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... Overview: Investigating the Tree of Life • Phylogeny is the evolutionary history of a species or group of related species • The discipline of systematics classifies organisms and determines their evolutionary relationships • Systematists use fossil, molecular, and genetic data to infer evolutionary ...
... Overview: Investigating the Tree of Life • Phylogeny is the evolutionary history of a species or group of related species • The discipline of systematics classifies organisms and determines their evolutionary relationships • Systematists use fossil, molecular, and genetic data to infer evolutionary ...
A Single Gene Causes Both Male Sterility and
... speciation, the emergence of reproductive isolation between populations. Despite the identification of several genes that cause hybrid sterility or inviability—many of which have evolved rapidly under positive Darwinian selection—little is known about the ecological or genomic forces that drive the ...
... speciation, the emergence of reproductive isolation between populations. Despite the identification of several genes that cause hybrid sterility or inviability—many of which have evolved rapidly under positive Darwinian selection—little is known about the ecological or genomic forces that drive the ...
Base Composition and Translational Selection are Insufficient to
... calculated from their viral genomes, but the hosts’ CUB reveal the translationally preferred codons. Viruses should experience translational selection to match the CUB of their hosts, as this should allow for faster translation of highly expressed viral genes, and consequently more rapid viral repli ...
... calculated from their viral genomes, but the hosts’ CUB reveal the translationally preferred codons. Viruses should experience translational selection to match the CUB of their hosts, as this should allow for faster translation of highly expressed viral genes, and consequently more rapid viral repli ...
Synonymous codon bias and functional constraint on GC3
... gene is well represented in the three domains of life, yet is not ubiquitous, as there are several known alternative pathways leading toward peptidoglycan and lysine. Thus, dapL orthologs have undergone substantial sequence evolution, making them ideal for investigation of deep divergences in synony ...
... gene is well represented in the three domains of life, yet is not ubiquitous, as there are several known alternative pathways leading toward peptidoglycan and lysine. Thus, dapL orthologs have undergone substantial sequence evolution, making them ideal for investigation of deep divergences in synony ...
Genomic approaches for the understanding of aging
... The development of DNA microarray introduced the concept of genomics in biology and presented a valuable and robust tool for the global measurement of gene expression. It is especially useful for the study of complex biological pathways such as aging. In addition, genomic sequence analysis of variou ...
... The development of DNA microarray introduced the concept of genomics in biology and presented a valuable and robust tool for the global measurement of gene expression. It is especially useful for the study of complex biological pathways such as aging. In addition, genomic sequence analysis of variou ...
Evolution of RH Genes in Hominoids: Characterization of a Gorilla
... and RhcE polypeptides were 29 and 25, respectively ( Table 2). Differences between gorilla RHCE-like polypeptide and two other gorilla Rh-like polypeptides were almost identical (24 and 25, respectively) ( Table 2). The topology of the phylogenetic tree obtained from the alignment shown in Figure 4 ...
... and RhcE polypeptides were 29 and 25, respectively ( Table 2). Differences between gorilla RHCE-like polypeptide and two other gorilla Rh-like polypeptides were almost identical (24 and 25, respectively) ( Table 2). The topology of the phylogenetic tree obtained from the alignment shown in Figure 4 ...
Strategies for the molecular genetic manipulation and visualization of the... Penicillium marneffei
... To facilitate molecular genetic analysis of gene function in P. marneffei, an important opportunistic pathogen of humans, an efficient DNA-mediated transformation protocol was developed using exogenous DNA and polyethylene glycol-mediated protoplast fusion (Borneman et al. 2001). Spontaneous mutants ...
... To facilitate molecular genetic analysis of gene function in P. marneffei, an important opportunistic pathogen of humans, an efficient DNA-mediated transformation protocol was developed using exogenous DNA and polyethylene glycol-mediated protoplast fusion (Borneman et al. 2001). Spontaneous mutants ...
- ResearchOnline@JCU
... however, when these patients are excluded the familial risk of CRC remains4 and the genetic basis for familial serrated polyposis has not been established. The appearance of serrated polyposis in consanguineous kindreds and in monozygotic twins5 has led to the hypothesis that serrated polyposis may ...
... however, when these patients are excluded the familial risk of CRC remains4 and the genetic basis for familial serrated polyposis has not been established. The appearance of serrated polyposis in consanguineous kindreds and in monozygotic twins5 has led to the hypothesis that serrated polyposis may ...
The study of threshold determination of gene identification and its
... guides the synthesis of proteins. The accurate deliver of genetic information of protein could make the various life functions completely. Along with the successful completion of world human genome project, getting rich biological information from large amounts of DNA sequences through physical or m ...
... guides the synthesis of proteins. The accurate deliver of genetic information of protein could make the various life functions completely. Along with the successful completion of world human genome project, getting rich biological information from large amounts of DNA sequences through physical or m ...
Dairy cattle reproduction is a tightly regulated genetic process
... differentiating embryo. Histone-to-protamine transition, histone modifiThe presence of mRNA transcripts in sperm is now well acknowledged, cation, DNA methylation, and noncoding RNAs have important, but so but their putative roles are unknown. Several hypotheses have been suggest- far underestimated ...
... differentiating embryo. Histone-to-protamine transition, histone modifiThe presence of mRNA transcripts in sperm is now well acknowledged, cation, DNA methylation, and noncoding RNAs have important, but so but their putative roles are unknown. Several hypotheses have been suggest- far underestimated ...
Genetic Diversity in the Paramecium aurelia Species Complex
... for animals, plants, and fungi. Two aspects of microbial eukaryotes that still remain controversial are the level of species diversity and their geographic distribution (Finlay and Fenchel 1999; Foissner 1999). One school of thought maintains that protist species are relatively few, cosmopolitan, an ...
... for animals, plants, and fungi. Two aspects of microbial eukaryotes that still remain controversial are the level of species diversity and their geographic distribution (Finlay and Fenchel 1999; Foissner 1999). One school of thought maintains that protist species are relatively few, cosmopolitan, an ...
Structural variations in the human genome
... vertebrate species, thirty metazoan species, sixteen fungi, thirteen protist species, eleven plants, and many (many, many) bacteria has been unraveled (38). Still, understanding the human genome remains the ultimate goal. The sequence of the human genome differs tremendously among individuals (2,3). ...
... vertebrate species, thirty metazoan species, sixteen fungi, thirteen protist species, eleven plants, and many (many, many) bacteria has been unraveled (38). Still, understanding the human genome remains the ultimate goal. The sequence of the human genome differs tremendously among individuals (2,3). ...
Specific oligonucleotide primers for detection of endoglucanase
... EN1R, were chosen that were predicted to specifically amplify a 1,311 bpDNA fragment of the B. Subtilis, G. stearothermophilus and P. campinasensis. The Genbank database (NCBI) search for complimentary sequences revealed 100 % homology between the primers and the gene encodes endo-b-1,4-glucanase of ...
... EN1R, were chosen that were predicted to specifically amplify a 1,311 bpDNA fragment of the B. Subtilis, G. stearothermophilus and P. campinasensis. The Genbank database (NCBI) search for complimentary sequences revealed 100 % homology between the primers and the gene encodes endo-b-1,4-glucanase of ...
Analyses of human–chimpanzee orthologous gene
... mouse, and rat orthologs. The orthology of these gene alignments is considered unambiguous. Ka/Ks ratios for each alignment were previously calculated by the Chimpanzee Sequencing and Analysis Consortium (2005) as well as estimates of lineage-specific protein changes. Given the similarity between hu ...
... mouse, and rat orthologs. The orthology of these gene alignments is considered unambiguous. Ka/Ks ratios for each alignment were previously calculated by the Chimpanzee Sequencing and Analysis Consortium (2005) as well as estimates of lineage-specific protein changes. Given the similarity between hu ...
The evolution of genomic imprinting and X
... Suzuki et al. proposed that PEG10 retroposition was the initial cause of imprinted evolution at this locus (Suzuki et al., 2007). It is thought that genome protection mechanisms that silence inserted elements such as the PEG10 retrotransposon could be modified to give rise to parent specific express ...
... Suzuki et al. proposed that PEG10 retroposition was the initial cause of imprinted evolution at this locus (Suzuki et al., 2007). It is thought that genome protection mechanisms that silence inserted elements such as the PEG10 retrotransposon could be modified to give rise to parent specific express ...
Ch08_complete-Inheritance,_Genes
... unlinked, what fractions of offspring will be heterozygous for all of these genes? 2. In a plant species, two alleles control flower color, which can be yellow, blue, or white. Crosses of these plants produce the offspring provided on the next slide. What will be the phenotypes of the offspring and ...
... unlinked, what fractions of offspring will be heterozygous for all of these genes? 2. In a plant species, two alleles control flower color, which can be yellow, blue, or white. Crosses of these plants produce the offspring provided on the next slide. What will be the phenotypes of the offspring and ...
Hammond 1 Regulation of gene expression during flocculation in
... growth when present at high cell densities on a host plant’s root system. The genetic regulation of flocculation, or the tendency to clump by cell-to-cell interaction and to form stable “flocs” which correspond to the aggregation of cells in a dense extracellular polysaccharide matrix, is relevant n ...
... growth when present at high cell densities on a host plant’s root system. The genetic regulation of flocculation, or the tendency to clump by cell-to-cell interaction and to form stable “flocs” which correspond to the aggregation of cells in a dense extracellular polysaccharide matrix, is relevant n ...
"Dual-coding Regions in Alternatively Spliced Human Genes". In
... encodes functional protein products in both reading frames? Currently, this topic has been under debate (Chung et al., 2007; Tress et al., 2007). One sceptical view is that some mRNAs containing an alternative reading frame might not encode functional proteins and may instead represent biological no ...
... encodes functional protein products in both reading frames? Currently, this topic has been under debate (Chung et al., 2007; Tress et al., 2007). One sceptical view is that some mRNAs containing an alternative reading frame might not encode functional proteins and may instead represent biological no ...