Sentences with phrase «specific gene responsible»

ODD is more common in people who have relatives with ODD, ADHD, conduct disorder (CD), mood disorders, or substance abuse problems, though researchers have not pinpointed a specific gene responsible.

Finding a specific gene responsible for racing performance «takes a lot of work and a lot of time,» says Steven Tammariello, the lead geneticist for Lexington - based Performance Genetics.

At the time, however, the specific gene responsible for higher yield among these varieties had not been identified.

Going back to the tomato genome, the researchers identified specific genes responsible for the presence of these volatiles, as well as which heirloom varieties carried those genes, they report today in Science.

Not exact matches

Scientists have figured out the specific gene mutation responsible for red hair — and why it's more common in beards than on heads.

IRRI is using genetic modification to help identify specific genes within these DNA regions that are responsible for these traits.

Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, and colleagues genetically modified petunia plants to silence genes responsible for producing specific scent molecules.

As Saaïd Safieddine, CNRS Director of Research at the Institut Pasteur and co-senior author of the study with Prof. Christine Petit (head of the Genetics & physiology hearing unit at the Institut Pasteur), explains, «we have just shown that it is possible to partially correct a specific form of hereditary hearing loss accompanied by balance problems using local gene therapy performed after the embryogenesis of the ear, which is primarily affected by the mutation responsible for the disorder.

The scientists were thus for the first time able to identify gene sets responsible for steering specific memory processes.

He did not suggest which specific gene or genes might be responsible, but his results indicate that genetics also accounts for 40 per cent of a person's tendency towards indirect aggression, such as breaking objects; 33 per cent of the tendency towards striking people and other forms of direct aggression; and 27 per cent of a propensity for verbal aggression.

Working with Berkeley Lab scientist Jill Banfield, a study co-author and also a professor in UC Berkeley's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, the team used newly developed DNA - based methods to identify all of the genomes of the microbes that used the introduced oil for growth along with their specific genes that were responsible for oil degradation.

Enhancers have been shown to be responsible for cell - specific gene regulation.

The activity of each gene then was analyzed in an attempt to find the specific transcription factor responsible for regulating the conversion of sugar to starch in the above - ground portions of the plant, primarily the grains.

Because the clarity of emotional memories varies from person to person, a team of European and African researchers set out to determine whether a common deletion in a specific norepinephrine receptor gene called ADRA2B might be responsible.

Research had previously shown that eating honey turns on detoxification genes that metabolize the chemicals in honey, but the researchers wanted to identify the specific components responsible for this activity.

The findings suggested that a mutated gene in this region was responsible for many cases of both conditions, but scientists did not pinpoint a specific gene.

«Even though the specific molecular changes that are found in PCB - resistant tomcod and killifish are different, in both species AHR2 seems to be one of the genes — possibly the major gene — that is responsible for the resistance,» Hahn said.

«Using a clinically tested gene therapy platform, we are able to induce very specific regulatory cells that target the self - reactive cells that are responsible for causing multiple sclerosis,» says Brad E. Hoffman, co-author of the study.

Dr. Pollard's group aims to pinpoint specific DNA alterations in these sequences that are responsible for changes in gene expression.

Tet2 is a type of cellular enzyme known as an epigenetic regulator — responsible for making specific chemical annotations to regions of DNA that alter the activity of many different genes.

The drug, named Inclisiran, utilizes a technique called RNA interference therapy which targets, and switches off, a specific gene known to be responsible for elevated LDL levels.

Now, with the nearly complete Arabidopsis genome stored in a database, tracking down a gene responsible for a specific trait and doing the genetic experiments in the lab can all be done by one person in around a month, says Rounsley, of Cereon Genomics in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Samples from canine patients will not only allow the researchers to identify genes responsible for breed - specific susceptibilities (such as hemangiosarcoma in Clumber spaniels and osteosarcoma in Greyhounds), but also to translate these discoveries into new and more precise diagnostics and therapeutics for both canine and human cancer patients.

Since the proteins that form the viral spikes (corona) are known to be responsible for docking and entry, scientists are concentrating on that area looking for the specific things (S genes) that may have changed there.

Modeled on our PRA research program, these projects are aimed at identifying the genes and mutations responsible for specific cataracts found in certain breeds.

Each gene is responsible for expression of a specific physical feature, such as the color of ones eyes.

And she also talked about a recent example in which they helped determine that a specific gene variant was likely not responsible for pancreatic cancer.