How to Use genetic marker in a Sentence

genetic marker

noun

• 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
• In this case, researchers traced a genetic marker for the splotchy tabby fur color.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 19 June 2017
• 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
• 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
• But these physical or genetic markers alone don’t tell the whole story.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2018
• The advice does not apply to women who’ve had breast cancer or those at very high risk of breast cancer because of genetic markers.
  — Carla K. Johnson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• There is a genetic marker for whether a person can actually reach that top of the spectrum, according to Caniglia.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
• A year earlier, Holes had identified a rare genetic marker in the assailant's DNA.
  — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The studies also identified a genetic marker that might put children at higher risk of this outcome.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 29 July 2022
• 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
• Baccus also is working on the first study to determine the melanistic whitetails’ genetic markers.
  — John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Feb. 2018
• With bone marrow transplants, genetic markers are used to determine a suitable match.
  — David Tarrant, Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• What are the connections between genetic markers and disease?
  — Quanta Magazine, 30 Sep. 2013
• That is a high number of genetic markers for a supposedly extinct people.
  — Haruka Sakaguchi, National Geographic, 14 Oct. 2019
• Still, the new treatments benefit only a small number of patients with certain genetic markers.
  — al, 20 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024