Strong selection for one or two aspects of gene function will automatically bring along some other pleiotropic traits.
They are used to study gene function and make useful models of human diseases.
Our major focus will be to set up the skills necessary to really discover gene function in a very effective way.
These efforts remain limited, however, by our ability to annotate gene function accurately.
A hypermorphic mutation causes an increase in normal gene function.
A major effort within the bio-informatics field has been the computational prediction of gene function.
Identifying primary gene functions had been his first priority.
Besides, the section on the control of gene function was what he'd been unconsciously looking for.
In addition, gene functions can be studied using stem cells with engineered nucleases.
Both forward and reverse genetic screens aim to determine gene function.