Sentences with phrase «places along the genome»

Taylor and Ehrenreich, however, found that higher - order interactions of five or more places along the genome can have major impacts, and may help explain the so - called «missing heritability» problem, in which additive genetic variants do not entirely explain many inherited diseases and traits.

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In this month's issue of Genome Research, Elizabeth Stewart and her colleagues at Stanford University present this new map, which places about 8000 landmarks along the genome's 3 billion bases — DNA's building blocks — yielding twice the resolution of gene maps currently iGenome Research, Elizabeth Stewart and her colleagues at Stanford University present this new map, which places about 8000 landmarks along the genome's 3 billion bases — DNA's building blocks — yielding twice the resolution of gene maps currently igenome's 3 billion bases — DNA's building blocks — yielding twice the resolution of gene maps currently in use.

Imprinting means that in some places along the human genome — about 100 genes in all — the way DNA behaves depends on which parent passes it to the offspring.