Sentences with phrase «rare genetic marker»

Not exact matches

Fully sequenced genomes remain rare, so the bulk of the analysis was done by looking at genetic markers known as single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs.

Still, many scientists have hoped that once they found all the genetic markers for a disease, including rare ones that confer higher risk, the total risk carried by some individuals would be high enough — say, two times the normal risk — to merit taking preventive measures.

In 2015, the company began offering a limited test for the markers of a rare genetic condition called Bloom Syndrome, which increases cancer risks and makes people with the syndrome very sensitive to sunlight.

However, by examining «marker alleles,» or rare genetic differences, the researchers found that early colonizing strains are transferred from the mother, but that late colonizing strains are different and likely are acquired from the environment.

Although common SVs may be tagged reasonably well by SNP markers, the rare genetic variants will not be.