Sentences with phrase «genetic markers allow»

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Ultimately, biological and genetic markers might allow psychiatrists to better predict which patients are most at risk of suicide.

Not only is the sample size bigger than Hamer's, but there are now far more genetic markers available, allowing Sanders to zero in on specific genes much faster.

Now with an extensive and diverse collection of representative apple genomes, thorough and careful analyses have allowed Fei's group to distinguish important genetic markers that will greatly aid breeders in their quest for better apples — be it for disease resistance, shelf - life, taste, or even size.

Despite this, the extensive breadth of the new study allowed the researchers to identify several genetic markers underlying the fruit size increases, which is great news for breeders who might want to further increase the apple's girth.

But in May, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the first time allowed the use of an existing approved drug, Keytruda, to treat any solid tumor bearing a specific genetic marker.

«This discovery has allowed us to develop genetic markers that are being used to breed more salt - tolerant grapevine rootstocks, allowing new genotypes to be screened at the seedling stage rather than through lengthy and expensive field - based vineyard trials.»

Molecular markers — pieces of DNA that «mark» a specific gene — allow researchers to comb the genetic blueprint of a plant, match the sequence with a certain trait using computer programs, and develop seeds.

«We have a huge set of cannabis genomic data that will, hopefully, allow us to ID genetic markers associated with chemical results and certain patient outcomes,» Holmes says.

The virus has all the genetic markers that allow us to trace how and where it comes from.

Morgan E. Levine, a post-doctoral fellow in human genetics and biostatistics at the University of California - Los Angeles, and Eileen Crimmins, a gerontology professor at the University of Southern California, discovered a set of genetic markers in these smokers that they believe may allow them to better withstand and mitigate environmental damage from stressors.

The new method allows for the detection of polymorphisms between individuals, which will be useful for downstream applications such as marker - assisted selection, linkage and QTL mapping, and genetic diversity studies.

Following this insight, the first genetic maps that allowed researchers to trace patterns of inheritance in humans were made using as genetic markers locations on chromosomes where restriction enzymes slice through the DNA.

Similar to other Unyvero Applications, Unyvero UTI allows the rapid detection of pathogens and genetic resistance markers in a broad range of routinely available patient sample types, such as midstream urine, catheter urine, suprapubic aspiration, and tissue.

In the 1980s, her research group identified genetic markers that allow prenatal diagnosis and carrier status determination of DMD, and mapped the gene coding for DMD to a specific location on the X chromosome.

This project will be aimed towards developing a genetic marker - based risk test specifically for Yorkshire Terriers, allowing breeders the ability to make informed decisions with a view to eventually eliminate PLE in Yorkies altogether.

Examination of certain markers in the genetic code currently allow healthcare workers to determine risk factors for certain diseases, such as various forms of cancer.