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The gene is the basic physical unit of inheritance.
… Gene … The gene is the basic physical unit of inheritance. … Inheritance, Gene, Double Helix, DNA, DNA Sequence … The gene is considered the basic unit of inheritance. Genes are …
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A candidate gene is a gene whose chromosomal location is associated with a particular disease or other phenotype.
… Candidate Gene … A candidate gene is a gene whose chromosomal location is associated with a … Traits, Disease, Linkage Analysis … The term candidate gene refers to a gene that is believed to be related to a …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium, the 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards and more.
… central challenges in biology is understanding how genomic variation affects genome function to influence phenotypes. … and assaying for specific phenotypes; measuring changes in gene and regulatory element activity; identifying and testing … Function and Phenotype , Defining Genomic Influence on Gene Network Regulation , Single-cell Profiling of Regulatory …
News Release
NIH and Inova Health are launching The Genomic Ascertainment Cohort, a pilot project that will examine gene and gene variant influence on phenotypes.
… and investigate the health consequences of their genes and gene variants. … Reversing a Long-Standing Paradigm To … them to recall genotyped people and examine the genes and gene variants' influence on their phenotypes, an individual's … to studying the phenotypic consequence of human genetic variation. Image Credit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI.  "We're trying …
News Release
Researchers funded by NIH have completed a detailed atlas documenting stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression.
… documenting the stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression - a key way in which a person's genome gives … scientific community interested in how individual genomic variation leads to biological differences, like healthy and … scale used by GTEx that enabled researchers to study how gene expression in the liver might be different than in the …
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Gene environment interaction is an influence on the expression of a trait that results from the interplay between genes and the environment.
… Gene Environment Interaction … Gene environment interaction is an influence on the … … Genes, Environmental Factors, Genetics, DNA … Gene–environment interaction refers to the interplay of genes … ultraviolet radiation from the sun and social context. … Gene environment interaction is an influence on the …
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A gene pool is the total genetic diversity found within a population or a species.
… Gene Pool … A gene pool is the total genetic diversity found within a … Diversity, Genes, Extinction, Population Genetics … A gene pool refers to the combination of all the genes … present in a reproducing population or species. A large gene pool has extensive genomic diversity and is better able …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
​Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us different and what makes us the same.
… new types of variants  within human genomes. Human genomic variation is particularly important because a very small set … For many years, students were taught that one dominant gene controlled brown or blue eyes and that blue-eyed parents … contribute to eye color . It is the combination of these gene variants in a person's genome that produces the …
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NHGRI workshop seeking scientific perspectives for relating genomic variation to human phenotype.
… 2 ( Madison Room ) How and why to approach structural variation and other "hard to measure" variation? Co-Chairs : … of the regulatory consequences of variants, and modeling gene regulation Co-Chairs: Trey Ideker Christina Leslie 12:30 … of Genome Variation, Including Beyond Single Variant/Gene Panel: Nadav Ahituv Dana Crawford Neville Sanjana …
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Gene mapping is the process of establishing the locations of genes on the chromosomes.
… Gene Mapping … Gene mapping is the process of establishing the locations of … Analysis, Genome Sequencing, DNA Sequencing, Chromosomes … Gene mapping refers to the process of determining the … on chromosomes. Today, the most efficient approach for gene mapping involves sequencing a genome and then using …