Sentences with phrase «of genetic marker called»

One of the tools, the SNP - Seek database, is designed to provide user - friendly access to a type of genetic marker called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) identified from this data.

One of the tools, the SNP - Seek database, is designed to provide user - friendly access to a type of genetic marker called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) identified from this data.

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There he discovered a shared genetic marker, a patch of DNA called Xq28.

The population - based study of 503 people with colon cancer found that 14 percent of Caucasians and 7 percent of African - Americans had a genetic marker called microsatellite instability, or MSI.

Studies of genetic markers that are distinctive to ancestral groups show that typical African Americans have 20 percent European blood, although that figure can go as high as 80 percent in some people who call themselves black.

By analyzing genetic markers called amplified fragment - length polymorphisms, the researchers could tell whether a Svalbard sample had, say, Russian ancestry, because of the many markers shared between that sample and a Russian one.

These so - called genome - wide association studies have turned up hundreds of genetic markers linked to diseases such as cancer and diabetes.

In 2015, the company began offering a limited test for the markers of a rare genetic condition called Bloom Syndrome, which increases cancer risks and makes people with the syndrome very sensitive to sunlight.

Y - chromosomes have a number of highly - polymorphic genetic markers called short tandem repeat (STRs).

Each person's complete set of DNA, or genome, is surveyed by examining a strategically selected «panel» of genetic markers that tag areas of known variation, called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).

Malaria infections that were slow to clear were also strongly associated with a single - point mutation in a P. falciparum gene called kelch 13, an important validation of the recently discovered genetic marker (k13) in the DNA of the malaria parasite.

Given the repetition of a single DNA marker in pedigree Kangals, called haplogroup D, geneticists agree this link to be the truest genetic connection to the beginning of this breed.

The Service will have an important role in the release of complex trait genetic marker tests orthopedic traits like hip dysplasia (also called genomic prediction).

Genetic testing refers to the process of analyzing a person's genes to identify specific traits or markers, commonly called «genetic characteristics.Genetic testing refers to the process of analyzing a person's genes to identify specific traits or markers, commonly called «genetic characteristics.genetic characteristics.»