(1) We were able to detect genetic recombination between vaccine strains of PRV following in vitro or in vivo coinoculation of 2 strains of PRV.
(2) A study of factors influencing genetic counseling attendance rate has been conducted in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, in the south of France.
(3) The combined analysis of pathogenesis and genetics associated with the salmonella virulence plasmids may identify new systems of bacterial virulence and the genetic basis for this virulence.
(4) This suggests that the latter group does not possess the genetic equipment (Ir genes) to recognize the antigenic determinants and to synthesize the corresponding antibodies.
(5) Pedigree studies have suggested that there may be an inherited predisposition to many apparently nonfamilial colorectal cancers and a genetic model of tumorigenesis in common colorectal cancer has been proposed that includes the activation of dominantly acting oncogenes and the inactivation of growth suppressor genes.
(6) In neither case has a significant elevation in inherited genetic effects or cancer been detected in the offspring of exposed individuals.
(7) The dilemmas faced by the genetic counsellor are discussed in this variable autosomal dominant condition.
(8) Extensive sequence homologies and other genetic features are shared with the related oncogenic virus, human papillomavirus type 16, especially in the major reading frames.
(9) In this way they offer the doctor the chance of preventing genetic handicaps that cannot be obtained by natural reproduction, and that therefore should be used.
(10) The relation between genetic counseling and the procreation sphere among the studied families is presented.
(11) Genetic regulation of the ilvGMEDA cluster involves attenuation, internal promoters, internal Rho-dependent termination sites, a site of polarity in the ilvG pseudogene of the wild-type organism, and autoregulation by the ilvA gene product, the biosynthetic L-threonine deaminase.
(12) Genetical analysis revealed that resistance to trimethoprim resulted from forward mutations at separate loci rather than back mutations of rad 6 or rad 18 alleles.
(13) The incomplete penetrance of the neoplastic phenotype and the monoclonality of lymphoid tumors suggest that tumor formation in v-fps mice requires genetic or epigenetic events in addition to expression of the P130gag-fps protein-tyrosine kinase.
(14) This might suggest a genetic difference between the rat strains in the regulation of the enzyme activity.
(15) Analysis of genetic markers associated with the deleted haplotypes pointed to the independent origin of similar deletions and the involvement of intergenic sequences in the mispairing-recombination process.
(16) In this sense, there is evidence that in genetically susceptible individuals, environmental stresses can influence the long-term level of arterial pressure via the central and peripheral neural autonomic pathways.
(17) Using the asynchronously replicating (hence genetically inactive) X chromosome as a marker, we obtained evidence showing that most or all of these tumors were monoclonal in origin.
(18) Both hypodontia and hyperdontia are found in a number of well-defined genetic syndromes and in most instances are common characteristics of the disease.
(19) Precipitating antibodies were found in both lines; they first appeared 7 days after inoculation in P-line birds and 14 days after inoculation in N-line birds, but thereafter there was no difference between the two genetic lines.
(20) The recent discovery of nuclear retinoic acid receptors provides a basis for understanding how retinoic acid acts at the genetic level.
Heritability
Definition:
(n.) The state of being heritable.
Example Sentences:
(1) Osteogenesis imperfecta is the common term for a heterogeneous group of heritable disorders of connective tissue with lethal and nonlethal forms.
(2) This study focuses on the expansion and maturation of the fatty streak in the aorta of Watanabe Heritable Hyperlipemic rabbits and comparably hypercholesterolemic fat-fed rabbits between 2 and 6 months duration of hypercholesterolemia.
(3) Our results illustrate, once again, that heritability is not a constant, but depends on the precise characteristics of the population and the time at which it is studied.
(4) A significant relationship with heritable fragile sites was found in this study.
(5) The heritability of the two traits of walking behavior was remarkably different; the former was estimated to be about 7%, the latter 26%.
(6) The heritability for one of the measures of attention deficit was also significant (h2g = 0.76).
(7) As in earlier series, estimates of heritability are higher for mothers than fathers.
(8) The genetic implications of establishing the diagnosis of this common heritable X-chromosome abnormality and the therapeutic consequences of detecting the depression are emphasized.
(9) The data failed to detect significant heritability, and common family environment proved to be a major determinant in the variation of periodontal health.
(10) Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis is a rare heritable disorder consisting of a triad of cutaneous findings including reticulate hyperpigmentation, noncicatricial alopecia, and onychodystrophy.
(11) However, when spelling ability was investigated, a heritability of 0.53 was obtained, increasing to 0.75 when intelligence was controlled.
(12) Milk yield, fat yield, and protein yield had heritabilities of .36, .38, and .25.
(13) Moreover, genetics textbooks consistently employ confused or misleading definitions of the concept of heritability that, together with the reporting of discredited data, perpetuate a fundamentally inaccurate understanding of the genetics of intelligence.
(14) Refractive error and the ocular refractive components have heritabilities intermediate between zero and one, as complied from several studies, indicating familial resemblance, but also non-genetic variation.
(15) Statistically significant interactions effects of line x diet were noted (P less than .01) for AGE, ADG and Index, traits with low to moderate heritabilities (h2).
(16) The heritability estimate of 0.6 appears lower than that from studies in European populations.
(17) The results were tabulated and expressed specifically by way of the heritability and repeatability coefficients.
(18) Heritability estimates were extremely variable among the different herds and methods of measurement but there was evidence of considerable genetic variation, particularly for sweat gland traits.
(19) Radiation-induced heritable lesions in murine leukaemic lymphoblasts L5178Y-S affect progesssion of the cells through the G2 phase of the cell cycle.
(20) The somatic mutation theory of carcinogenesis has dominated much of cancer research for the past 30 years, encouraging emphasis on exogenous genotoxic agents capable of inducing malignant transformation via heritable damage to DNA.