functional gene

collocation in English

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functional
adjective
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/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/us
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/
designed to be practical and useful rather ...
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gene
noun[C]
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/dʒiːn/us
/dʒiːn/
a part of the DNA in a cell that controls the physical development, behaviour, etc. of an individual plant or animal and is passed on from ...
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(Definition offunctionalandgenefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Less than half of the genome contains functional genes.
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For instance, in most people the olfactory receptor pseudogenes are dead but in few they are intact and functional genes.
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Genome size is of little relevance when considering the number of functional genes in eukaryotic species.
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According to an analysis of data derived from the human genome project, humans have approximately 400 functional genes coding for olfactory receptors and the remaining 600 candidates are pseudogenes.
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The complete sequence of this transcript remains to be established and, thus, it is not known whether it represents afunctionalgene.
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However, genetic association with a complex disease requires identification offunctionalgenepolymorphisms, which are potentially inherent in the development of the disorder.
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We have been able to usefunctionalgeneanalysis in the field to rapidly constrain the types of bacterial activity being undertaken within the hotsprings site.
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We hypothesize that the chromosomal rearrangements in the two patients with spina bifida may result in a phenotype because of the disruption of afunctionalgeneor genes.
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This means that genomes may have evolutionary constrains that help maintainfunctionalgeneregions.
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Mutations leading to the loss of function of a gene are much more common than mutations that produce a new, fullyfunctionalgene.
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There are many mechanisms by which afunctionalgenecan become a pseudogene including the deletion or insertion of one or multiple nucleotides.
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Thereby, the otherfunctionalgenedoes not produce enough of a gene-product to have the expected function, resulting in an abnormal disease state.
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Cells lacking the extrachromosomal array also lack thefunctionalgeneof interest.
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However, many people remain healthy with such a loss, because there still is onefunctionalgeneleft on the other chromosome of the chromosome pair.
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A copy of afunctionalgenemay arise as a result of a gene duplication event and subsequently acquire mutations that cause it to become nonfunctional.
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The functional genes identified are confounded with genotypic differences.
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In contrast, homozygosity associated with inbreeding may amplify the deleterious consequences of element insertion into functional genes.
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Patterns of nucleotide substitution in pseudogenes and functional genes.
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