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Researchers find that more than 80 percent of mouse genes had variations in the nearby regulatory DNA that affects gene activity.
… DNA sequences near genes that control when and how much a gene is turned on and off, or expressed, are often extremely important for gene activity. … To paint a clearer picture of how such … genetic contributions from either parent, they found that expression in 95 genes in the brain depended more on being …
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A trait is a specific characteristic of an organism.
… … A trait is a specific characteristic of an organism. … Gene, Gene Expression, Phenotype, Genotype … A trait, as related to …
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NHGRI researchers have discovered clues to the possible cause of recurring, non-contagious fevers and sores that affect only children. Several genes have been implicated with the syndrome, known as PFAPA syndrome (Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, Adenitis), which could lead to new treatments.
… that the syndrome is caused by mutations in a single gene, they considered the possibility that multiple genes are … symptom – canker sores. The group looked into whether the gene variants known to be associated with those diseases were … genes involved in the immune system also showed increased expression in patients, such as STAT4 , IL10 , and CCR1-CCR …
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NIH will award nearly $80 million to support the establishment of the Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium and the development of novel methods and approaches that help researchers identify the genetic causes of single-gene diseases.
… help researchers identify the genetic causes of single-gene diseases. Over 400 million people worldwide have been … generally thought to be caused by mutations in a single gene. The awards will be provided by the National Human … research community to perform more robust Mendelian gene discovery projects. The new clinical centers will be led …
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A transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell.
… A transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell. … The human genome is made … words, copied - into RNA ( ribonucleic acid ) . These gene readouts are called transcripts, and a transcriptome is … determine the amount of gene activity - also called gene expression - in a certain cell or tissue type. In humans and …
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A genotype is an individual's collection of genes.
… BB, Bb, bb could be used to represent a given variant in a gene. Genotypes can also be represented by the actual DNA …
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Genetics refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics refers to the study of all of a person's genes (the genome).
… … Understanding more about diseases caused by a single gene (using genetics) and complex diseases caused by multiple … and will be clones of the common ancestor bacterial cell. Gene cloning involves manipulations to make multiple identical copies of a single gene from the same ancestor gene. Cloning an organism means …
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A biological pathway is a series of actions among molecules in a cell that leads to a certain product or a change in the cell.
… Other metabolic pathways actually help to build molecules. Gene-regulation pathways turn genes on and off. Such action … a certain product or a change in the cell. … Biochemistry, Gene Expression, Metabolism, Medication … A biological pathway is …
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A complex disease is caused by the interaction of multiple genes and environmental factors.
… and environmental factors. … Genes, Cancer, Heart Disease, Gene-environment Interactions … A complex disease (or … that is more directly caused by mutations in a single gene. Common examples of complex genetic diseases include …
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Codominance is a relationship between two versions of a gene.
… … Codominance is a relationship between two versions of a gene. … Genes, Alleles, Recessive, Dominant, Family Health … of inheritance in which two versions (alleles) of the same gene are expressed separately to yield different traits in an … … Codominance is a relationship between two versions of a gene. … Educational Resources …