Evidence from the gnarly New Zealand snails for and against the red
... models, if any, can explain the maintenance of additive genetic variation under strong female choice for male traits? Describe the Hamilton and Zuk hypothesis. What is meant by condition-dependent mate choice? 15. Can you suggest a way that run-away sexual selection could lead to speciation? 16. Giv ...
... models, if any, can explain the maintenance of additive genetic variation under strong female choice for male traits? Describe the Hamilton and Zuk hypothesis. What is meant by condition-dependent mate choice? 15. Can you suggest a way that run-away sexual selection could lead to speciation? 16. Giv ...
Phylogenetic Portrait of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Functional
... the function of a gene is known in one species, the gene function(s) of orthologs in other species can be inferred with some confidence, although not with certainty. Second, ortholog analysis can illustrate the contexts in which the gene is important. An ortholog that is conserved in all organisms mi ...
... the function of a gene is known in one species, the gene function(s) of orthologs in other species can be inferred with some confidence, although not with certainty. Second, ortholog analysis can illustrate the contexts in which the gene is important. An ortholog that is conserved in all organisms mi ...
The molecular evolution of development
... One of these ancestral genes, the D/E locus, duplicated at least once in early evolution to form two distinct posteriorly expressed loci—the Hox9/Hox10 (D group) ancestral locus, and the progenitor of the Drosophila Abdominal-B and vertebrate Hox11 to Hox 13 loci (the E group genes; Fig. 2). The oth ...
... One of these ancestral genes, the D/E locus, duplicated at least once in early evolution to form two distinct posteriorly expressed loci—the Hox9/Hox10 (D group) ancestral locus, and the progenitor of the Drosophila Abdominal-B and vertebrate Hox11 to Hox 13 loci (the E group genes; Fig. 2). The oth ...
Use it or lose it: molecular evolution of sensory
... followed by a relaxation of selective pressure on the gene that leads to disruption in the coding sequence; in some cases, duplicated genes were redundant and thus quickly eliminated from the genome, but in other cases they acquired a function only to become obsolete at a later time in evolution. By ...
... followed by a relaxation of selective pressure on the gene that leads to disruption in the coding sequence; in some cases, duplicated genes were redundant and thus quickly eliminated from the genome, but in other cases they acquired a function only to become obsolete at a later time in evolution. By ...
Creating a Karyotype: A Chromosome Study
... Creating a Karyotype: A Chromosome Study An examination of the chromosomes of a cell under high magnification can give a lot of information about an organism. If the cells are from an unborn human, its sex can be determined before it is born. It can also be determined if the unborn may have certain ...
... Creating a Karyotype: A Chromosome Study An examination of the chromosomes of a cell under high magnification can give a lot of information about an organism. If the cells are from an unborn human, its sex can be determined before it is born. It can also be determined if the unborn may have certain ...
Genetic Counseling and Breeding Management of
... Linebreeding on an individual may not reproduce an outbred ancestor. If an ancestor is outbred and generally heterozygous (Aa), increasing homozygosity will produce more AA and aa. The way to reproduce an outbred ancestor is to mate two individuals that mimic the appearance and pedigree of the ances ...
... Linebreeding on an individual may not reproduce an outbred ancestor. If an ancestor is outbred and generally heterozygous (Aa), increasing homozygosity will produce more AA and aa. The way to reproduce an outbred ancestor is to mate two individuals that mimic the appearance and pedigree of the ances ...
REVIEW Pathways to understanding the extended phenotype of
... fungus grows mycelia from the ant’s feet that stitch the ant to the plant (Andersen et al., 2009). A large stalk (clava) then grows from the head. An ascoma grows on one side of this stalk (hence the species epithet, unilateralis) and ascospores are shot out to infect new ants. Spores attach to fora ...
... fungus grows mycelia from the ant’s feet that stitch the ant to the plant (Andersen et al., 2009). A large stalk (clava) then grows from the head. An ascoma grows on one side of this stalk (hence the species epithet, unilateralis) and ascospores are shot out to infect new ants. Spores attach to fora ...
Friedman N, Linial M, Nachman I, Pe'er D. (2000). Using Bayesian networks to analyze expression data. J Comput Biol. 7, 601-20.
... Early microarray experiments examined few samples and mainly focused on differential display across tissues or conditions of interest. The design of recent experiments focuses on performing a larger number of microarray assays ranging in size from a dozen to a few hundreds of samples. In the near fu ...
... Early microarray experiments examined few samples and mainly focused on differential display across tissues or conditions of interest. The design of recent experiments focuses on performing a larger number of microarray assays ranging in size from a dozen to a few hundreds of samples. In the near fu ...
Presentation: Computation to Solve Problems
... Step 2. Find best matches to pattern in all sequences ...
... Step 2. Find best matches to pattern in all sequences ...
Male Sex Drive and the Maintenance of Sex
... among the 12 species examined, indicating either that these genes are so diverged that orthology cannot be unambiguously assigned or that there is an overrepresentation of lineage-specific, de novo genes among those with male function (Haerty et al. 2007; see below). In addition to their rapid evolu ...
... among the 12 species examined, indicating either that these genes are so diverged that orthology cannot be unambiguously assigned or that there is an overrepresentation of lineage-specific, de novo genes among those with male function (Haerty et al. 2007; see below). In addition to their rapid evolu ...
Notes
... elements of the field of polynomials of degree n-1 with coefficients in Z2, whose elements can be represented by n-bit numbers) ...
... elements of the field of polynomials of degree n-1 with coefficients in Z2, whose elements can be represented by n-bit numbers) ...
Ch08 Inheritance Genes and Chromosomes
... So, mitochondria and plastids are inherited only from the mother. Inheritance of organelles and their genes is thus non-Mendelian and is called maternal, or cytoplasmic, inheritance. ...
... So, mitochondria and plastids are inherited only from the mother. Inheritance of organelles and their genes is thus non-Mendelian and is called maternal, or cytoplasmic, inheritance. ...
Spring 2008 - Children`s Medical Research Institute
... “We also found that a brain chemical called BDNF, which plays a role in the birth and survival of new neurons as well as modifying connections in the brain, was at similar levels in both normal mice and the Rett syndrome mice that had been given toys,” says Prof Patrick Tam, head of the CMRI team. “ ...
... “We also found that a brain chemical called BDNF, which plays a role in the birth and survival of new neurons as well as modifying connections in the brain, was at similar levels in both normal mice and the Rett syndrome mice that had been given toys,” says Prof Patrick Tam, head of the CMRI team. “ ...
Evidence from the gnarly New Zealand snails for and against the red
... models, if any, can explain the maintenance of additive genetic variation under strong female choice for male traits? Describe the Hamilton and Zuk hypothesis. What is meant by condition-dependent mate choice? 15. Can you suggest a way that run-away sexual selection could lead to speciation? 16. Giv ...
... models, if any, can explain the maintenance of additive genetic variation under strong female choice for male traits? Describe the Hamilton and Zuk hypothesis. What is meant by condition-dependent mate choice? 15. Can you suggest a way that run-away sexual selection could lead to speciation? 16. Giv ...
Beyond Dominant and Recessive Alleles
... Multiple Alleles and Polygenic Traits and Human Heredity ...
... Multiple Alleles and Polygenic Traits and Human Heredity ...
Cloning and characterization of a gene coding for a hydrophobin Fv
... and cDNA sequences revealed a single ORF composed of 363 bp, which was interrupted by three small introns of 56, 61 and 55 bp (Fig. 2). These three introns contain the 5’ and 3’ border sequences that are typical of introns in the genes of filamentous fungi (Breathnach and Chambon 1981). In the 5’ re ...
... and cDNA sequences revealed a single ORF composed of 363 bp, which was interrupted by three small introns of 56, 61 and 55 bp (Fig. 2). These three introns contain the 5’ and 3’ border sequences that are typical of introns in the genes of filamentous fungi (Breathnach and Chambon 1981). In the 5’ re ...
Influence of industrial contamination on mobile genetic elements
... detected MGEs including plasmids, transposons and integrons across a wide variety of habitats (for example, Sobecky, 1999; Smalla and Sobecky, 2002; van Elsas and Bailey, 2002; Frost et al., 2005), but rarely in a quantitative manner due to previous methodological constraints. In those studies that ...
... detected MGEs including plasmids, transposons and integrons across a wide variety of habitats (for example, Sobecky, 1999; Smalla and Sobecky, 2002; van Elsas and Bailey, 2002; Frost et al., 2005), but rarely in a quantitative manner due to previous methodological constraints. In those studies that ...
Results - Hal Cirad
... and shrubs growing in the lower storey of forests. Coffea is by far the most important member of the family economically, and C. arabica (Arabica coffee) accounts for over 70% of world coffee production. C. arabica is a tetraploid (2n = 4x = 44) and may have resulted from a natural hybridization bet ...
... and shrubs growing in the lower storey of forests. Coffea is by far the most important member of the family economically, and C. arabica (Arabica coffee) accounts for over 70% of world coffee production. C. arabica is a tetraploid (2n = 4x = 44) and may have resulted from a natural hybridization bet ...