Sentences with phrase «explained by genetic mutations»

Animal studies have also found that a stress to a parent, such as exposing a pregnant mouse to toxic chemicals or mildly shocking a mouse father to make it fear an odor, can result in effects such as infertility or changes in behavior that persist for two generations or more yet can't be explained by genetic mutations.

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The authors searched for genetic mutations that might explain the disproportionately high risk of SUDEP in people with poorly controlled focal epilepsy, which, by definition stems from a specific area of the brain.
New research by Rockefeller University scientists, published March 26 in Science, helps explain why: a rare genetic mutation.
Autism has a strong genetic basis, although the genetics of autism are complex and it is unclear whether ASD is explained more by rare mutations, or by rare combinations of common genetic variants.
We have been searching for a mechanism that can explain the genetic cause of majority of BWS and that can provide better understanding of intragenic mutation of p57KIP2 and disruption of KvLQT1 gene by balanced germline chromosomal rearrangements.
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