Sentences with phrase «purpose of every single gene»

By getting back to basics, they reasoned, scientists might stand a chance of actually understanding the purpose of every single gene in a living cell.

Not exact matches

It is surprising to find that a single gene (ESRP), through its ancestral biological role (cell adherence and motility) has been used throughout the animal scale for very different purposes: from the immune system of an echinoderm to the lips, lungs or inner ears of humans,» states professor Jordi Garcia - Fernàndez, of the University of Barcelona's Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and the IBUB.

(This explains why rare single - gene diseases are more common in such groups; although studying such diseases is not the purpose of the East London study, it is the focus of another large U.K. study, the 100,000 Genomes Project.)

However, if the purpose of such a scan is to identify candidate genes, then — as with single - gene studies — more detailed follow - up and functional validation of at least some of the key genes of interest are necessary to shore up the evidence.