Sentences with phrase «only gene fragments»
While ESTs themselves are only gene fragments, the patent application claimed not only the identified ESTs, but also the genes that they «tag.»
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So why the fuss over patenting a fragment whose use lies only in identifying full - length genes?
As Gary Stix reviewed in «Owning the Stuff of Life,» in the February issue, companies and universities have been on a spree of patenting not only whole genes but also genetic fragments of unknown utility.
Similar to a key that fits a lock, the scissors only fit a specific pattern of gene fragments that may serve as a genetic fingerprint for the species searched.
Our findings attest to the value of a time ‐ series approach, as the shifts in population dynamics of clones harboring different gene fragments would not have been discovered if we had only obtained endpoint data.