The phrase "a role in common" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a shared function or responsibility that two or more parties have in a particular context.
Example: "Despite their differences, they found a role in common that allowed them to collaborate effectively on the project."
Alternatives: "a shared role" or "a mutual role".
Because only common SNP's are likely to play a role in common diseases, geneticists usually count a DNA change as a SNP only it if occurs in at least 1percentt of a population.
The Center uses a new Illumina product, the Human 660W-Quad BeadChip, launched last November, to target regions in the human genome that may play a role in common diseases, like autism, diabetes or heart disease.
Chromosome territory reorganization may play a role in common human diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and psoriasis.
The spatiotemporally restricted expression patterns suggested that PLD4 might play a role in common function(s) among microglia during early postnatal brain development and splenic marginal zone cells.
The database contains sequencing data from genes that are likely to play a role in common human diseases.
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide a powerful means of identifying genetic variants that play a role in common diseases.
These miRNAs may have a role in 'common' progression/metastatic pathways that are used by a number of different cancers.
Evidence is accumulating, however, that the molecular pathways underlying these genomic regions may be common to more than one genetic form of Parkinsonism and may also play a role in the common sporadic disease (2, 3).
These have led to some unexpected and therefore exciting discoveries, implicating pathways that would not necessarily have been predicted to have a role in this common arthritis.
Mitochondrial respiratory chain dysfunction also has been theorized to play a role in more common neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, Huntington disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig disease), as well as in normal aging.
In 2005 Jennifer Pluznick hypothesised that a gene known to play a role in a common form of kidney disease did so by acting as a master switch for other genes.
