Sentences with phrase «section of human genome»
Previous studies on natural resistance to malaria had implicated a section of human genome near to a cluster of receptor genes.
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«New algorithm can pinpoint mutations favored by natural selection in large sections of the human genome.»
Not exact matches
This consortium selected 44 separate sections of the genome that included regions of high to low gene density and high to low similarity between mouse and human.
1999 Sara Handros Chull, PhD, MPH Faculty Section on Ethics of Genetics and Emerging Biotechnology Department of Bioethics Clinical Center National Institutes of Health Director Bioethics Core Office of the Clinical Director National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health Holly Taylor, PhD, MPH Associate Professor Department of Health Policy and Management Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Core Faculty Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics Andrea Kalfoglou, PhD Associate Professor Health Administration and Policy Program Department of Sociology & Anthropology University of Maryland, Baltimore County
UNDERSTANDING HUMAN ACCELERATED REGIONS: Sections of the genome that are largely conserved across mammals and even the entire animal kingdom, but differ in humans, are known as human accelerated regions (HHUMAN ACCELERATED REGIONS: Sections of the genome that are largely conserved across mammals and even the entire animal kingdom, but differ in humans, are known as human accelerated regions (Hhuman accelerated regions (HARs).
This section invites manuscripts describing (a) Linkage, association, substitution or positional mapping and epigenetic studies in any species; (b) Validation studies of candidate genes using genetically - engineered mutant model organisms; (c) Studies focused on epistatis and gene - environment interactions; (d) Analysis of the functional implications of genomic sequence variation and aim to attach physiological or pharmacogenomic relevance to alterations in genes or proteins; (e) Studies of DNA copy number variants, non-coding RNA, genome deletions, insertions, duplications and other single nucleotide polymorphisms and their relevance to physiology or pharmacology in humans or model organisms, in vitro or in vivo; and (f) Theoretical approaches to analysis of sequence variation.
He is best known for his discovery that copy - number variation — a state in which cells have an abnormal number of DNA sections, sometimes associated with susceptibility or resistance to disease — is widespread and significant in the human genome.