Genes that affect IQ may not increase your IQ directly. Geneticists haven’t found an IQ gene; instead there are dozens, or possibly hundreds, of genes that have an impact on brain development, many in unexpected ways. For example, gene mutations causing disorders and diseases can also indirec...
How does the histone code work to recruit chromatin remodelers? How do genes code for complex organ structure? What is meant by "coding" and "non-coding" regions of a gene? If the mutation in Gene Z results in a loss of function of the gene, would you expect t...
Linked genes are those genes in a gene pool that are in close proximity to each other and are more likely to be inherited together as if they were linked because they are physically close together on the chromosome. They are inherited together during meiosis....
While there are several DNA repair pathways, the key ones used for gene editing are non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) and homology-directed repair (HDR). NHEJ is exploited to render genes non-functional, while HDR is exploited to insert new genes or fragments of genetic material. CRISPR ...
Assuming that each assay is performed in triplicate, you will need to divide your sample into six wells (three for the test gene and three for the endogenous control) to measure the expression of a single gene. Thus, the number of genes that can be tested usi...
Similar to the way that letters in the alphabet can be arranged to form words, the order of nitrogen bases in a DNA sequence formsgenes, which, in the language of the cell, tell cells how to makeproteins. The shorthand for this process is that genes "encode" proteins. ...
so NGS results are often verified using Sanger sequencing. NGS enables the interrogation of hundreds to thousands of genes at one time in multiple samples, as well as discovery and analysis of different types of genomic features in a si...
Private traits: genomic parasites and mutualists MGEs as parasites As many prokaryotes have very large effective popula- tion sizes, any genes conferring a deleterious effect on their host will be selected against and purged from the population. However, many mobile elements do exert costs on ...
As many prokaryotes have very large effective population sizes, any genes conferring a deleterious effect on their host will be selected against and purged from the population. However, many mobile elements do exert costs on their hosts (Diaz Ricci and Hernandez, 2000;Fox et al., 2008), raisin...
What are the functions of genes? What are the characteristics of genetic code? What are some processes of genetic exchange? What processes contribute directly to genetic variation? What makes some genes co-expressed with each other? How is genetic information passed from one generation to the next...