Sentences with phrase «which genetic lines»

From such combined restoration - research experiments, scientists can learn which genetic lines are most likely to survive future climates.

Not exact matches

This has to do with the closer link between the mother and her offspring, a fact which humans share with all mammals: the perpetuation of the genetic line is more dependent on the females» constant care and attention than upon the males».

Where is the clear line in a progression from (1) using animal insulin to treat diabetes, to (2) using gene remodeling techniques to grow insulin in a host bacterium that will reproduce rapidly and from which a plentiful supply of insulin can be harvested, to (3) genetic surgery to replace the defective gene in a person diagnosed as diabetic, to (4) genetic surgery immediately after fertilization in order to replace the defective gene and alter the germ cells which would otherwise have transmitted the disease to one's offspring?

Burke, whose lab studies the genomic basis of evolutionary divergence within the sunflower family, was involved in the genetic mapping upon which the genome assembly was based and oversaw the whole genome re-sequencing of the 80 sunflower lines described in the paper.

In experiments with cancer cell lines, the PIM1 inhibitors killed cells in a MYC - dependent manner, and in two different mouse models — one in which mice were implanted with patient tumors and the other in which a genetic alteration of MYC predisposes the mice to tumor development — the administration of PIM1 inhibitors resulted in significant tumor regression.

Half of the mice studied, belonging to a genetic line that suffers a form of Crohn's disease were more affected than the remaining half of mice, which belong to a healthy mouse line.

Using genetic analyses, the researchers showed that a commonly used cell line which was established in Uppsala, Sweden, almost fifty years ago does not originate from the patient it is claimed to stem from.

Then, the team used genetic analysis to look at mitochondrial DNA, which can pass only along the maternal line.

To see if any of these lay in genetic sequences on which the p53 protein acts, the investigators used data from several lines of healthy and cancerous cells subjected to various p53 - activating treatments.

Great Britain's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which oversees fertility treatments and embryo research in that nation, recently approved fertility procedures that would amount to the genetic engineering of children through cloning (nuclear transfer) technology and germ - line modification, resulting in a «three - parent embryo» that would have genetic material from two mothers and one father.

The DNA in our cells, which contains the genetic instructions that make us human, is passed on from parent to child along an unending line of generations.

In addition to imported embryonic stem cell lines, a campaign was carried out in collaboration with the team of Professor Stéphane Viville in Strasbourg, which has enabled us to bank 19 lines from embryos discarded during a preimplantation diagnosis because of the presence of a genetic defect responsible for a severe disease.

We seek to have a better understanding of the genetic basis and physiological mechanisms of yield potential, from which we develop elite inbred rice lines with about 10 % higher yield potential and possess other important traits.

The avian B cell line DT40, a cell line which is highly amenable to genetic manipulation and exhibits a high rate of targeted integration, utilizes both GC and SHM.

Garland's film traces a line through these cinematic developments all the way back to the genre's roots via such classics as The Fly and The Thing, both of which explore the horrific possibilities of genetic engineering.

Breeds with lines absent of any genetic diversity, are sadly seen all too often in so many of todays purebreds, which are riddled with serious health issues, due to * breeder ignorance * and * kennel blindness *.

I have to also confess that my wife, a veterinary geneticist, was in line for a faculty position at UC Davis where she would take charge of the canine genetic research that I was a part of, which I thought might lead to some complications at home.

Hip dysplasia tends to be more common in some breeds than others and in some lines than others, which indicates that there is a genetic component to the disorder.

Finally, there are basic questions about the robustness of the conclusions, which are based on a new line of genetic analysis not previously applied to polar bears.