Sentences with phrase «human genetic variation contributes»
Because people exposed to Ebola show phenotypic variability in susceptibility to infection and disease severity, it is likely that human genetic variation contributes to individual immunity and infectivity and that host genetic differences are one factor among many that interact to influence the infection.
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Many other geographic, climatic, and historical factors have contributed to the patterns of human genetic variation seen in the world today.
Among other initiatives, his group contributes to ENCODE (Encyclopedia of DNA Elements), supported by NIH to define functional genomic elements; the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) for data sharing and analysis; and the internationally funded 1000 Genomes Project on human genetic variation.
Several lines of evidence suggest that a person's facial shape is controlled by one's genes, but scientists don't yet understand how genetic variation contributes to the range of healthy shapes and sizes that human faces take.
He's interested in understanding how non-coding genetic variation contributes to human traits by integrating the genome and transcriptome.
His research focuses on understanding the role of genetic variation in contributing to human health and disease using mouse models of human disease, and more recently exploiting technologies developed for biomedical research for application in the field of genetic pest management.