Sentences with phrase «variety of organisms»

Scientists around the world have used and refined the system to tweak the DNA of a wide variety of organisms.

Because the chosen traits will likely be displayed by following generations, mate choice is central to both the conservation and diversification of species, and, thus, partially responsible for the great variety of organisms on earth.

In the analysis, pollinator diversity alone did not influence yield, leaving open the long - standing question of whether the actual variety of organisms might influence agriculture.

The rock regatta Shortly after the 2006 eruption of an underwater volcano near the Pacific island of Tonga, researchers found a wide variety of organisms hitching a ride on volcanic pumice, Bryan told OurAmazingPlanet.

Because of the wide variety of organisms present, treating infections on such an empirical basis, although practical and unavoidable, dose not always lead to a satisfactory result (Slatter, 1981).

Researchers have hypothesized that a broad variety of organisms could be nurtured within these geothermal areas, but there has been little study into these potentially novel ecosystems until now.

Selfish elements live in a wide variety of organisms (including humans), and have devised a variety of methods for getting themselves passed on.

Ecologists studying the relationships within ecosystems have found that species living in polluted environments do better when they include a greater variety of organisms.

Micro-sites often contain remains from a variety of organisms, and paleontologists use them to reconstruct a slice of everyday ancient life.

During her Ph.D., she worked with ancient DNA from a variety of organisms — including whales, koalas, and maize — before settling on humans, to study their evolution.

And the impact of mechanical forces on development is being increasingly studied in a variety of organisms, Goentoro says.

Caloric restriction is a proven method for lengthening life span of a wide variety of organisms, but scientists still don't know exactly how it works.

When researchers have looked at single or even pairs of factors in a wide variety of organisms, they've made many valuable findings about the biology of aging, Rand said.

The study found that 8,600 families of genes are shared across deuterostomes, a large animal grouping that includes a variety of organisms, ranging from acorn worms to star fishes, from frogs to dogs, to humans.

Standardization and abstraction had finally worked — so much so that the parts they created are now freely available and being used by others to implement genetic computing in a variety of organisms.

The persistence of such islands is a phenomenon that has been observed in a variety of organisms.

They infect a wide variety of organisms: both eukaryotes (animals, fungi and plants) and prokaryotes (bacteria).

They are generated by a variety of organisms that exist in water

The approach has revealed the original hues of a variety of organisms, from beetles to feathered dinosaurs.

Using genetic models in a variety of organisms — yeast, nematodes, fruit flies, zebrafish — PLab aims to identify candidate treatment compounds for each disease, which can then be refined and taken to the clinic with partner companies.

HAP2 appears to be necessary for cell fusion in a wide variety of organisms, including disease - causing protozoans, invasive plants and destructive insect pests.

Some researchers include dietary patterns when they evaluate an organism's functional traits, for example, by looking at whether it can eat a variety of organisms or is specialized to feed on a single flower species.

A variety of organisms, including plants, fruit flies, the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, and likely mammals, seem to enlist RNAi naturally to fight off viruses and restrain the movement of pieces of DNA that can hop around and disrupt a genome (Science, 26 May 2000, p. 1370).

Near - starvation diets extend the life spans of a variety of organisms, but the mechanism remains murky.

The myoD family of DNA binding proteins has been implicated in the control of myogenesis in a variety of organisms.

Whitehead team analyzes transcriptomes for roughly 70,000 cells in planarians, creates publicly available database to drive research in a variety of organisms and fields

RNA editing is known to occur in a variety of organisms, including mammals, insects, plants and microorganisms.

Antimicrobial peptides have been found in a wide variety of organisms, including people.

Through RNAi, cells in a wide variety of organisms — yeasts, plants, animals — are able to regulate the output of their genes.

Researchers have found more evidence that the sleep - wake cycle that governs the daily activities of a variety of organisms, including humans, is regulated by conserved sets of proteins.

Labs around the world have used this type of base editing to correct or install point mutations in a wide variety of organisms, including bacteria, fungi, rice, wheat, corn, tomatoes, fish, and mice.

High levels of IGF - 1 has been shown in a wide variety of organisms, including humans, to be associated with increased risk of death from age - related diseases such as cancer and heart disease.

In the early 2000s, scientists figured out how to use enzymes, called zinc finger nucleases, to delete and replace specific undesired genes in a variety of organisms.

I harness these technological advancements to assemble genomes for a variety of organisms and probe the genetic basis of neurological disorders, including autism and schizophrenia, better understand cancer progression and understand the complex structures of the genomes of higher plants.

«Given the power of such comparisons, there is a growing hunger among biologists and medical researchers for free and publicly available sequence data on a wide variety of organisms.

Even before the Human Genome Project ended, genomic researchers started sequencing the genomes of a wide variety of organisms.

Our group has been working with the characterization of SNPs, indels and in particular all kinds of CNVs and repeat elements in a wide variety of organisms, including humans, apes, dogs, plants and fish.

Large - scale DNA sequencing of a variety of organisms has led to a detailed annotation of genes and regulatory elements dispersed throughout their genomes.

High levels of IGF - 1 has been shown in a wide variety of organisms, including humans, to be associated with increased risk of death from age - related diseases such as cancer and heart disease.

Bacterial infections are due to a variety of organisms that take advantage of a break in the skin or mucous membranes to invade and reproduce.

A variety of organisms find this a perfect location for growth.

Chronic upper respiratory infections and chronic diarrhea result from infection with a variety of organisms.

Like similar illnesses in people, it can be caused by a variety of organisms.

A variety of organisms occupy the surface layer of muddy debris among the roots including several species of starfish and brittle stars, conchs, and many species of worms.

A variety of organisms can be found on and around the Channel Islands, from top predators like bald eagles and sharks, to intertidal residents such as seastars and barnaces, to the tiniest parasites living on other animals and plants.

A variety of organisms can be found on and around the Channel Islands, from top predators like bald eagles and sharks, to intertidal residents such as seastars and barnacles, to the tiniest parasites living on other animals and plants.