It is of course possible that more genes will turn up in further studies that might close the gap.

更多的基因当然有可能会在出现在未来的可能弥合差距的研究中。

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A large international study that appeared in Nature in February began to fill in this gap by looking for genes associated with waist-to-hip ratio.

一个主要研究基因与腰臀比关系的大型国际研究已经在二月份在法蒂尔开始。

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As a result, they were able to bridge an important gap in the understanding of what causes genes to be turned on and off.

结果是：在有关导致基因打开与关闭的具体原因的理解方面，实现了一次认识水平上的飞跃。

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