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NL888 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Containing? Which contains the following?

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00 We observed a significant association between neuroblastoma and the common minor alleles of three consecutive single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at chromosome band 6p22 and 01b00containing02b00 the predicted genes FLJ22536 and FLJ44180 (P=1.71x10–9 to 7.01x10–10; allelic odds ratio, 1.39 to 1.40).02br
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00＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝02br
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00 It seems that the author refers to "chromosome band 6p22 contains the predicted genes..." 02br
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00But why the author used "and" before "containing"? 0-
  

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0I think it's an error. 0-

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0I think it's an error. You'd expect to see another participle earlier in the sentence, like "01i01u00covered02u02i00 with chocolate 01i01u00and containing02u02i00 a variety of nuts".0-
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0 Thanks Avangi.02br
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00 The full context:02br
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0re the full article: same opinion.02br
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00Edit. I don't mean it's an error of information or fact, just grammar. He's sort of ticking off the observations which seem to support his thesis, or theory, and the presence of "the predicted genes" is another item in the series. It's just not treated that way grammatically.0-
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0 I think it's an error, too.02br
00I think they're trying to say that they found an association 02br
00between 02br
00A. neuroblastoma 02br
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00B. the common minor alleles of three SNPs.02br
00The alleles02br
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001. are located at 6p2202br
00and02br
002. contain the
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0Wow, CJ, yours is perfect!02br
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00Thank you both.0-
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