mammalian genome

collocation in English

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mammalian
adjective
uk
/məˈmeɪ.li.ən/us
/məˈmeɪ.li.ən/
relating to mammals (= animals whose female feeds her young on milk from her ...
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genome
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒiː.nəʊm/us
/ˈdʒiː.noʊm/
the complete set of genetic material of a human, animal, plant, or other ...
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Screening of themammaliangenome, however, identified innexin-like sequences, termed pannexins.
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Mutation rates differ among regions of themammaliangenome.
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Manipulating themammaliangenomeby homologous recombination.
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These genes have homologues in themammaliangenome, making them useful both in studying ageing and in identifying potential targets for interventions which increase lifespan.
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This was only the secondmammaliangenometo be sequenced after humans.
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For typical mammalian genomes (which are usually large), ignoring linkage will give a good approximation.
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Mammalian genomes are estimated to contain 100 000 genes, many of which play important roles in preimplantation development.
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Puck's key work ultimately made modern genetics, such as the human genome and othermammaliangenomeprojects, possible.
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Finally, as larger numbers of mammalian genomes are sequenced, new opportunities for linking comparative neuroanatomy and physiology to comparative genomics may arise.
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Because of the great similarity among mammalian genomes, these findings in mice have direct relevance to the homologous human conditions.
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Interspersed repeats and other mementos of transposable elements in mammalian genomes.
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Highly repeated sequences in mammalian genomes.
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His postdoctoral work developed algorithms for reconstructing ancestral mammalian genomes.
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