Sentences with phrase «for genetic differences»

Of course, it gets even more complicated than that, because variations in genetics means that some metabolic types tolerate fats well and some do not, so diet tests administered without regard for genetic differences will produce conflicting results, and the complication then gets even deeper in that hunger may be a generic response to nutritional deficiencies.

Thus, by studying twins, the researchers could control for genetic differences and tease out the effect of methylation.

To separate the influence of random drift from active adaptation, the researchers looked for genetic differences between urban and rural mice that were too extreme to be explained by drift alone.

Scientists have long looked for genetic differences in these fortunate individuals — and they've already found a few.

To find the gene itself, Yoshiura and his colleagues looked for genetic differences in this region among 64 Japanese with dry earwax and 54 Japanese with wet earwax.

Vance and van der Walt looked for genetic differences in mitochondrial DNA among nine lineages of European origin.

In the new study, researchers analyzed DNA from more than 180,000 people, looking for genetic differences that dictate height.

Many companies worry that testing for genetic differences will narrow their market and squelch their profits.

Not exact matches

Lewis S. Ford has addressed himself directly to the claim for nonphysical (but still temporal) successiveness in the genetic process in his article «On Genetic Successiveness: a Third Alternative» (1: 421 - 25).1 Ford begins by pointing out that the differences between phases in a single occasion can not be mere differences in complexity of integgenetic process in his article «On Genetic Successiveness: a Third Alternative» (1: 421 - 25).1 Ford begins by pointing out that the differences between phases in a single occasion can not be mere differences in complexity of integGenetic Successiveness: a Third Alternative» (1: 421 - 25).1 Ford begins by pointing out that the differences between phases in a single occasion can not be mere differences in complexity of integration.

Incidentally, there are different figures for human genetic similarity to apes because there are different means of measuring the difference.

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The above established relationship between the philosophy of organism and the genetic early forms of our perception of reality say nothing against the philosophy of organism, but rather say something for it, on the condition that the existence of essential niveau differences, the integration of necessary differentiations, and the rejection of anthropomorphic formations, point to an obvious need for a whole new conceptual elaboration.

This myth proposes that actual genetic differences exist between ethnic groups or social classes, differences distinctive enough that society is justified in allowing «more naturally capable» groups to be responsible for making the decisions that affect everyone.

The close genetic makeup of man and animals only serves to negate the argument for evolution since the gulf of difference between them has not been explained.

I then had testing done through Enterolab and it came back positive (as did the genetic test), but regardless the difference in my health (mentally and physically) being gluten free was more than enough for me to swear off the stuff for good.

The factors responsible for differences in training adaptability are not known, but genetic factors seem likely, as will be described subsequently.

As for the disparity in skull features, a number of factors, including diet and random genetic drift, could account for differences in appearance between modern Native Americans and Kennewick Man.

If chemical profiles are mainly determined by genetics, this kind of analysis could be used as a rapid screen for determining genetic differences.»

But when genetic, morphological, and behavioral differences all point to a new species, says David Brown, the geneticist whose study argued for dividing giraffes into six species, that is not rebranding.

What has been called the modern synthesis of the two fields emerged in the 1940s with the idea that the sorts of genetic differences you could observe in populations, right out your window, when compounded and extrapolated over vast periods of time, could account for the large - scale changes we see in the fossil record.

The greater similarities seen in the twins indicated that genetic factors accounted for at least 75 % of the differences in ADHD.

Careful genetic analysis not only confirmed long - standing suspicion that Y. pestis was the microbe responsible for the plague, but also found slight genetic differences among bacteria from various remains at the site — suggesting that even as it killed millions, the bacterial strain itself was dying off.

Because it takes hundreds of thousands of years for the genetic evolution of natural selection to occur, these sex differences in navigation strategies probably have their roots in the Stone Age.

Science has recognized such genetic differences for at least a decade.

For bear evolution, studying the paternally inherited Y chromosome is therefore a rich source to trace both the geographic dispersal and genetic differences between bear species.

The differences in fear sensitivity are likely to be innate, at least in part: dysfunction in the amygdala, a brain area important for processing fear, has previously been linked to psychopathic behaviour, and genetic factors must underlie some of these differences.

Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski, one of the lead authors of the paper, from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, said: «We can now say, unequivocally, that genetic variations in this region of the human genome provide strong protection against severe malaria in real - world settings, making a difference to whether a child lives or dies.

The researchers, led by Sara Jaeger, Jeremy McRae, and Richard Newcomb of Plant and Food Research in New Zealand, found that for four of the ten odors tested, there was indeed a genetic association, suggesting that differences in the genetic make - up determine whether a person can or can not smell these compounds.

In fact, genetic factors appeared to account for slightly more than 50 percent of the difference between twins, the Monell group calculates.

He omits, for example, the studies showing that children who are abused or neglected are only slightly more likely to become delinquent than children who are not: once again the difference may be caused by genetic inheritance rather than by the parents» maltreatment.

«Our findings show that population differences in transcriptional responses to immune activation are widespread, and that they are mainly accounted for by genetic variants that differ in their frequencies between human populations,» said Lluis Quintana - Murci of Institut Pasteur and CNRS in Paris, France, who led one of the two studies.

But to be fully confident in the genetic evidence they had gathered, the scientists also examined the turtles for differences in body shape and size.

The short answer is that there is no biological basis for «race» as we know it, but among populations there can be small but measurable genetic differences.

Reasons for the differences in results could include genetic adaptations in plants to develop more quickly.

None of the other genetic groups could be subdivided, suggesting that there isn't enough genetic difference to distinguish people from northern versus southern Europe, for example.

To try to answer that, we looked for molecular differences that could reveal aspects of motor neuron diversity — and the study started with a molecular screen to try and find genetic differences between different subtypes of motor neurons.

In 1987, you co-authored a paper with Naruya Saitou describing the neighbor - joining method, a novel algorithm for creating evolutionary trees by working backward based on key genetic differences between related species, the idea being the more recently one species diverged from another, the more similar their DNA will be.

Deep sequencing of isolates taken from a single patient carrying MRSA for the longest period revealed that although all isolates were of the same clade, there were small genetic differences between them, suggesting bacterial diversity within a single carrier.

«Understanding well the genetic similarities and differences between human populations is key for public health,» said Dr Simon Myers.

For comparison, the genetic differences among giraffe species are at least as great as those between polar and brown bears.

After collecting information from school counselors about any social difficulties experienced by the girls, Skuse's group found that 40 % with the maternal X chromosome were likely to have problems at school, versus only 16 % of girls with the paternal X. «It seemed to us there could only be a genetic explanation for that,» Skuse says, because he says there were no other differences between the two sets of girls.

Teasing out the difference between heredity and environment is key to narrowing the field when you're looking for a genetic relationship to a particular disease.»

For example, the team found that many of the genetic differences were related to the biochemical function of metal ion binding, and metals are known to influence differences in pigmentation and mandible shape between the two T. cristinae ecotypes.

Techniques that scan for hundreds of thousands of genetic differences at once are linking particular variations to particular traits and diseases in ways not possible before.

They are there to compensate for the genetic or hormonal differences that are necessary to create two sexes with different sets of genitals and reproductive behaviours.

«These twin studies show that there's a genetic basis for the differences in how easy or enjoyable children find learning.»

Measuring differences between the ancient and modern DNA, Malhi and colleagues calculated a rough date for the genetic shift, about 175 years ago.

There are genetic differences, for a start — or even the fact that unpleasant associations of your grandmother's potatoes will ruin the most artfully seasoned canapé.

New research links specific inherited genetic differences (alterations) to an increased risk for eye (uveal) melanoma, a rare form of melanoma that arises from pigment cells that determine eye color.

But the finding that all these genetic differences trigger the same cellular pathway provides hope for others.