Sentences with phrase «versions of the gene known»

All these differences, suggest biologists Michael Krieger and Kenneth Ross of the University of Georgia, Athens, depend on which version of a gene known as Gp - 9 ants possess, the researchers report in Science online 15 November.

In 1998, working with entomologist and geneticist Kenneth Ross of the University of Georgia in Athens, Keller showed that the two groups of fire ants had distinct versions of a gene known as Gp - 9.

Another discovery in D. melanogaster, said Shah, is that neurons in the fly's brain, expressing male - specific versions of the gene known as fruitless, «seem to connect up with these Gr32 - sensing neurons on the foreleg.

The Neanderthal version of a gene known as ADAMTSL3, for instance, is tied to height and schizophrenia.

Not exact matches

The less adept mice, Rubin's team found, carry extra copies of a previously known human gene called DYRK; a mutated version of an almost identical gene in fruit flies, called minibrain, causes neurological defects.

O'Rahilly knew that the absence of leptin did not prove the children harbored a human version of the mouse fat gene, it merely posed the possibility.

Those findings prompted the two teams to work together to breed mice lacking four genes: three hoxd genes and a mouse version of hoxa - 13, which together are known to direct the development of limb ends.

For more than 20 years, researchers have known that people who carry the E4 version of the APOE gene are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's.

One study, known as DIAN TU, will administer experimental drugs to more than 160 people in the U.S., the U.K., and Australia who have one of three mutant genes that cause an early - onset version of the disease.

It was an artificial version of the same process through which wild viruses shuffle their genes, known as reassortment.

Carrying a particular version of the gene for apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the major known genetic risk factor for the sporadic, late - onset form of Alzheimer's disease, but exactly how that variant confers increased risk has been controversial among researchers.

Because diseases can be endemic to specific regions of the world, these genes exist in thousands of versions, known as alleles.

At the time, scientists studying Icelandic horses known for a special gait discovered that they, as well as American Standardbred horses used in harness racing, share a somewhat shortened version of a gene called DMRT3.

Unlike the better - known role of RNA as an intermediary between genes and proteins, these shortened versions of 19 to 25 nucleotides do not get translated into proteins.

The group took the first step toward their goal of a novel engineering strategy for yeast by creating what is known as a cDNA library: a collection of over 90 % of the genes from the genome of baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), arranged within a custom segment of DNA so that each gene will be, in one version, overactive within a yeast cell, and in a second version, reduced in activity.

Importantly, about 70 percent of LFS families have a mutation in their version of the gene TP53, which is the blueprint for protein p53, well known by the nickname «the tumor suppressor.»

This technique pointed out particular versions of 22 genes, half of which were not previously known to have a role in intellectual ability.

Crystal structure of a Cas9 in complex with an RNA guide and a stretch of target DNAWIKIMEDIA, H. NISHIMASU ET AL.. A team of researchers at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, California, has used a version of CRISPR gene editing known as CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) to reversibly and accurately suppress gene expression in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and derivative T cells and heart cells, according to a study published in Cell Stem Cell today (March 10).

The new gene map contains nearly twice as many genes as the previous release, includes most genes that encode proteins of known function, and is twofold to threefold more accurate than the previous version.

A predicted amino acid sequences (Version 3) of pisifera p5 - build that had similarity to known genes in RefSeq with oil palm transcriptome evidences.

Individuals with the MTHFR gene variation and high homocysteine levels may also benefit from activated versions of folate, B6, and B12, such as methylated folate (also known as L -5-MTHF Folate, methylfolate, 5 - formyltetrahydrofolate or NatureFolate), Pyridoxyl -5-Phosphate (P5P), and methylcobalamin, respectively.

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No, however dogs which inherit two copies of the merle version of the gene will have more white (in Aussies usually much more white) than dogs with one or no merle version of the gene.

There are in - fact two known versions of the curly gene, the most commonly seen is the Dominant - gened Curly horse, but a recessive version also exists that shows up in other breeds seemingly at random.

It lists the various genes known to impact Aussie coat color, the different versions of the genes, and which combinations result in which colors or patterns.