Sentences with phrase «previous genetic studies»

Our results agree with previous genetic studies suggesting the historical size of the eastern gray whale population was roughly three to five times its current size.

They included more chimpanzees from various regions in Africa in their analysis, because previous genetic studies have suggested that four distinct geographical subspecies of chimpanzee exist.

In previous genetic studies, this variant had been linked to a greater risk of wheezing illnesses and asthma hospitalizations during childhood.

Although previous studies have found that a large percentage of hair colour variation is explained by heritable factors, previous genetic studies only identified a dozen or so hair colour genes.

However, due to technological limitations, previous genetic studies largely focused on mixed populations of cells, obscuring critical nuances in cellular behavior.

«Such a mosaic anatomical evolution may well be related to the somewhat similar molecular mosaic evolution between the three species revealed by previous genetic studies: each of the chimpanzees species share about 3 percent of genetic traits with humans that are not present in the other chimpanzee species.»

It concludes that Neanderthals were more numerous than previous genetic studies often supposed, perhaps finally aligning genomic findings with the larger populations extrapolated from artifacts and fossils.

The model emerging from this work and previous genetic studies suggests that the activities of VRN1 and VRN2 are connected: Prolonged cold puts a chill on VRN2 activity, leading to up - regulation of VRN1 and flowering.

He adds that the evidence that Neolithic women were migrating into Mesolithic communities is «fascinating,» because previous genetic studies had suggested that the opposite happened as farming spread further west into Europe — that is, that hunter - gatherer gals entered Neolithic communities and mated with farmer guys.

Indeed, he notes, it's improbable that all of the previous genetic studies of red deer, including those living throughout Europe today, wouldn't have picked up any of the haplotypes he and his team identified in their new research.

With one exception, all previous genetic studies of recombination in Drosophila have focused either on a single chromosome arm or on groups of flies pooled together.

Previous genetic studies had shown that the warblers have separate breeding populations in the eastern and western United States.

Previous genetic studies suggested a Middle Eastern or East Asian origin, but controversial new research that makes use of complete mitochondrial genomes of ancient canids as well as modern ones indicates that the first dogs come from Europe.

The GWAS «potentially provides a more comprehensive view of the biological players in disease than previous genetic studies,» says Benjamin Neale of the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Mass., one of the study's lead authors.

Previous genetic studies in dogs, which can also develop OCD, have identified mutations that lead to alterations in the function of brain synapses — the points of contact between cells conveying nerve signals.

Previous genetic studies suggested that foxes first appeared on the islands > 16,000 years ago, before human arrival (~ 13,000 cal BP), while archaeological and paleontological data supported a colonization > 7000 cal BP.