Sentences with phrase «epigenetic differences»

FLATOW: There's another study out this week showing epigenetic differences between induced stem cells and embryonic stem cells, that induced stem cells had a memory, basically.

Sergey Gavrilets, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a co-author of Rice's epigenetics model, adds that the study would also be «more convincing» if the team could link the regions showing epigenetic differences to testosterone sensitivity in the womb.

However, there were still key epigenetic differences between twins in terms of how the iPSCs compared to ESCs.

We looked at the ribosomal DNA data and found huge epigenetic differences.

In addition, twins who had spent the most time apart and had more divergent medical histories exhibited the greatest epigenetic differences.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified epigenetic differences in the breast cancer tumors of African - American women and women of European descent, shedding light on one mechanism by which race may influence the way breast cancer develops.

Several studies in twins that originate from a single egg and its nucleus have revealed epigenetic differences between people who are identical at the level of DNA sequence.

Passaging the iPSCs gradually erased those donor cell age - related epigenetic differences, the team found.

«Epigenetic Differences Arise During the Lifetime of Monozygotic Twins,» by Mario F. Fraga et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2005.

Interestingly, we also saw that there were epigenetic differences between male and female skeletal muscle, which may be of importance to develop gender specific therapies in the future.»

The scientists found that both genetic and epigenetic differences between the maternal and paternal allele contributed to the observed tissue - specific activity patterns.

Dyson will also look to use the epigenetic fingerprint resulting from the presence of GATA6 rather than GATA2 as a potential diagnostic tool, since these epigenetic differences are readily detectable.

«Interestingly, twins with large differences in birth weight and cortical structure also had epigenetic differences.

The researchers identified several hundred differences in methylation associated with either Mexican or Puerto Rican ethnicity, but discovered that only three - quarters of the epigenetic difference between the two ethnic subgroups could be accounted for by differences in the children's genetic ancestry.

The rest of the epigenetic differences, the authors suggest, may reflect a biological stamp made by the different experiences, practices, and environmental exposures distinct to the two ethnic subgroups.