Did you know that a large number of ... disease-related genes that were previously unknown. Current research aims to identify the functional mechanisms by which copy number variation cause diseases.

the existence of gene families indicates that duplications of genetic material can experience positive selection. Because the study of copy number variations is a relatively new area of genetic ...

But measuring CNVs in cells from an individual can be tricky. For a number of years, researchers relied on fluorescently tagged microarray probes that attached to sections of genes; locations where ...

A significant advancement in knowledge of the link between cognition and genetics has been made thanks to a study led by Université de Montréal graduate students Guillaume Huguet and Thomas Renne, ...

Thanks to DNA mapping, these discoveries pave the way for a broader understanding of the ways in which genetic alterations ...