Sentences with phrase «points along the genome»
Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have mapped the points along the genome where a scaffolding protein crucial to maintaining the genome's structure binds.
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The scientists had strategically inserted these foreign DNA «markers» at particular points along the genome, next to genes expressed only in embryonic stem cells.
Not exact matches
Instead, the project can start out by testing participants» DNA for so - called single nucleodtide polymorphism (SNPs), common mutations scattered along the genome that can point to disease risk genes.
Breed markers are points along a particular breed's genome that are specific for that breed.