By comparing genes of alcoholics with those who are not, Pouletty hopes to pinpoint any genetic anomalies that may make suitable drug targets.
As well as any genetic predisposition, entrepreneurship is stimulated through social influence: clusters of like-minded individuals breed particular social values and norms.
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By comparing genes of alcoholics with those of people who are not, Pouletty hopes to pinpoint any genetic anomalies that may make suitable drug targets.
Throw in other environmental and behavioral factors (smoking, drinking, obesity and so on), and the variability exceeds that contributed by any genetic differences we will ever detect.
The evolutionary nature of cancer implies, contrary to conventional wisdom, that the essential features of any therapy for the consistent cure or control of cancer must be independent of the particular pathways of tumor cell evolution, and independent of any particular genetic or epigenetic alterations.
The principle would work, he says, for any species with a genetic structure to its population.
But just for the sake of argument, suppose raising IQ didn't require any permanent, expensive genetic engineering at all.
But he said that the reasons for humans becoming addicted to any drug were more complex than simply their genetic make-up, and that a test for any gene uncovered by further research would not necessarily work.
The genetic changes that result from any conventional technique are far less precise, predictable, and controllable than those associated with modern genetic engineering.
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And it doesn't require any knowledge of what the genetic markers being tracked do.
Any individual who had a genetic mutation that lightened his or her skin (and eyes) would absorb more sunlight, boosting health and the ability to survive and breed.
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She has written a smart-phone app that lets users study their genetic data to find any correlations between known efficacy rates for drugs associated with certain genes.
In any event the most interesting aspects of genetic engineering do not involve making humans or Neanderthals or mammoths.
The Biodiversity Project's scientists fume, saying that this was tantamount to raiding the island's precious genetic bank, without sharing any of the proceeds with Socotra's impoverished fishermen and shepherds.
So while any baby born through this method would have genetic elements from three people, the nuclear DNA that influences appearance and other characteristics would not come from the woman providing the donor egg.
Its invocation would provide crusading NGOs, bloggers and activist journalists with an unchecked justification for rejecting almost any processed food, especially those made using genetic modification or where trace chemicals can be found in food packaging.
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This meant that any differences in behaviour would unlikely be due to genetic or ecological influences.
The council's director of public health, Gerry Taylor, said it was looking at genetic conditions in the same way as any other health risk for infant mortality, such as smoking in pregnancy and maternal obesity, and making sure the right services were available.
While some commercial companies promise to tell you what is the optimal diet for you to eat or whether your kid will be a star athlete, the reality is that genetic testing is nowhere near capable of doing any such thing.
But it is odd, at first sight, that genetic modification in a laboratory should weaken a plant any more than traditional breeding methods do.
It means that if, despite precautions, the Frankenbug does get out, its entirely harmless presence would be detectible in any given sample by straightforward DNA amplification technology of the sort used in genetic fingerprinting.
And since arrestees already have to tell police their names and give them their fingerprints and any identifying documents they're carrying, they have no right to hide genetic information that could help solve cold cases, they say.
The human genetic code contains more than 3 billion letters of DNA, each of which might differ between any two individuals.
In order to be an Olympic gold medalist in almost any discipline, you need to train hard every day for an extended period of time and you need a genetic advantage.
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