Sentences with phrase «subset of genes»

They arise in a unique subset of genes in which, after conception, the DNA in the embryo that came from the mother is expressed differently than the DNA from the father.

To acquire and maintain its characteristic features, each cell type must express a unique subset of genes.

In order for these unspecialized cells to acquire the characteristics that make a leaf cell different from a root cell or a blood cell different from a muscle cell, they must turn on different subsets of genes to produce the proteins responsible for each cell type's distinctive properties.

However, genome - wide expression analysis revealed a large number of novel genes in olfactory tissues and some inter-individual variation for subsets of genes.

By measuring neural activity in the brain associated with the distinct language skills and facial recognition abilities that are typical of the syndrome, they showed that Williams is due not to a single gene but to distinct subsets of genes, hinting that the syndrome is more complex than originally thought.

«It's looking at a much longer trajectory and it's also interrogating the entire genome rather than specific subsets of genes.»

They found a distinctive subset of genes was active in the nonresponsive bees.

«If you look at species that are very, very divergent from each other, you might find a certain subset of genes are shared and others [are] not, but you don't really get the fine - scale picture.

The study also showed that WGS identified more clinically actionable mutations than the current standard of examining a limited subset of genes, known as a targeted panel.

It's not a random subset of genes.»

One way of thinking about what differentiates a breast cell from a heart cell is that each cell type expresses different subsets of genes.

Even though we all have two copies of every gene, one from Mom and one from Dad, there is a small subset of genes (less than 2 %) that is only ever expressed from one copy: and the choice of that copy is dependent on the parent from which it was inherited.

Investigation of a subset of genes affected by age - related changes in methylation revealed an inverse relationship between methylation drift and longevity.

Sutherland is looking at a subset of genes known as retrotransposon - derived genes (RDGs).

A cell's identity is determined by the subset of genes that it activates.

In one study, Michael Levin, F.R.C.P.C.H., of Imperial College London, and colleagues investigated whether bacterial infection can be distinguished from other causes of fever in children by the pattern of host genes activated or suppressed in blood in response to the infection and whether a subset of these genes could be identified as the basis for a diagnostic test.

The subset of genes each snake species retained varies.

In the cells of humans and other organisms, only a subset of genes are active at any given time, depending largely on the stage of life and the particular duties of the cell.

We have also identified a number of genes expressed in the gut whose changes with age are reversed by DR.. We hypothesize that these subset of genes, whose expression is changed with age and reversed by DR, may help understand how DR reverses the age - related decline in gut function.

Not content to provide just the missing evidence for a 60 - year - old puzzle, Wilhelm and his colleagues went on to describe what a subset of these genes do in C. elegans and how they might be driving the ageing process.

Higher expression of a subset of genes on the X chromosome, which escaped inactivation, is seen in adipose and liver tissue of XX animals compared with XY animals (female cellular mosaicism).

The second project aims to understand the biochemical and functional effects of inherited mutations in a small RNA (RNU4ATAC) required for the splicing of a subset of genes.

Moreover, some subsets of these genes had very similar patterns of variation.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (February 20, 2014)-- In the cells of humans and other organisms, only a subset of genes are active at any given time, depending largely on the stage of life and the particular duties of the cell.

(C — F) For a subset of genes (Table S1), the log10 normalized intensity values obtained from the microarrays (C — D) and from RNAseq in FPKM (E — F) are plotted against the log10 RQ values from TaqMan qRT - PCR assays.

In addition, when a subset of genes is selected, it is possible to access functional analysis and other relevant resources via the URLMAP link aggregator.

Although it is important to inform people that scientists are attempting to define this subset of genes in a number of species, «imprintome» is not used in this paper as it was originally intended.