Sentences with phrase «known genes points»

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At some point, our ancestors» genes became more successful when the ones who knew how to reciprocate helping others had a tendency to survive longer.

As microbiologists have pointed out, bacteria are known to scavenge genes from the spilled DNA of their dead.

And large, genome - wide studies searching for genetic underpinnings for more common diseases, such as lung cancer or autism, have pointed to the nether regions of the genome between the protein - producing genes — areas that were often thought to contain «junk» DNA that was not part of the pantheon of known genes.

Correa points me to a gene known as APOL1.

At this point in human evolution, a certain gene, known as CMAH, that allows for the synthesis of a sugar called Neu5Gc, went missing.

Cane points out that the method is limited to natural chemicals for which the genes are known, but adds that such a chemical palate is «enormous.»

Known to be highly effective, genome editing using «artificial nuclease» aims to cut the DNA at the target point and to modify the gene while it is repaired.

It is important to point out that the region of the 5qll chromosome contains various known genes that play a role in immune response.

That's about 2000 years earlier than suggested by previous studies focusing on a different, more selective set of genes known as the exome, but it's in line with recent archaeological findings that point to distinctly Tibetan permanent settlements appearing between 3600 and 5200 years ago, Yang says.

For example, we know that certain genes are responsible for autism and can use our model to give us insight into at what point the disorder begins developing.»

They assessed gene activity at time points known to correspond with key phases of disease: the «induction phase,» the time before the peak level of photoreceptor cell death; the «execution phase,» when the highest rates of photoreceptor cell death occur; and the «chronic phase,» during which photoreceptor cell death continues at somewhat reduced levels.

Scientists have discovered many points of regulation in the process of using a specific DNA template to make a protein, known as gene expression, that allow the cell to control how much of a certain protein is made at a certain time.

This technique pointed out particular versions of 22 genes, half of which were not previously known to have a role in intellectual ability.

«This is very exciting research because we didn't know what mutant genes or proteins were doing in the body, and this points to new areas to target research,» revealed George Yohrling, director at the Huntington's Disease Society of America.

Here's an honest question: What is the point of knowing that a gene called KRAS is mutated in many colorectal cancers?

«We don't know at this point whether these genes are involved in regulating social behavior in the general population, or whether their involvement is specific to Williams syndrome,» said Bellugi.

For all three regulatory variants, the investigators knew where to look because the patient's phenotype strongly pointed to a known gene.

Our analysis predicts that the latter participate in the same biological processes as the known genes in the corresponding clusters — thus providing a starting point to study the function of poorly characterized transcripts.

You will know when it gets to a point when you should intervene; it's in your genes; it's part of you.

The point of IF is this: episodic deprivation takes your body «off the track» for a while and allows systems to reinvigorate and recalibrate (also known as up - regulating and / or down - regulating gene expression).

In a person who has been burning carbs for decades, not getting to the point where the ever need to burn fat, there are scores of known enzymes and likely many unknown that need to be manufactured from scratch by genes that may also themselves need to be revved up again in terms of their expression.

I wish I knew more about epigenetic gene expression than I do at this point.

We don't know exactly when and who started removing white GSDs from the gene pool, but history points toward the Nazis.

Most breeders, should they breed for any length of time, may expect to encounter it at some point, as it has been known to affect individual stud dogs that have been used extensively and which form corner stones of the current Bull Terrier gene pool.

(At this point we do not know what genes cause the remainder.)