Sentences with phrase «variation near genes»
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Genetic variations most strongly associated with high scores were found near the GATA2 gene — involved in the development of inner ear hair cells and the inferior colliculus.
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After gene - typing about 3,000 people, Sturm found that how OCA2 is expressed — and how much pigment a person has — is strongly linked to three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), or single letter variations, in a DNA sequence near the OCA2 gene.
The results, which focus on two choices near the start of embryo formation, show that, when cells are making decisions about what to become, there is greater variation in the activity of the genes in different cells — the same genes may be turned on in some cells and off in others.
Philippe Froguel of Imperial College London and his colleagues, looking at data from 2154 individuals in France, found a similar association with a different genetic variation very near the same gene.
These genetic variations were found in regions of the DNA that were near genes involved in Parkinson's disease and other brain disorders.