Sentences with phrase «likely candidate gene»

To find out if such a gene - environment interaction is involved, they first identified a likely candidate gene, FADS2, which codes for an enzyme known to play a key role in fatty acid production.

By combining those factors, Phevor identifies an undiagnosed disease or the most likely candidate gene mutation for causing a disease.

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This gene seemed like a likely candidate for the mutation since it was only expressed in the skin.

A companion paper published in BMC Evolutionary Biology by colleagues at the EPA lab in Narragansett, RI, that used a «candidate gene scan» approach — examining SNPs from 42 genes associated with the AHR pathway — also identified AHR2 as a gene that appears to be under selection and is likely to be involved in the resistance.

The team pares down a list of about 500 likely causal genes to slightly more than 200 best «candidate» autism genes.

Cystic fibrosis may not be the most likely candidate for gene therapy, however, because the disease affects multiple organ systems.

These findings further underscore the utility of the rabbit hybrid zone for fine - scale mapping of candidate genes likely to be involved in the early stages of reproductive isolation.

Although all seven genes in the interval are Idd10 candidates, we suggest the gene encoding the EWI immunoglobulin subfamily member EWI - 101 (Cd101) as the most likely Idd10 candidate because of the previously reported immune - associated properties of the human CD101 molecule.

One way they have looked for these potential «genetic modifiers,» has been through a candidate gene approach, methodically hand - picking their most likely candidates from the 20,000 - some genes in the human genome.