News tagged with causative gene

Resequencing 50 accessions of rice cast new light on molecular breeding

BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, announced that a study on resequencing 50 accessions of cultivated and wild rice was published online today in Nature Biotechnology. The study provides one of the largest genome ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 11, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Process important to brain development studied in detail

Knowledge about the development of the nervous system is of the greatest importance for us to understand the function of the brain and brain disorders. Researchers at Uppsala University have examined the key step when genes ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A better genetic test for autism

A large study from Children's Hospital Boston and the Boston-based Autism Consortium finds that a genetic test that samples the entire genome, known as chromosomal microarray analysis, has about three times the detection ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

For the first time, scientists discover causative gene of a rare disorder by exome sequencing

(PhysOrg.com) -- UW researchers have successfully used a method called exome sequencing to quickly discover a previously unknown gene responsible for a rare disorder. The finding demonstrates the usefulness ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Search for blood pressure secrets reveals a surprising new syndrome

Yale researchers investigating the genetic causes of blood pressure variation have identified a previously undescribed syndrome associated with seizures, a lack of coordination, developmental delay and hearing loss.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 3