Sentences with phrase «of genes studied»

The team found that they could identify such signatures for half of the genes studied.

In 1997, when few genome sequences were available, Hieter helped create XREFdb, a public database that linked the functional annotations of genes studied in model organisms with the phenotypic annotations on the human and mouse genetic maps.

ACTN3 is probably the most convincing of the genes studied so far, the most consistently associated [with sports - related fitness].

«We don't know what the time period was between the two divergences, but we do know that half of the genes studied suggest that chimpanzees appear to be closer to humans, while the other half contradict this or are ambiguous.»

Not exact matches

This is the second generation of the API undertaking and will extend the study to a larger share of people who have the APOE4 gene, which is a major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's.

«Strategic alliances are definitely becoming crucial in building businesses of all kinds and at an earlier stage than ever before,» says Gene Slowinski, director of strategic - alliance studies at Rutgers University's Graduate School of Management.

However, a study performed at Edinburgh University found that much of our predisposition toward determination, sociability, self - control, and sense of purpose is in our genes.

Our study in an animal model found that influenza infection leads to an increase in the expression of muscle - degrading genes and a decrease in expression of muscle - building genes in skeletal muscles in the legs.

Instead of just focusing on human DNA, which in the other studies had yielded limited results, she looked at multiple sets of genes — and not just from humans.

And in the recent randomized study — which was designed to assess the safety and tolerability of various doses in volunteers from Canada, Germany, and the UK — IONIS - HTTRx appeared to substantially block the gene's pernicious message from getting through.

In his 2010 book Born Entrepreneurs, Born Leaders, Scott Shane, professor of entrepreneurial studies at Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University, suggests that genes don't just influence whether a person will start a business; they may even determine how much money a person will earn.

Additionally, scientists note that genetic studies show that Amerind genes are mostly though not entirely of Asiatic origin, which appears to conflict with the Book of Mormon account of their ancestry.

This study provided detailed insight into the regulatory mechanisms of gene expression.

June 19, 2013 — A Cornell University study offers further proof that the divergence of humans from chimpanzees some 4 million to 6 million years ago was profoundly influenced by mutations to DNA sequences that play roles in turning genes on and off.

Gene you've obviously studied theology of Christianity.

The Strategy of the Genes: A Discussion of Some Aspects of Theoretical Biology (London: Allen and Unwin, 1957); Hardy, Sir Alister, The Biology of God: A Scientist's Study of Man the Religious Animal (New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1976); by the same author, The Living Stream: A Restatement of Evolution and its Relation to the Spirit of Man (London: Collins, 1965), and The Divine Flame: An Essay Towards a Natural History of Religion (London: Collins, 1966), Vols.

Study Dispels Theories of Y Chromosome's Demise: Stripped - Down Chromosome Retains Key Genes for Fertility

Mendel is perhaps the more familiar figure; most high school biology classes explain how the Moravian monk developed gene theory and the theory of inherited characteristics (with its distinction between recessive and dominant traits) from his studies of the humble pea.

Erzen writes that «studies such as those of Simon LeVay and Dean Hamer, which argue that a gay brain or gay genes exist, are revered as the basis for a minority identity and entrance into U.S. civil rights discourse.»

Waddington says that it was his early studies of Whitehead which got him out of a view of single strands of linear causation (e.g., one gene - one trait), to a view of multiple interactions sustaining a «concrescence.»

The most compelling comes from the study of genes, especially now that the Human Genome Project has been completed and the genomes of many other species being constantly mapped.

This is in essence, the sort of argument to which we incline most readily when we worry about recent advances in the study and manipulation of genes and about the implications of the Human Genome Initiative.

Gene Mater, a CBS spokesperson, told a Congressional hearing in l981: «I think our figures, our studies, and lots of other studies [show] that there is no unanimity....

Because epigenetics is the real driver of your health status, and diet plays a major role in gene expression (aka epigenetics), at least in this post's animal study!

Some researchers have looked into what role genes might have in our tendency to cheat, like last year's study on a certain variant of the dopamine gene DRD4 — and dopamine is the force behind our sexual drives, survival needs and pair - bonding behaviors.

That study got a lot of buzz in the press as the one - night stand gene (although the researchers painstakingly noted that their findings were not definitive).

Neuroscientists have over the past decade uncovered evidence, both in rodent and human studies, that parental caregiving, especially in moments of stress, affects children's development not only on the level of hormones and brain chemicals, but even more deeply, on the level of gene expression.

So far, the studies of specific genes have shown conflicting results as to whether they cause hyperovulation or increase the chance of having fraternal twins.

Ongoing projects include studies of gene - environment interactions and adverse pregnancy outcomes, as well as informed medical decision making demonstration projects in Medicaid maternity populations and within HealthWise, the nation's largest source of health information materials distributed through healthcare networks.

«In two studies of breast - fed infants involving more than 3,000 children in Britain and New Zealand, breastfeeding was found to raise intelligence an average of nearly 7 IQ points if the children had a particular version of a gene called FADS2.

One study, published in the 2008 September - October issue of the journal Child Development, suggests that some babies have a higher tendency to become agitated due to the formation of a certain receptor gene called dopamime.

More than three gene mutations among the 10 genes studied were observed in 68 % of women with recurrent miscarriage and 21 % of controls.

The disruption of prenatal cellular activity in zebra fish, which share 80 percent of their genes with humans and are considered a good model for studying human brain development, seemed to result in hyperactivity, according to the Canadian study, which was published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

ANTI-CIO # 4: In a study performed on rats, rat mothers who were nurturing towards their rat babies (i.e. licked their babies often) produced more growth hormones and changed the chemistry of the DNA in certain genes involved in the offspring's stress response.

While many factors can influence hyperactivity in children, including genes and environment, «there is good evidence that artificial food colors can also increase levels of hyperactivity,» said Jim Stevenson, the study's lead author and professor emeritus in the school of psychology at the University of Southampton.

UT Southwestern biochemists studying mouse models found that the two proteins − steroid receptor coactivators 1 and 2 (SRC - 1 and SRC - 2)-- control genes for pulmonary surfactant components that promote the initiation of labor.

Using blood samples, the study found that regulation of the oxytocin receptor gene OXTR was associated with development of the condition.

There have also been a number of reports of polymorphisms or mutations in genes that regulate inflammation, 48,49 energy production, 50, — , 52 and hypoglycemia53 in infants who died from SIDS, but these associations require more study to determine their importance.

Two initial studies suggest babies with a specific version of the FADS2 gene demonstrated an IQ averaging 7 points higher if breastfed, compared with babies with a less common version of the gene who showed no improvement when breastfed.

In the study, whole - exome sequencing and a targeted analysis of 90 genes implicated in heart disease were applied to 419 unrelated SIDS cases.

In fact, specific genes are studied for their impact on the threshold effect of some teratogens.

Dr. Gene Likens, co-discoverer of acid rain in North America some 50 years ago, says the study is the first of its kind.

However, this study revealed that mice are more similar to humans than previously thought, with an average of around 10 % of active genes escaping X-inactivation per tissue.

As part of the study, researchers found that mice engineered to develop symptoms of human inflammatory disease, and which also lacked the ATG16L1 gene, developed gut damage.

In the current study, Whitney, along with colleagues John Hinson, WSU professor of psychology, and Hans Van Dongen, director of the WSU Sleep and Performance Research Center at WSU Spokane, compared how people with different variations of the DRD2 gene performed on tasks designed to test both their ability to anticipate events and their cognitive flexibility in response to changing circumstances.

The study sheds light on the mechanisms and adaptive significance of gene family evolution.

This study found that the interaction between these genomes and the implications on energy production is strong enough that the mitochondrial genome can alter which version of a gene is present in the nuclear genome.

Billions of data points on genes, proteins and other molecules are compiled in large files and systematically studied.

«The point of our study is to show that it's never too late to reactivate the gene,» Bird says.

Together, the studies illustrate that the gene - editing technology can make a variety of changes in human DNA that would last a lifetime and stretch across generations.