Sentences with phrase «recent genetic analyses»

Recent genetic analyses have also suggested that many modern dog breeds have a much more recent origin of less than 200 years ago.

More recent genetic analyses have shown that this was incorrect.

GENETIC JOURNEY Recent genetic analyses suggest that natives of Papua New Guinea, shown here during a traditional Enga cultural show in 2015, descend from people who left their Africa homeland some 72,000 years ago.

More recent genetic analysis — not yet universally accepted — places bats in the superorder Laurasiatheria, with a diverse bunch of other placental mammals including whales, dogs and giraffes.

Recent genetic analysis has revealed that the common ancestor of the modern housecat was Felis silvestris, a species of wildcat that first came into contact with humans around 9,000 years ago.

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Several studies have also attempted to understand the role of breastfeeding on IQ, and although some authors conclude that the observed advantage of breastfeeding on IQ is related only to genetic and socioenvironmental factors, a recent meta - analysis showed that after adjustment for appropriate key co-factors, breastfeeding was associated with significantly higher scores for cognitive development than formula feeding.6 Longer duration of breastfeeding has also been positively associated with intelligence in adulthood.22 We also observed the benefits of long - term breastfeeding on mental indices, along with the indirect benefit of balancing the impact of exposure to p, p ′ DDE after adjustment for some socioeconomic variables.

New genetic analysis of primate droppings points to a more recent cross-species transmission event from gorillas

And in recent years the idea of an inflammation — Alzheimer's link has gotten a boost from large - scale genetic analyses.

Although prior twin studies had hinted that nonheritable factors contribute to some autoimmune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, the recent analysis was one of the first to quantify genetic and environmental effects on the general immune system.

The analysis, published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, revealed 281 genes that show signs of rapid or numerous genetic changes — a hallmark of recent selection — in domestic cats.

Recent advances in our understanding of cancer have revealed that the disease can not be understood through simple analysis of genetic mutations within the cancerous cells.

Recent advances in our understanding of cancer have revealed that the disease can not be understood through simple analysis of genetic mutations within cancerous cells.

ApoB backers point to recent analyses that found high apoB levels better predicted patients» likelihood of suffering a heart attack or stroke and a genetic study that showed that reducing apoB had a bigger effect on cardiovascular risk than did reducing LDL cholesterol.

Both pedigree - based and population - based linkage analyses rely on estimating recent IBD, and evidence of ancient IBD can be used to detect population structure in genetic association studies.

«Recent advances in genome sequencing and analysis are making it possible to systematically unravel the genetic basis of disease,» said Eric Lander, director and president of the Broad Institute and a principal investigator of the CCDG.

Although there is only a slight genetic cline from north to south at a coarse level2, 3, recent analyses have revealed considerable fine - scale genetic structure in the Northern and Western parts of Great Britain, alongside striking homogeneity in Southern and Eastern England4 in the regions where archaeologists identify early Anglo - Saxon artifacts, cemeteries and communities.

A variety of estimates of the fraction of Anglo - Saxon genetic ancestry in England have been given5, 6,7,8, with the recent fine structure analysis suggesting most likely 10 — 40 % (ref.

He cites recent behavioural genetic analyses of attachment in twins that convincingly support the experiential side in this debate.

While a genetic basis for the findings is possible, altered parenting likely has a significant mediating role.15 For example, a recent meta - analysis found that maternal depression and psychological distress were associated with increased negative and coercive parenting behaviors and disengagement from the child.36 A father may then attenuate the influence of a mother's depression with increased caring behavior directed to the children.37, 38 Alternatively, a healthy father may offer support directly to the affected mother.14 Future work may explicate these mechanisms by examining specific measures of mothers» and fathers» role functioning.