Sentences with phrase «whether point mutations»

To see whether point mutations, which affect just one DNA base in mtDNA, are directly involved in aging, a team of researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle charted mtDNA mutation frequency in normal mice and «mitochondrial mutator» mice.

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Sasisekharan points out that more surveillance is needed to determine whether these mutations are present in the strain that is causing the current outbreak, which is most prevalent in the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan and has infected more than 20,000 people so far.

Instead of looking for point mutations — changes to part of a gene — they studied whether entire genes were repeated an unusual number of times.

This point should be taken into consideration when studying DNA mutation and repair processes and in studies on evolution, whether in tumours or species,» López - Bigas says.