Not exact matches
In genome - wide association studies (GWAS), researchers focus
on typical variations in genomes, so - called SNPs (single
nucleotide polymorphisms).
Specifically, they focused
on single -
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)-- variations that affect a single DNA building block.
Reviewing thousands of genome wide associate studies (GWAS) to identify genetic variants in single
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), investigators at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center found that some alleles (one of a pair of genes located
on a specific chromosome) are more frequently risk - associated with disease than protective.
All of these studies were genome - wide association studies (GWAS) based
on millions of genetic variants called Single
Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs).
Furthermore, the analysis of data
on single -
nucleotide polymorphisms, the main cause of difference between human beings, allows the prediction of phenotypic effects of a particular genetic variation.
Rather than measuring genetic changes directly (such as single
nucleotide polymorphisms, otherwise known as SNPs), McKee and her group typically do RNA expression profiles
on patients to see what genes are being expressed.
Genome - wide association studies generally rely
on genetic variations called single -
nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs (pronounced «snips»).
To get a clearer picture of the settlement patterns, David Reich of Harvard Medical School in Boston and his colleagues compared DNA from 52 Native American populations across Canada, Greenland and Central and Southern America, focusing
on variations called single -
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in protein - coding and non-coding regions across the genome.
To identify new genetic variations associated with different SLE phenotypes, a total of 598,258 different regions
on the genome (known as single -
nucleotide polymorphisms) were genotyped in a population of 482 Caucasian European SLE patients of Spanish origin recruited from the rheumatology departments of 15 Spanish university hospitals belonging to the IMID Consortium (SLE group).
To reduce false positives when identifying genetic variations associated with human disease through genome - wide association studies (GWAS), Dartmouth researchers have identified nine traits that are not dependent
on P values to predict single
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) reproducibility as reported in Human Genetics
on October 2, 2014.
Their analysis identified new «extreme longevity - promoting variants»
on chromosomes 4 and 7, while also confirming variants (SNPs, or single
nucleotide polymorphisms) previously associated with longevity.
This study further investigated the impact of nicotine use / smoking status and variation in the mu opioid receptor gene (OPRM1), specifically, an A118G single
nucleotide polymorphism (SNP, or DNA sequence variation),
on the effects of naltrexone
on a range of drinking outcomes.
It will build
on the recently completed HapMap, which describes how blocks of DNA tagged by common variants, called single -
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), vary in different populations (ScienceNOW, 26 October 2005).
While the HapMap was ramping up, I got my name
on a paper for the first time, High - density single -
nucleotide polymorphism maps of the human genome (Genomics, 86:2, 2005).
The effect of a
nucleotide polymorphism may vary depending
on the particular mitochondrial genome in which it arises.
A genetic score (GS) was calculated
on the basis of suggestive single
nucleotide...
polymorphisms (SNPs) found by association analyses.
Analysis of a linkage peak
on chromosome 13 with a dense set of SNPs (single
nucleotide polymorphisms) revealed a four - SNP haplotype spanning the gene encoding FLAP (ALOX5AP) that confers an approximately twofold increased risk of myocardial infarction, or heart attack.
The alliance will employ Illumina's platform for high - multiplex single -
nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping to develop tests for gene variants deCODE has previously shown to have impact
on the risk of a growing number of common diseases with major public health impact.
Allele - specific PCR, molecular cytogenetic studies, microsatellite PCR, Affymetrix single
nucleotide polymorphism array analyses, and colony assays were undertaken
on subgroups of patients.
The researchers zeroed in
on a single -
nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) that appeared to be the causal mutation, typically consisting of an adenine
nucleotide but appearing as a guanine
nucleotide in roughly a third of the population, located in a region of noncoding DNA that falls within the PHACTR1 gene.
This section invites manuscripts describing (a) Linkage, association, substitution or positional mapping and epigenetic studies in any species; (b) Validation studies of candidate genes using genetically - engineered mutant model organisms; (c) Studies focused
on epistatis and gene - environment interactions; (d) Analysis of the functional implications of genomic sequence variation and aim to attach physiological or pharmacogenomic relevance to alterations in genes or proteins; (e) Studies of DNA copy number variants, non-coding RNA, genome deletions, insertions, duplications and other single
nucleotide polymorphisms and their relevance to physiology or pharmacology in humans or model organisms, in vitro or in vivo; and (f) Theoretical approaches to analysis of sequence variation.
The sequence data easily can be used to identify single
nucleotide deletion, insertion,
polymorphism and translocation and copy a number of changes
on the DNA level.
Additionally, copy number aberrations inferred from the Ion Torrent sequencing were compared to single
nucleotide polymorphism arrays and found to be 59 % concordant
on average.
Genome sequence analysis was performed
on multiple culture time point samples from six monoclonal isolates, and single
nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variants emerging over time were detected.
A previous method, COIL, was developed to estimate complexity of infection (COI) from single
nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data, but relies
on monogenomic infections to estimate allele frequencies or requires external allele frequency data which may not available.
We have established two inbred lines that both show a significant overall reduction in genetic diversity based
on microsatellite genotyping and genome - wide single
nucleotide polymorphism (SNP).
The human DAO gene spans ≈ 10 kbp and is located
on chromosome 7q35 (27) Various single -
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the DAO gene have been shown to be associated with inflammatory and neoplastic gastrointestinal diseases, such as food allergy (44), gluten - sensitive enteropathy, Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, and colon adenoma (45 — 47).
I've just returned from a four day conference taught by methylation expert Dr. Ben Lynch
on SNPs (single
nucleotide polymorphisms).
For those of you not
on Team Cilantro, consider this your talking points... and impress your naysaying cilantro - loving friends by boasting about your unique version of a single -
nucleotide polymorphism in the area of chromosome 11!
The moderating effects of three single
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)(rs1042778, rs2268493 and rs237887) of the OXTR gene
on mesolimbic responses to rewards were evaluated using a monetary incentive delay fMRI task.