Sentences with phrase «identifying genes controlling»

They further investigated the genomic basis of divergence among the cultivated populations for identifying genes controlling important traits.

And Dr. Ludovic Orlando from the Centre for GeoGenetics at the University of Copenhagen concludes: «Perhaps even more exciting as it represents the hallmark of animal domestication, we identify genes controlling animal behavior and the response to fear.

Here, we identified genes controlling greening directly downstream of the GATAs by integrating data from RNA - sequencing and microarray data sets.

To date, these data have been studied with a two - step process cumulating in an integrative data analysis to identify genes controlling metastatic colonisation.

Not exact matches

The method identifies gene sets that show evidence for positive selection in comparison with matched controls, and thus highlights genes for further functional studies.

We identify key candidate genes that may control rate - limiting steps during lactation and outline future work in the endeavor to discover the biological underpinnings of poor lactation performance in women attempting to breastfeed.

Their landmark findings will open the door to identify gene variants controlling skin microbiota and to define their link to various diseases such as skin inflammatory disorders.

«We now need to identify how this effect is pass through multiple generations by investigating the effects alcohol has on the genome and epigenome (molecules that control gene translation),» said Cameron.

Next, Anderson and his colleagues used a set of genetic tools to identify exactly which neurons were responsible for the effect on aggression and to see if the gene that encodes for Tk also controls aggressive behavior by acting in that cell.

The researchers identified for the first time master genes that they believe control hundreds of other genes which are linked to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, stroke, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, depression, schizophrenia and other disorders.

The findings by a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators, which will be published in the April 24 issue of Cell and are receiving advance online release, support the importance of epigenetics — processes controlling whether or not genes are expressed — in cancer pathology and identify molecular circuits that may be targeted by new therapeutic approaches.

«By analyzing the blood of children of controls and comparing it to children of bipolar patients, we identified several genes or markers that can explain the increased risk.»

In addition to identifying several characterized developmental genes, the approach revealed previously unsuspected genetic subdivisions of the thorax, which may control the disposition of pattern elements.

By tweaking different fly genes and counting how many neuron types were produced as the flies matured, the team identified a network of five genes that work together like coordinated control switches to guide the precursor cells» transformation to mature neurons.

University of Illinois researchers have identified candidate genes controlling the accumulation of phenolic compounds in broccoli.

«Gene that controls soybean seed permeability, calcium content, identified.»

The team's next goal is to identify genes that interact with GmHs1 - 1 and understand how they work together to control calcium and possibly other mineral content.

Using previous data, Orkin and his team identified the BCL11A gene as a candidate for controlling the molecular switch.

This could be transformative as we identify similar genes that control calcium levels in other legumes.»

Molecular geneticists dream of having a similarly comprehensive view of networks that control genes: For example, they would like to identify rules explaining how a single DNA sequence can express different proteins, or varying amounts of protein, in different circumstances (see p. 80).

That's why sequencing the genome was important, he said, because it will help identify all the genes and enzymes in the genome needed for hydrocarbon production and control of this production.

Decades of work in developmental biology have provided a start: Biologists have used mutant frogs, flies, mice, chicks, and fish to identify some of the main genes that control a developing cell's decision to become a bone cell or a muscle cell.

In a study exploring the molecules controlling osteoclast differentiation in the cancer setting, Ell et al. have identified miRNAs (microRNAs are small noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression) whose levels were consistently down - or up - regulated in differentiating osteoclasts.

They then identified the putative causal mutations in genes controlling shattering (a key domestication trait among cereal crops).

To further identify the role of TAZ, the research team studied breast tissue at different stages of development using two groups of mice: a control group with the TAZ gene and an experimental group of knock - out mice with the TAZ gene deleted.

A Kansas State University wheat geneticist is part of a breakthrough study that identifies one of the wheat genes that controls response to low temperature exposure, a process called vernalization.

A traditional way to target a candidate gene is to identify a molecule or process important to, say, emotion, and then go back and find the genes that control it.

After analyzing brain tissue samples, the researchers identified an area of the gene where a single change reduced BDNF levels in the hypothalamus, a key area that controls eating and body weight.

Basel scientists have now identified a network of genes that controls fundamental properties of neurons and is important for human brain activity, memory and the development of schizophrenia.

Using the recently completed tomato genome sequence they then identified the gene as SlGLK2 — a so - called transcription factor, which controls when and where other genes are switched on or off.

Using sophisticated genetic sequencing technology, King and Yin identified a common set of genes that are controlled by a shared network of genetic regulators known as microRNAs.

The gene that controls shell thickness, creatively named SHELL, was identified in 2013 by researchers at Orion, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York and the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), a government research institute based near Kuala Lumpur.

To identify genes that might be relevant for drug discovery, the investigators plumbed DNA data from patients with coronary disease and from healthy controls.

For the first time, researchers have identified a long non-coding ribonucleic acid (ncRNA) that regulates genes controlling the ability of heart cells to undergo repair or regeneration.

Indeed, the team identified high variation in adjacent «normal» tissue samples, which are typically used as control samples for comparison in analyses based on mean gene expression.

Researchers have identified many of Short - root's gene targets, but weren't sure what controlled the Short - root master switch itself to kick off the cascade.

They identified a simpler 2 - node network — where the stripe gene is directly controlled by both activation and repression from the morphogen sensor gene - that replicates the stripe - forming ability in its simplest form.

Now, synthetic biologists have solved the last piece of the poppy puzzle, identifying the gene that controls a key intermediate step between the first and second halves of the process, which had already been sorted out.

Peter Meyer, a molecular biologist at the University of Leeds, and his colleagues identified a gene they labeled Sho (for shooting), which controls production of cytokinins, hormones that delay aging in plants.

Increasingly local adaptation to climate is being studied at the molecular level by identifying which genes control climate adaptation and how these vary between individuals.

Though this study doesn't yet identify the mechanism that controls gene activity for generations after a famine, the findings build a foundation to do so, Baugh said.

The researchers also identified genes that control sugar content, but realistically, there's no way to directly boost the sugar in commercially grown tomatoes, Klee says.

The team has identified several ways that naturally occurring gene variations can control both a person's height and their risk of coronary heart disease.

Using a slew of molecular techniques, the team identified the color - stealing culprit in white grapes as a mobile fragment of DNA, called a retrotransposon, which inserts itself into the gene controlling pigment production.

Previously, Shozo Kobayashi of the National Institute of Fruit Tree Science in Tsukuba, Japan, identified a specific gene that controls the production of this pigment in black - skinned grapes.

This is the first study in human trials to identify genes driving acute peanut allergic reactions using a double - blind placebo - controlled approach with comprehensive sequencing of genes expressed before, during, and after they ingested peanut.

In his previous work, CSHL Associate Professor Zach Lippman and Israeli colleagues identified a rare example of hybrid vigor involving a genetic defect in the gene that makes florigen, a hormone that controls the process of flowering and flower production.

One surprising finding from the study co-led by Johns Hopkins, Ehret says, was that many of the new sites identified were near genes that are active in cells that line the inside of blood vessels, suggesting those cells are somehow involved directly in blood pressure control.

Professor Seymour said: «To support the tomato industry and further improve consumer satisfaction with new tomato varieties, a major scientific goal has been to identify genes that allow the targeted control of fruit softening without impacting other aspects of ripening.

«This is the first time a gene that controls the timing of bud break in trees has been identified.»