Sentences with phrase «gene conversion by»

Comparisons with the chimpanzee genome indicate that human SIGLEC11 emerged through human - specific gene conversion by an adjacent pseudogene.

Not exact matches

A human - specific gene expressed only in glial cells of the brain apparently arose from conversion of the ancestral gene by a nonfunctional pseudogene in a common human chimp ancestor.

The tools of modern biotechnology, he explains, can potentially refine industrial fermentation by mixing and matching genes that lead to a better conversion of sugar to alcohol.

Developing B cells activate and diversify their immunoglobulin (Ig) genes by recombination, gene conversion (GC) and somatic hypermutation (SHM).

These elements function by «homing», or the conversion of heterozygotes to homozygotes in the germline, which renders offspring more likely to inherit the gene drive element and the accompanying alteration than via Mendelian inheritance (Fig. 1a)[2].

If a women carries both genes that reduce this conversion, she can have a one - third to two - third reduction in the ratio of retinyl palmitate (active vitamin A) to beta - carotene circulating in her blood.27 Studies conducted by scientists with the USDA Agricultural Research Service confirm that 45 percent of individuals can not achieve adequate vitamin A status from beta - carotene alone.28, 29