Sentences with phrase «previous genetic studies suggests»

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.

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.

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.

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It's possible, she suggests, that previous studies of ancient DNA didn't analyze enough samples to unearth the true amount of genetic diversity in the region's red deer.

The data suggest more genetic distinctiveness between populations across the continent than the previous study, says Samuel Wasser, a conservation biologist at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Previous studies have shown that the ability of adult mice to grow new nerve cells in the hippocampus can be influenced by genetic background, Gage says, suggesting that this ability may vary widely across species.

Previous studies that used only information from genetic analyses of current species have suggested that birds arose anywhere from 72 million to 170 million years ago.

Previous evidence for the relationship came from autopsies and from studies suggesting that some genetic variants that affect synapses also increase the chance of mental illness.

Previous studies have suggested, among other things, that differences in dogs» ability to communicate are associated with variations in the genetic material located close to the gene that codes for the oxytocin receptor.

Previous laboratory findings as well as estimates of fitness based on genetic clustering of strains in the population suggested a lower relative fitness for MDRTB compared to drug - susceptible tuberculosis, but few studies have directly measured the incidence of second cases of tuberculosis among contacts of both MDRTB and drug - susceptible tuberculosis.

While previous studies had suggested that females sometimes had cubs with outsider males, Lyke's is the first strong genetic evidence, says Bruce Patterson of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

Previous studies have suggested that IkappaBzeta genetic variations may raise the risk of psoriasis, so the researchers hypothesized that lowering this protein with itaconate would treat psoriasis.

The findings support the results of previous studies that have suggested that genetic differences in height result principally from their effect on local regulation of the growth of long bones, rather than on broader, systemic processes.

Previous studies suggest that genetic and environmental factors play a role in the etiology of ASD.1 - 3

The population has proved valuable to geneticists due to its frequency of consanguinity (inter-family relationships) leading to previous studies suggesting severe obesity in the community has a genetic origin in up to 30 percent of cases.

Previous offspring twin studies suggest that the association between parent antisocial behaviour and child hyperactivity is genetic whilst the association to child conduct disturbance has genetic and environmental influences [32].