Sentences with phrase «related genetic markers»

Not exact matches

«Our findings show that a specific genetic marker (known as allele * 2 of the HS1, 2 A enhancer region) influences not just disease activity in RA patients, but also response to therapy in the early stages of their disease,» said lead investigator Dr Gabriele Di Sante of the Institute of Rheumatology and Related Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.

By analysing 185,805 genetic markers, Boyko's team traced how all the animals were related, and from that how they had spread around the world.

This study also increased the number of genetic markers scientist can use to study the population biology of great white and related sharks, Stanhope said, by a thousandfold, from which they hope to further expand knowledge of these fascinating animals, many of which are in urgent need of conservation.

But that could not explain why certain genetic markers related to autophagy were still detected on the paternal mitochondria after fertilization.

By analysing 185,805 genetic markers, the team was able to trace how all the animals were related, and so how they had spread (PNAS, DOI: 10.1073 / pnas.1516215112).

One group, led by neurologist Teepu Siddique at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, searched for genetic markers in a Saudi Arabian family afflicted by a related disease called juvenile primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) and in a Tunisian family with juvenile ALS, which appears before age 25.

But the exact causes of the vast majority of autism - related disorders remain a mystery: classic genetic studies, which tie the ailment to single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs — deletions, additions or substitutions of one unit in the genetic code), have returned a number of different markers with very few well - replicated candidates.

Eske Willerslev and colleagues analysed his genetic markers and found that he was closely related to the Loschbour and La Brana hunter - gatherers, contemporary Europeans and some contemporary Siberians.

Next, Hall and Morey plan to study blood samples of the participants to see whether any biological or genetic markers also related to earlier physical decline.

While optimizing blood sugar through dietary awareness is frontline «treatment», current research is aimed at observing genetic markers that influence the severity of hypoglycemia and related metabolic syndromes to help prevent its multi-systemic effects.

In 2015, a study using a number of genetic markers indicated that the Siberian Husky, the Alaskan Malamute and the Alaskan husky share a close genetic relationship between each other and were related to Chukotka sled dogs from Siberia.

Levels of genetic diversity at allozyme, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), and minisatellite markers were lower in island foxes than in the closely related gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) on the mainland (Aguilar et al. 2004; Wayne et al. 1991).