perturbation
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But with 76 years of data to measure against, “we can provide the context needed to answer the question of, how big of a perturbation is this event?”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025
But the human body has about 20,000 genes, and a genetic perturbation could be on a combination of genes or on any of the over 1,000 transcription factors that regulate the genes.
From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023
While there, he studied a key node of the mammalian immune system — dendritic cells — and their perturbation in HIV/AIDS.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023
For this test, they sought a genetic perturbation that would result in a desired shift in average gene expression.
From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023
The nearest star for which this gravitational perturbation method can be applied is Barnard’s Star, the nearest single star.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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