Embryonic stem cells
with identical genomes grow into distinctive tissues, such as heart, bone, and brain.
But the fascinating finding was that the sets of identical twins —
with identical genomes — reported the same exact levels of fidelity, while fraternal twins and regular siblings didn't.
But the analysis of marbled crayfish DNA from across Europe and Africa, he says,» shows that all these crayfish are clones —
with identical genomes the world over.»
Not exact matches
He speculated something must be altering the seemingly
identical mom and dad
genomes, imprinting them
with some kind of biological marker indicating their origin.
The researchers also suggest that because the Y can not exchange genes
with the X chromosome anymore, it uses other unusual ways to reconfigure its DNA, such as recombining
with itself to add on new segments of
identical DNA — or palindromes — into its
genome.
«When compared
with all other publically available U.S. emm59 isolate
genomes, a significant number of Flagstaff cases had group A strep strains that were
identical.
The surface
genomes - the one detectable
with standard genetic tests that scan for mutations - were
identical.
The result is lots of mice
with almost
identical genomes.
Researchers at the University of California - San Francisco's Multiple Sclerosis Research Group conducted one of the most comprehensive examinations to date of the
genome, and even part of the epigenome, of a set of
identical twins, only one of whom had been stricken
with MS. Scientists are sure MS is caused by some combination of genetic susceptibility and external trigger.
SNP - based phylogenetic analysis was undertaken to understand this result: the PCR - positive ST109
genomes were almost
identical to ST47
genomes,
with the exception of a recombined region probably acquired by ST47 from a ST62 -LRB-- like) strain.
«We could show that even between seemingly
identical cells,
with the same morphology and the same
genome, there are surprisingly pronounced differences on the level of the proteins,» Beck said.
Though isolates were
identical by laboratory typing methods, we uncovered many differences in their
genomes, in gene expression, and in their interactions
with host cells.
In a recent twin study, «Physical activity and dietary intake in BMI discordant
identical twins» physical activity and food habits were measured in 16 female monozygotic twins (
identical twins from the same single embryo and share the same
genome)
with a mean BMI discordance of about 4.