Practical Platy Genetics
... America, where he collected many different species for his personal collection and possibly for sale to exotic animal collectors. It is very reasonable to assume he was the first European collector of platys! Fifty years later, Dr. Myron Gordon was an early researcher of platys and swordtails. Both ...
... America, where he collected many different species for his personal collection and possibly for sale to exotic animal collectors. It is very reasonable to assume he was the first European collector of platys! Fifty years later, Dr. Myron Gordon was an early researcher of platys and swordtails. Both ...
Understanding the nature of health - Meikirch
... Over the past century, biological and medical sciences have accumulated an enormous amount of knowledge and expertise. Today, the understanding of biological processes ranging from genetic mechanisms to organ function of complex living systems is huge. Much of it has been made available to individua ...
... Over the past century, biological and medical sciences have accumulated an enormous amount of knowledge and expertise. Today, the understanding of biological processes ranging from genetic mechanisms to organ function of complex living systems is huge. Much of it has been made available to individua ...
Human Apolipoprotein A-l-C-lll Gene Complex is Located on
... proposed that the apolipoproteins were all derived from a common evolutionary precursor. The common function, structure, and perhaps even evolutionary background of the apolipoproteins suggests that their genes comprise a multigene family. Families of related DNA sequences have been described for th ...
... proposed that the apolipoproteins were all derived from a common evolutionary precursor. The common function, structure, and perhaps even evolutionary background of the apolipoproteins suggests that their genes comprise a multigene family. Families of related DNA sequences have been described for th ...
Antenatal Record and Guide - Ontario College of Family Physicians
... three common risk factors requiring immunoprophylaxis are listed, viz. Rh negative blood type, rubella susceptibility, and Hepatitis B exposure. The second major change is the Subsequent Visits section that contains reminders of the need for particular aspects of care in grayed text. The changes ref ...
... three common risk factors requiring immunoprophylaxis are listed, viz. Rh negative blood type, rubella susceptibility, and Hepatitis B exposure. The second major change is the Subsequent Visits section that contains reminders of the need for particular aspects of care in grayed text. The changes ref ...
The Inherited Metabolic Disorders News
... of two of the most incredible little men. My sons Mitchell “Lucas” Braun and Zane Murray Braun. Both my sons were born with MPS IVA or Morquio Syndrome. After the boys diagnosis almost 16 years ago our lives have been an incredible rollercoaster of ups and downs and twists and turns. But our lives a ...
... of two of the most incredible little men. My sons Mitchell “Lucas” Braun and Zane Murray Braun. Both my sons were born with MPS IVA or Morquio Syndrome. After the boys diagnosis almost 16 years ago our lives have been an incredible rollercoaster of ups and downs and twists and turns. But our lives a ...
Genetics and Prostate Cancer
... prostate cancer over their lifetime and cannot pass the faulty gene on to their own children. However, they still have the same risk for developing prostate cancer as the average man in the Australian population. WHAT ARE THE CLUES IN A FAMILY HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER? Documenting the health histo ...
... prostate cancer over their lifetime and cannot pass the faulty gene on to their own children. However, they still have the same risk for developing prostate cancer as the average man in the Australian population. WHAT ARE THE CLUES IN A FAMILY HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER? Documenting the health histo ...
Cross talk between signaling pathways in pathogen defense
... JA signaling in these mutants is not due to an inhibitory effect of elevated levels of SA; JA-dependent gene expression was also impaired in mpk4 nahG and ssi2 nahG plants that do not accumulate high levels of SA [46••,47••]. Thus, constitutive SA signaling in the mpk4 and ssi2 mutants is likely due ...
... JA signaling in these mutants is not due to an inhibitory effect of elevated levels of SA; JA-dependent gene expression was also impaired in mpk4 nahG and ssi2 nahG plants that do not accumulate high levels of SA [46••,47••]. Thus, constitutive SA signaling in the mpk4 and ssi2 mutants is likely due ...
Module 1: Introduction
... • Set of biological phrases (terms) which are applied to genes: – protein kinase – apoptosis – Membrane ...
... • Set of biological phrases (terms) which are applied to genes: – protein kinase – apoptosis – Membrane ...
Causes, Risks, Prevention
... Do We Know What Causes Pituitary Tumors? Scientists don’t know exactly what causes most pituitary tumors. During the past few years, they have made great progress in understanding how certain changes in a person’s DNA can cause cells in the pituitary to produce a tumor. DNA is the chemical in each o ...
... Do We Know What Causes Pituitary Tumors? Scientists don’t know exactly what causes most pituitary tumors. During the past few years, they have made great progress in understanding how certain changes in a person’s DNA can cause cells in the pituitary to produce a tumor. DNA is the chemical in each o ...
Sleep is an essential part of life
... constant state of jetlag. Our circadian rhythm is genetically determined by the human periodicity and clock genes. Less recognized and quite possibly more prevalent in contemporary society is shift work sleep disorder in which individuals are working during their normal sleep period and are trying t ...
... constant state of jetlag. Our circadian rhythm is genetically determined by the human periodicity and clock genes. Less recognized and quite possibly more prevalent in contemporary society is shift work sleep disorder in which individuals are working during their normal sleep period and are trying t ...
Saccharopolyspora erythraea that are involved
... lying between eryAZ and eryK had an EryB phenotype. The EryC mutants, on the other hand, accumulate 3-aL-mycarosyl-erythronolide B, and convert erythromycin D (or later intermediates) to erythromycin A. These mutants cannot synthesize desosamine and/or are unable to attach it the macrolactone ring. ...
... lying between eryAZ and eryK had an EryB phenotype. The EryC mutants, on the other hand, accumulate 3-aL-mycarosyl-erythronolide B, and convert erythromycin D (or later intermediates) to erythromycin A. These mutants cannot synthesize desosamine and/or are unable to attach it the macrolactone ring. ...
The Ethics of Reproductive Cloning
... Syndrome33 and Angelman Syndrome.34 Such disorders arise from imprinting malfunction and uniparentaldisomy, a state arising when chromosomes donated by egg and sperm incorrectly segregate, presenting the embryo with two copies of a chromosome from one parent or the other, rather than from both.35 Th ...
... Syndrome33 and Angelman Syndrome.34 Such disorders arise from imprinting malfunction and uniparentaldisomy, a state arising when chromosomes donated by egg and sperm incorrectly segregate, presenting the embryo with two copies of a chromosome from one parent or the other, rather than from both.35 Th ...
Molecular Characterization of a Powdery Mildew Resistance Gene
... trait loci for powdery mildew resistance also have been characterized (6,10). However, most of the markers identified are restriction fragment length polymorphism markers that require complicated techniques and relatively high cost for sample analysis, and some are still distant from target genes; t ...
... trait loci for powdery mildew resistance also have been characterized (6,10). However, most of the markers identified are restriction fragment length polymorphism markers that require complicated techniques and relatively high cost for sample analysis, and some are still distant from target genes; t ...
Hemoglobin research and the origins of molecular
... acid sequences of various hemoglobins and the spatial arrangements of their atoms. This work, marked in particular by the high-resolution structural analysis—among the first for any protein—by Nobelist Max Perutz (Figure 3) and his colleagues in the late 1960s,2,16 soon resulted in a detailed explan ...
... acid sequences of various hemoglobins and the spatial arrangements of their atoms. This work, marked in particular by the high-resolution structural analysis—among the first for any protein—by Nobelist Max Perutz (Figure 3) and his colleagues in the late 1960s,2,16 soon resulted in a detailed explan ...
An Abstract Description of Biological Evolution
... their co-players. The effect of these actions is also the only environmental process that impinges on agents. The model of the environment just consists of mechanisms for deciding when and which agents will play, administering actions and energy changes, producing copies and removing dead agents. In ...
... their co-players. The effect of these actions is also the only environmental process that impinges on agents. The model of the environment just consists of mechanisms for deciding when and which agents will play, administering actions and energy changes, producing copies and removing dead agents. In ...
Studies on the biotic Stress Resistance in Rice through Molecular
... commonly cited crop loss figures from rice are those of Cramer (1967), who estimated worldwide losses in rice production due to insect damage to be 34.4 percent Chemical methods such as Insecticide to control the insect have been negative efficiently upon quality of maize. Therefore, it is important ...
... commonly cited crop loss figures from rice are those of Cramer (1967), who estimated worldwide losses in rice production due to insect damage to be 34.4 percent Chemical methods such as Insecticide to control the insect have been negative efficiently upon quality of maize. Therefore, it is important ...
Gene Prediction
... Programs are e.g. Genscan, GeneID, GENIE and FGENEH. Comparative methods: The given DNA string is compared with a similar DNA string from a different species at the appropriate evolutionary distance and genes are predicted in both sequences based on the assumption that exons will be well conserved, ...
... Programs are e.g. Genscan, GeneID, GENIE and FGENEH. Comparative methods: The given DNA string is compared with a similar DNA string from a different species at the appropriate evolutionary distance and genes are predicted in both sequences based on the assumption that exons will be well conserved, ...
Genetic Analyses of Agronomic Traits Controlled by Wheat
... determined by heading date; however, none of the previous research was designed to determine the number of loci affecting the trait. A unimodal normal distribution was observed for grain yield, kernel number per spike, kernel weight, spike number per square meter, grain volume weight, and plant heig ...
... determined by heading date; however, none of the previous research was designed to determine the number of loci affecting the trait. A unimodal normal distribution was observed for grain yield, kernel number per spike, kernel weight, spike number per square meter, grain volume weight, and plant heig ...
FischerSpr09
... increasing reports of antifungal resistant strains, making treatment more difficult (Hamza, et al., 2008). Previous studies have identified CPH1 and EFG1 proteins as essential for morphogenesis of C. albicans. Understanding the role certain proteins play in morphogenesis may lead to new therapies (H ...
... increasing reports of antifungal resistant strains, making treatment more difficult (Hamza, et al., 2008). Previous studies have identified CPH1 and EFG1 proteins as essential for morphogenesis of C. albicans. Understanding the role certain proteins play in morphogenesis may lead to new therapies (H ...
When and how to evaluate mildly elevated liver enzymes in
... and steatonecrosis describe a potentially progressive form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Although these disorders are histologically indistinguishable from alcohol-induced liver disease, their mechanism is related to insulin resistance, abnormalities of lipid metabolism, increased hepatic lip ...
... and steatonecrosis describe a potentially progressive form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Although these disorders are histologically indistinguishable from alcohol-induced liver disease, their mechanism is related to insulin resistance, abnormalities of lipid metabolism, increased hepatic lip ...
Rural infections series: Leptospirosis Non-fasting lipid tests
... predominantly occur in people who work or live in a rural environment. Most of these infections are caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites which infect animals but can also pass to humans (known as zoonoses). Examples of rural infections in New Zealand include: leptospirosis, campylobacter ...
... predominantly occur in people who work or live in a rural environment. Most of these infections are caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites which infect animals but can also pass to humans (known as zoonoses). Examples of rural infections in New Zealand include: leptospirosis, campylobacter ...
Ulcerative Colitis
... Overactive intestinal immune system. Scientists believe one cause of ulcerative colitis may be an abnormal immune reaction in the intestine. Normally, the immune system protects the body from infection by identifying and destroying bacteria, viruses, and other potentially harmful foreign substances. ...
... Overactive intestinal immune system. Scientists believe one cause of ulcerative colitis may be an abnormal immune reaction in the intestine. Normally, the immune system protects the body from infection by identifying and destroying bacteria, viruses, and other potentially harmful foreign substances. ...
Tearing down barriers: understanding the
... ductive barrier referred to as ‘triploid block’ is established in the endosperm, pointing towards an important but microscopy. Cd treatment induced a DNA hypermethylation, as well as an up-regulation of CMT, indicating that de greatly underestimated role of the endosperm in preventing interploidy hy ...
... ductive barrier referred to as ‘triploid block’ is established in the endosperm, pointing towards an important but microscopy. Cd treatment induced a DNA hypermethylation, as well as an up-regulation of CMT, indicating that de greatly underestimated role of the endosperm in preventing interploidy hy ...
Ecologists are studying how genetic and environmental factors can
... known as ocean acidification. Researchers set up an experiment to test whether a population of algae that are normally harmed by a low pH could adapt to the acidification. Algae were exposed, for a period of one year (about 500 generations), to different degrees of ocean acidification, as shown in t ...
... known as ocean acidification. Researchers set up an experiment to test whether a population of algae that are normally harmed by a low pH could adapt to the acidification. Algae were exposed, for a period of one year (about 500 generations), to different degrees of ocean acidification, as shown in t ...