase «dog genes compared»

Researchers sequencing the canine genome have identified around 19,000 dog genes compared to the 25,000 or more genes in the human genome.

Not exact matches

The study's 31 samples of dog tumors was compared to 40 normal canine tissues samples as a way of estimating the variance in gene expression.

By comparing our genetic make - up to the genomes of mice, chimps and a menagerie of other species (rats, chickens, dogs, pufferfish, the microscopic worm Caenorhabditis elegans, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and many bacteria), scientists have learned a great deal about how genes evolve over time, and gained insights into human diseases.

A total of 21,257 genes were identified, a number similar to that of human beings and other mammals, and they have been compared to those of cats, tigers, cheetahs and dogs.

In the first study, the researchers have used technologies at the SNP&SEQ Technology Platform at SciLifeLab to compare genes from healthy dog individuals with genes from individuals with breast cancer.

He and colleagues Lawrence Grossman and Derek Wildman compared approximately 10,000 protein coding genes culled from the dolphin genome with comparable genes from 9 other animals: a cow, horse, dog, mouse, human, elephant, opossum, platypus and chicken.

Some of the mutations were in genes involved with brain development, which the researchers interpreted as relating to the less aggressive temperaments of dogs compared to wolves.

Next, they compared the expression of that gene in dogs versus wolves and found on average a 28 fold increase in dogs.

In collaboration with veterinary neurologists in England, researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children compared the genes known to be associated with Lafora to the same genes in affected dogs.

The reasons are not completely understood, but it seems the health standards in Europe are far higher and the American gene pool is more closed with fewer stud dogs being used as compared to the many great stud dogs of Europe.

Researchers have identified genetic mutations that cause similar problems in other breeds of dogs and they want to compare those genes to the DNA in French Bulldogs to see if the same mutation might be responsible for the condition.

He and his colleagues compared dog and wolf DNA to learn which genes were important for domestication.

Remillard cites a 2013 study led by Swedish geneticist Erik Axelsson, reported in the journal Nature, in which «he reports that in a domestic dog's vs. wolf's genome comparison, three genes responsible for the digestion of dietary starch were expressed 7 -12-fold higher levels in the dog compared to the wolf.»

In evaluating the hips of dogs genetically predisposed to dysplasia, certain factors could make the hips in the leg - extended radiographs appear worse, compared to another dog with presumably the same genes for hip joint construction, such as a littermate or a dog with otherwise near - identical genotype yet reared differently.

We identified a conserved sequence, CCCGCG, within this deletion by comparing the promoter regions of the dog, cow and horse Cox - 2 genes.

Because this material appears to be more abundant in affected Swedish vallhund dogs compared to other forms of PRA with primary photoreceptor death or compared to the normal aging canine retinas, we suspect that the autofluorescent material is intimately associated with the disease - causing gene mutation.