Sentences with phrase «found areas of the genome»

A genetic study has found areas of the genome linked with the age at which people have sex for the first time.

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The Council, which includes academics from King's, has today published the first findings of its review looking at the potential impact of recent advances in genome editing such as the CRISPR - Cas9 system across many areas of biological research.

«By identifying the areas of the genome that are directly involved in the reprogramming, we have also identified an important factor in the process — the gene regulatory protein KLF11 (Kruppel Like Factor - 11), which is found in all fat cells, and we have shown that it is required for the reprogramming to take place.»

Finally, they compared the genomes of people from around the world and found more genetic variation in the genomic regions that control facial characteristics than in other areas of the genome, a sign that variation is evolutionarily advantageous.

The team generated a profile of open and closed areas in eight stages of T - cell development and found an abundance of the transcription factor TCF - 1 at regions along the genome that were open at the earliest stages of development.

They found four key areas of the genome where specific SNPs correlate with skin color.

Researchers working at the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization in Japan have found that epigenetic tags, such as methyl groups, on some areas of the plant genome can cause interference with gene editors and reduce their efficiency.

Functional genomic elements, for example, are expected to be found at higher density in genome regions with a high recombination rate where fewer slightly deleterious mutations accumulate than in areas of low recombination [13].