自然变异表明,候选基因是Caenorhabditis elegans潜在的候选基因,对各种有毒物质的敏感性

Timothy A Crombie1, Ryan Mckeown2,3, Samuel J Widmayer2

  • 1Department of Biomedical Engineering and Science, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL.

概括

遗传变异会影响个人对环境毒素的反应. 这项研究在C. elegans中确定了94个候选基因,这些基因与毒素敏感性有关,有助于风险预测.