Sentences with phrase «genome as a model system»

The researchers wanted to examine the cichlid genome as a model system and determine what allowed these fishes to diversify broadly in a relatively short time.

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The sequencing of the first genome involving a cockroach species may one day serve as a model system comparable to how research on mice can apply to humans.

As we enter the second decade of a decoded, accessible Human Genome, and as progress in therapeutics becomes more data and systems - driven, the discovery process, the business models, the delivery mechanisms and the economics are all starting to changAs we enter the second decade of a decoded, accessible Human Genome, and as progress in therapeutics becomes more data and systems - driven, the discovery process, the business models, the delivery mechanisms and the economics are all starting to changas progress in therapeutics becomes more data and systems - driven, the discovery process, the business models, the delivery mechanisms and the economics are all starting to change.

With about 50 bird genomes sequenced and «The birth of birds» selected as one of the breakthroughs of the year in 2014 by Science, the avian model systems field is moving faster toward a new cross-discipline integration.

For editing the genome, this system makes use of 3 components, a guide RNA (gRNA) of about 125 nt that specifies the target, the Cas9 endonuclease that creates the DNA double - strand break (DSB) at the target site, and a donor oligonucleotide or plasmid as the repair material if needed (for knock in models).

Today, analyzing and editing genomes, proteomes and metabolomes has become a standard for many model systems; imaging beyond the diffraction limit of light and new technologies for studying protein structures provide insights deeper than ever before; the characterization of large populations of cells or organisms brings unprecedented statistical power; and studying nearly all organisms of an ecosystems as a whole allows generating comprehensive models.

The recent sequencing of the macronucleus genome should ensure that Tetrahymena will be continuously used as a model system.