Sentences with phrase «gene body length»

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Ostrander says that by identifying other dog genes for body size and for traits such as leg length and head shape, researchers may learn more about growth and its disorders — especially cancer — in humans and their best friends.

But in the pythons, the HOX genes were active from the top of the spinal column to skeletal remnants of the hind limbs, says Cohn, explaining why snakes have ribs along almost their whole body length.

The area on the DNA where this gene (and genes governing other physical features such as muzzle length, coat characteristics, relative leg length, body proportion and ear floppiness) is found is very prone to mutations, and dogs have many more of these mutations than other species.