Some phenotypic traits, most famously Gregor Mendel's wrinkled versus smooth peas, have a single-gene foundation.
Understanding the expression pattern of these genes (courtship foundation, or CF genes) in response to age and environment is critical to investigating their contributions to natural variation in male courtship behavior [18], [19].
This research will facilitate fine mapping and cloning of quantitative trait genes, providing foundations enabling the development of superior rice varieties.
Determination of the DNA base sequence of the L1 gene is the foundation of genotyping of all papillomaviruses [ 19].
Such genes represent a foundation from which candidate conserved genes among other fruit species can be mined.
In both SAM and RAM, the interplay between CLE genes and different WUS gene lays the foundation of meristem cell population regulation.
As such, analyses of the spatio-temporal regulation of spotted gar genes provides a foundation to determine whether the duplicated fabp genes have been retained in teleost genomes owing to either sub- or neofunctionalization.
Moreover it's generally assumed that the maintenance of duplicate genes provides a foundation for consolidation and refinement of established functions, particularly in secondary metabolism, by preserving extra copies that guarantee a gene reservoir for adaptive evolution [ 62- 64].
It is generally assumed that maintenance of duplicate genes provides a foundation for consolidation and refinement of established functions, particularly in secondary metabolism, by preserving extra copies that guarantee a gene reservoir for adaptive evolution, free from the constraints of purifying selection [ 31- 33].
Using their newly identified set of genes as a foundation, Einav and Khatri aim to identify predictive biomarkers that can help doctors reliably gauge the likelihood of severe dengue in patients who are newly symptomatic and use that information to provide more accurate care to help guide therapeutic clinical studies and, in the future, to guide treatment decisions.
"Genes are the foundation of life, they are created by nature, not by man," he said.
