Sentences with phrase «same gene drove»

Not exact matches

For example, genetically engineered organisms used in the research laboratory to develop new chemical synthesis methods are not likely to require the same level of public dialogue as products that have more uncertainty associated with them, such as organisms with gene drives, which enhance organisms» ability to pass certain genetic traits on to their offspring.

Researchers analyzed the genomes of 16 related orange and white tigers in captivity, fully mapping those of the three parent tigers to show that a mutation in one pigment gene called SLC45A2 is at play — the very same gene that drives lighter coloring in people of European ancestry, chickens, and some mice.

But recent work shows that while these cancers lack estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and aren't driven by the gene HER2, up to a third of these tumors express the androgen receptor — clinical trials are underway to inhibit the androgen receptor in these tumors in much the same way that the drug Tamoxifen inhibits estrogen receptor in estrogen - receptor - positive breast cancers.

In spite of the difference between the cell functions responsible for giving rise to a tumour and for the metastasis of this same tumour, studies at IRB Barcelona using the fly Drosophila melanogaster reveal that some genes can drive both phenomena.

A self - sustaining method would require the use of a gene drive designed to persist in the environment and spread within the target population, but with some risk of spreading into a non-targeted area where that same species may be desired.

Although this natural gene drive is unpredictable and scattershot, Burt showed that certain tricks of molecular biology could achieve the same results: causing a gene to be inherited by many more organisms through many generations than standard genetics and natural selection allow.

Implementing just sterile male and RIDL would take years and would, in the interim, allow development of the gene drive technologies whilst at the same time driving down mosquito populations and thereby reducing the current pressure on threatened bird species.

I commend GM for adapting its Australian Holden Commodore for North American duty, and I can't wait to drive the 2010 Camaro with the same genes.