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Genetics is the branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics.
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meaning of "initial gene constructions" vs. "under the control of plant promoters" in an art...
From "Risks from GMOs due to Horizontal Gene Transfer", by Paul Keese:
Antibiotic resistance genes have been introduced to GM plants either as part of the bacterial cloning vectors used for the in …
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Meaning of "pure" in "pure plant DNA" (horizontally transferred to bacteria in soil conditions)
The abstract of Transformation of Acinetobacter baylyi in non-sterile soil using recombinant plant nuclear DNA, by Simpson et al., 2007:
To provide estimates of horizontal gene transfer from trans …
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What do the letters 'p' and 'c' mean in mutation descriptions?
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NM_000525.3(KCNJ11):c. 67A>G ( p. Lys23Glu) AND Permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus
Does "p" stand for "polymorphism"?
What does the letter "c" stand for?
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A trivial question on the meaning of "relatives" in an article on horizontal gene transfer
Am I right in suggesting that by close relatives the author meant closely related species, or did he have individual organisms in mind?
DETECTION OF HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER
There are sever …
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Virus-to-virus gene transfer via "sequences integrated into a common host organism"
From "Risks from GMOs due to Horizontal Gene Transfer", by Paul Keese:
In addition to direct HGT between organisms as depicted in Figure 1, forms of indirect HGT have been observed, which involve …
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meaning of "usually greater than 200 base pairs"
From "Risks from GMOs due to Horizontal Gene Transfer", by Paul Keese:
Homologous recombination. All cellular organisms have molecular functions dedicated to recognizing and recombining DNA molecu …
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Is there logic in this sentence? "Authors discovered a gene as one of the genes evolved thro...
That's what genetics is about, isn't it? …
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Meaning of letter "c" in description of mutation: "Homozygous c.195C>G; (p.Cys65Trp)"
In a table in a paper titled Cerebral folate deficiency: Analytical tests and differential diagnosis, there's the following description of a mutation in a patient:
Homozygous c.195C>G; (p.Cys65Tr …
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Correct description of ALDH7A1 and other genes
A quote from a review paper:
ALDH7A1 gene (discovered in 2006), which is located at chromosome 5q32.2, contains a transcript of 4964 base pairs and 539 amino acids divided among 18 exons [1,10,16,17] …
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