Sentences with phrase «idea of gene drives»

Still, many people are uncomfortable with the idea of gene drives that have the potential to eradicate entire species.

The idea of gene drive has been around for more than a decade.

Not exact matches

The idea of «reversal drives,» which would overwrite mutated genes with the original sequence, often arises as a promising solution to gene drives gone wild.

Thus, eventually, it's the avoidance of competition and the process that I call endo - geno - symbiosis (i.e., the capacity of endogen «gene carriers» to share parts of their genome in a symbiotic relationship with their hosts, after the idea of «endosymbiosis» proposed by Sagan, 1967) that drives the expansion of the diversity of living beings.

Test each mutant mouse line (4,000 mouse lines in the first 5 years, and ultimately up to 20,000) through a broad based primary phenotyping pipeline in all the major adult organ systems and most areas of major human diseases.Through this activity and employing data annotation tools, systematically aim to discover and ascribe biological function to each gene, driving new ideas and underpinning future research into biological systems.