Sentences with phrase «source of new gene»

For several decades, much attention has been placed on gene duplication as a source of new gene functions.

But they also collected wild relatives of chickpeas in southeastern Turkey that hold «great promise,» von Wettberg says, as a source of new genes for traits like drought - resistance, resistance to pod - boring beetles, and heat tolerance.

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Risk Versus Reward: The Value of Cell Therapy for Patients and Investors Source: Streetwise Reports (4/25/18) The cell therapy space, encompassing disruptive new treatment including stem cell therapy, immunotherapy and gene editing, has begun to mature, with a handful of product approvals and others in late - stage development.

According to a source with knowledge of the Attorney General's plans, tomorrow Eric Schneiderman will file suit against New York City taxi magnate Evgeny «Gene» Freidman, the single largest holder of medallions in the city.

The huge population of viruses, combined with their rapid rates of replication and mutation, makes them the world's leading source of genetic innovation: they constantly «invent» new genes.

It is also possible that some gene and local species tree incongruence could reflect ancient hybridization during the radiation, but distinguishing between this and other sources of hemiplasy (83) would require more complete assemblies, genes without missing data across species, and development of new methods (84).

This new area of science is called epigenetics, the study of how different environmental and lifestyle factors can alter how our genes behave, without actually changing our genetic makeup [source: Science].

These results show that duplication of genes and genomes has been an important source of new genetic material that has subsequently evolved novel and more specialised functions.

Besides the classic model of new gene evolution through gene duplication and functional divergence, other mechanisms are receiving increasing attention as a source of evolutionary innovation.

Finally, as for the opt - out movement, which was also a source of discussion throughout my visit given primarily New Mexico students» activism in this regard, a related post was recently featured on Gene Glass's «Education in Two Worlds» readers might also find of interest.