Sentences with word «nongenetic»

The genetics of brain disorders are complex, in that multiple genes interact with a host of nongenetic factors to determine an individual's risk.

No major gene variances were obtained for HD from the shuffled data sets, and thus it can be considered likely that evidence of major genes was unlikely to have been a spurious result caused by nongenetic effects.

The work is among the first to show a link between nongenetic signals and the asymmetric expression of genes, says computational biologist Nick Monk of the University of Sheffield, U.K..

«This would be superfluous, because nongenetic testing for the infection can be accomplished at a fraction of the cost.

Bipolar disorder is associated with numerous genes and nongenetic risk factors.

Previous studies in lab rats have shown that this type of nongenetic inheritance can influence traits like fur color and obesity.

«There are any number of critical nongenetic factors that play a key role: coaching, equipment, competition, and serendipity.

The different strain variances we see suggest that the extent of nongenetic heterogeneity is itself genetically determined.»

Moreover, the seeming infallibility of DNA may prompt police to place too much reliance on familial search methods instead of considering nongenetic evidence that may steer an investigation toward other leads, notes New York University School of Law professor Erin Murphy.

The circulating DNA techniques still need to be vetted on a large scale, and they face competition from other diagnostic tests that rely on blood - borne hormones, metabolites, and other nongenetic molecules.

«Parkinson's had been considered the archetypal nongenetic disorder,» says Farrer, so finding a genetic component represents a major advance.

Another, nongenetic reason for an overweight dog is more obvious: YOU, the owner, may be overindulging your pet, most likely with treats or people food.

X1, X2, X3, and Z were incidence matrices relating nongenetic, breeder, litter, and genetic effects, respectively, to the observations.

The complete mixed inheritance model was where y = grades for hip dysplasia or elbow dysplasia; mean of the right and left joint, β = nongenetic fixed effects, b = random breeder effects, c = random litter effects, u = additive genetic effects, W = genotypes, m = genotype means, and e = random residuals.

We used structural equation modeling to estimate genetic and nongenetic contributions to restrained eating.

Although mutations can occur anywhere in the human intestine, certain types of colorectal cancer tend to develop in particular locations, suggesting that additional, nongenetic factors contribute to tumor growth and dictate where polyps appear.

Zaidi is studying the nongenetic drivers of neurological diseases like autism.

The work may also help explain some of the nongenetic factors that have been implicated in colorectal cancer.

Cell processes are also determined by the chemical labeling (or marks) and specific spatial organization of our genomes, which are epigenetic characteristics — that is, nongenetic but nonetheless inheritable traits.

«We need to integrate nongenetic factors because most factors are nongenetic anyway,» Khoury notes.

Also, nongenetic factors could play a role.

The one case where a nongenetic factor (artificial cranial deformation) has indeed been plausibly argued to be responsible for a superficially archaic skull appearance (Kow Swamp and some other Australian fossils) he dubs «contrived» (p 155).

Amazingly, some of these nongenetic changes can be passed to the next generation: Unlicked pups grow up to be unlicking mothers, who beget more unlicked pups.

Research has found that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is most likely caused by a series of genetic and nongenetic factors.

A liquid - y eye treatment that tackles dehydration and puffiness and gradually gets rid of (nongenetic) dark circles

The nongenetic effects included effects of age, sex, year of birth, and of the radiologist grading the X-rays.

Flat prior distributions were defined for the nongenetic effects and effects at the single locus (− ∞, ∞), for the variance components (0, ∞), and for the allele frequencies (0,1).

Nonetheless, times have changed; today's preschoolers live in an obesogenic environment that was unimaginable as recently as 1990, and nongenetic factors may now be relatively more important.

Behavioral genetic studies indicate that nongenetic factors play a role in the development of bipolar and major depressive disorders.