Sentences with phrase «entire organism»

However, DNA sequencing of entire organism's genome was in its infancy at this time, so the exact genetic identity of the strain was never defined.

At its most basic, synthetic biology is about making DNA from scratch, on scales from individual molecules to cells, tissues and even entire organisms.

And the researchers eventually hope to be able to monitor mutation rates real time in entire organisms, such as zebra fish, to see whether different tissues have different mutation rates.

The ZEISS Lightsheet Z. 1 microscope includes a life - support chamber that can hold entire organisms — a fruit fly or even a small octopus, for example — dangling in front of the objective, and permits easy rotation for a better point of view.

He speculates that they might regulate the activation of neighbouring or even distant genes, perhaps being the crucial «switches» and «dimmers» that orchestrate genes to create entire organisms.

This is because the shape of cells, organs and even entire organisms represent the outcome of internal processes — how genes and proteins interact and trigger biophysical manifestations.

Whereas visible light can not penetrate biological tissues deeply and must be applied to highly specific groups of cells through invasive procedures, magnetic fields are noninvasive and easily penetrate entire organisms.

With his Pioneer Award, Ismagilov will develop droplet - based microfluidic technologies for quantitative studies of protein aggregation diseases and aging at the molecular level and in entire organisms.

That's so that the tweaks that are made spread to the entire organism, rather than affecting only a small group of cells.

One of the most remarkable facts about the human body — indeed, about the great mass of living things — is that nearly every cell carries the complete genetic blueprint for the entire organism.

Equivalently, then, that successor presiding occasion prehends the mentality of its predecessor (s) in the dominant subsociety, not directly through spatial contiguity, but through the patterns of activity already present both in the brain as its immediate environment and in the entire organism as its overall field of activity.

Despite sifting aggressively through Neanderthal fossils, scientists had managed to unearth only bits of mitochondrial DNA, secondary genetic blueprints that describe the energy - producing units of cells but not the entire organism.

DNA contains the blueprint of an entire organism.

Church's group, however, has developed a machine for «evolving» entire organisms — and it works at an unprecedented scale and speed.

Even so, Wilmut's experiment provides a long - sought confirmation that adult cells do in fact contain workable versions of all the genes necessary to produce an entire organism.

Despite its many parts, the entire organism is a single cell of only about 10 microns in diameter, which is smaller than most cells in the human body.

Sexually reproducing organisms have capitalized on these two conflicting approaches in a way that benefits the entire organism: Somatic cells act as cooperators and germ cells act as defectors.

The main cytoskeletal structure in adult hydra is an array of aligned fibers that span the entire organism.

This program, McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards, focuses on «how technology may be used or adapted to monitor, manipulate, analyze, or model brain function at any level, from the molecular to the entire organism.»

The researchers wanted to see whether «mature» cells that have differentiated to fulfil a specialised role (such as that of an udder cell or a fetal cell) could be returned to a primitive state from which they could grow into entire organisms.

A large number of different cells with various functions ensure that invading microorganisms such as viruses or bacteria can quickly be rendered innocuous and the entire organism stays healthy.

Genetic Roulette discusses the complexities in the way genes may interact within the entire organism, and new discoveries about how genes interact with one another in regulatory networks inside the plant.

Especially interested in how technology may be used or adapted to monitor, manipulate, analyze, or model brain function at any level, from the molecular to the entire organism.

The Biomedical Acoustics TC is concerned with the study of the interactions of acoustic waves with biological materials, including cells, tissues, organ systems and entire organisms.

The neurons in the arcuate nucleus are stimulated by these and other signalling molecules in order to maintain energy homeostasis for the entire organism.

Systems biology uses a variety of omics tools including genomics, bioinformatics, metabolomics and proteomics to understand biology at a high level of complexity, such as how mutation or loss of a single gene affects cells, tissues and even the entire organism.

«It can be scaled to image everything from structures inside a cell all the way up to an entire organism, affording an unprecedented opportunity for omniscale biological research with consistent imaging contrast.»

That means the entire organism is made of one cell.

It is technically different from Waldman's procedure in that it is more efficient and can more easily be applied to entire organisms.

Compared to Waldman's procedure, it is more efficient and can more easily be applied to entire organisms.

As two of its main functions is to transport nutrients into and out of the cells and help in the elimination of toxins and waste from the body, water is essential for the healthy functioning of the entire organism.

Cranberry juice is another natural diuretic that will help clean out your entire organism by flushing out toxins, harmful bacteria and excess water without depleting potassium levels, which is a common side - effect of prescription diuretics.

Menstrual cycle provides hormones that make a tremendous impact on the entire organism.

It's a response to an inner crisis, an emergency, that puts the entire organism into higher gear.

Health and disease are conditions of the entire organism, involving a complex interaction of physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental, and social factors.

In essence, anytime you improve heart rate variability, you're improving the entire organism — in this case, your entire body and all its functions.

(Or — perhaps for some — an uncontrollable tumor that threatens the entire organism.)

Such complex mixed microbial culture can be considered as the organ metabolically more easily adapted and more rapidly renewable in the entire organism.

Therefore, ethologists seek a full understanding of the entire organism - environment system, including physical, social, and cultural aspects (Hinde, 1989).

Now, if it's not there, your entire organism, this human organism, is hardwired to flip out.

Trauma causes people to remain trapped in the past by leaving deep, ongoing imprints on the entire organism — from their immune systems to their internal physical rhythms.