How to Use genetic marker in a Sentence
genetic marker
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One big one: There is no way, based on the genetic markers left at crimes scenes, to know the age of the suspect, said Homrock.
—Dan Morse, Washington Post, 9 July 2018
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In this case, researchers traced a genetic marker for the splotchy tabby fur color.
—Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 19 June 2017
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The same genetic markers that tell cells and tissues to form a head in one species can result in different anatomy in other species.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2023
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Last week, the lab provided composite drawings of what the killer likely looks like — both now and in 1991 — based on his genetic markers.
—Sara Jean Green, The Seattle Times, 24 Feb. 2018
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But these physical or genetic markers alone don’t tell the whole story.
—Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2018
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If scientists find a genetic marker for a type of cancer in dogs, for instance, that could be explored in humans.
—NBC News, 14 Nov. 2019
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Even so, our species interbred with both and picked up genetic markers that are still detectable in some people today.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019
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Precision medicine, and the use of genetic markers to predict the success of treatments, promises to help answer these questions.
—Casey Ross, STAT, 4 June 2018
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A year earlier, Holes had identified a rare genetic marker in the assailant's DNA.
—Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 27 Apr. 2018
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Beyond their legacy in the Siberian cave, the Denisovans carried genetic markers that can still be seen today in Tibet.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2019
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The instruments that processed those tests can be modified to look for genetic markers of the coronavirus.
—Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2020
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One Penn State research team is studying genetic markers in hopes of pinpointing the lanternfly’s place of origin in China.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
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The organoid cells expressed genetic markers of metabolic stress, but this expression was reduced when the cells were grafted into a mouse brain.
—Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 29 Jan. 2020
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Of the genetic markers that have been shown to exist in individual tribes so far, none is exclusive.
—Adam Rutherford, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2017
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As the genetic markers used in matching are inherited, donors are most likely to match someone who shares the same ethnic background.
—Mike Hutton, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
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Their aim is to learn how to identify them using genetic markers, find new drug targets against them, and ultimately develop drugs to clear them from the body.
—Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2023
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The studies also identified a genetic marker that might put children at higher risk of this outcome.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 29 July 2022
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Because genetic markers are used to determine matches, donors are most likely to be someone who shares the same ethnic background.
—Vanessa Hua, SFChronicle.com, 19 Sep. 2019
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Baccus also is working on the first study to determine the melanistic whitetails’ genetic markers.
—John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Feb. 2018
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With bone marrow transplants, genetic markers are used to determine a suitable match.
—David Tarrant, Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2020
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Jerry came back all clear for all possible genetic markers, but don’t panic if yours comes back positive.
—Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 22 May 2019
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Neither Kailen, her 11-year-old brother, nor Keanna, her eight-year-old sister, inherited the right mix of genetic markers to donate to their sister.
—Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 May 2018
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Doctors look for a genetic marker in the blood called HLA-B27, which many ankylosing spondylitis patients will be positive for, although not always.
—Colleen Stinchcombe, Health.com, 21 Jan. 2022
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That pulls off the double-whammy of expanding a cancer drug’s reach while also narrowing its use cases based on genetic markers.
—Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2019
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That, according to the film, is because of two crucial genetic markers that were taken off the test so that they could be used in a potential Lyme vaccine (the development of which has languished for 20 years).
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 May 2023
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What are the connections between genetic markers and disease?
—Quanta Magazine, 30 Sep. 2013
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That is a high number of genetic markers for a supposedly extinct people.
—Haruka Sakaguchi, National Geographic, 14 Oct. 2019
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Still, the new treatments benefit only a small number of patients with certain genetic markers.
—al, 20 Sep. 2019
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The human genome gives clues to this, too, because migrating populations end up mixing, so the absence of certain genetic markers could mean groups hadn’t crossed paths yet or maybe never did at all.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2019
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The results were loaded into a computer and over the next two days, a software program compared the genetic markers to the thousands of DNA samples collected from relatives.
—Natalie Keyssar, National Geographic, 19 Dec. 2019
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