Sentences with phrase «term effects of these gene»

While some farmers (and governments) support the use of genetically modified crops for their higher yield quantities and pest and weed resistance, others point out that the long - term effects of these gene adjustments just still aren't clear.

Not exact matches

«Switching off a gene is of course feasible, the issue is whether it will have the desired effect and whether it's the right thing to do... But in terms of trying to develop a therapy to delay or prevent hair graying, that is something that is potentially feasible; yes.»

Tattersall explains how epigenetic effects on key genes cascade to produce radical morphological changes in an eye blink, and why our unusual thinking style, far from being the perfected product of long - term selective pressures, was bootstrapped out of existing abilities barely 100,000 years ago.

However, the long - term effects of the daily bathing on the prevalence of the qacA / B genes that lead to resistance to CHG in MRSA isolates is largely unknown.

When implanted into mice, the pool of altered cells maintained their gene edits long - term, with no signs of side effects.

«We provide the first evidence that the PPARα - dependent gene Fgf21 demethylation occurs in the postnatal mouse liver, and once established it persists into adulthood and exerts long - term effects on the magnitude of gene expression response to environmental cues, which may account in part for the attenuation of diet - induced obesity (Figure).»

Genetic drift is the term used in population genetics to refer to the statistical drift over time of gene frequencies in a population due to random sampling effects in the formation of successive generations.

The study, published in Cell Reports, discovered that the action of a gene called FOXO is inhibited in flies given a high sugar diet in early life, causing long - term effects.

The effect of short - term stress on serotonin gene expression in high and low resilient macaques.

There, they had used the tactic of overexpressing BCl2, a gene that counteracts cell death, but the new approach avoids permanently altering the genes in stem cells, which may have long - term adverse effects.

And while the long - term effects of GMO products are not really known, there are studies that show that GMO anti-nutrients can be destructive to health and have a negative impact on gene expression.

The effect of a short - term hypocaloric diet on liver gene expression and metabolic risk factors in obese women

Acute and long - term effects of resistance exercise with or without protein ingestion on muscle hypertrophy and gene expression.

In fact, while the original obviously doesn't hold a candle to the remake in terms of visual effects and realism — it still looks quite good for its time, but apparently there were no flash fires or electrocutions on upside down boats in 1972 — it has considerably greater depth of character, from Gene Hackman's rebellious preacher to Borgnine's possessive, vein - popping cop with the hooker wife (Stella Stevens).

At the same time, FWS recognizes that it has not evaluated the potential long - term effects of big renewable energy projects that fragment or isolate desert tortoise conservation areas, possibly «cutting off gene flow between these areas.»

Maternal care is associated with long - term effects on behavior and epigenetic programming of the NR3C1 (GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR) gene in the hippocampus of both rats and humans.

None of the genotypes showed significant associations with delinquency in univariate analyses, whereas most interaction terms, as well as several gene main effects, were significant in the multivariate models and validated by complementary statistical analyses.