A deflationary account of information in biology - Philsci
... A deflationary account of information in biology John Wilkins, Philosophy, University of Sydney Information is information, not matter or energy. No materialism which does not admit this can survive at the present day. (Wiener 1948: 132) ...
... A deflationary account of information in biology John Wilkins, Philosophy, University of Sydney Information is information, not matter or energy. No materialism which does not admit this can survive at the present day. (Wiener 1948: 132) ...
L-Carnitine Injections Informed Consent
... L-carnitine helps maintain good health and has been shown to be beneficial in helping to: reduce risk of cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, arthritis, and depression. Another study suggest L-carnitine can promote weight loss by helping the body produce energy, muscle ...
... L-carnitine helps maintain good health and has been shown to be beneficial in helping to: reduce risk of cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, arthritis, and depression. Another study suggest L-carnitine can promote weight loss by helping the body produce energy, muscle ...
Paper - Ran Blekhman
... Furthermore, although sites such as TFBSs can be computationally predicted using evolutionary conservation as a criterion, estimates of the true level of selective constraint (defined as the fraction of strongly deleterious mutations occurring at a locus) in regulatory regions will, by definition, b ...
... Furthermore, although sites such as TFBSs can be computationally predicted using evolutionary conservation as a criterion, estimates of the true level of selective constraint (defined as the fraction of strongly deleterious mutations occurring at a locus) in regulatory regions will, by definition, b ...
Evolutionary Algorithms
... • if solution candidates = permutations, then permutation-conserving genetic operators • gen.: if certain combination of alleles unreasonable, genetic operators should never create them Prof. R. Kruse, C. Moewes ...
... • if solution candidates = permutations, then permutation-conserving genetic operators • gen.: if certain combination of alleles unreasonable, genetic operators should never create them Prof. R. Kruse, C. Moewes ...
Guidelines for genetic studies in single patients
... establishes a causal bridge between a candidate genotype and a clinical phenotype. With the notable exceptions of hematological and immunological patients (Orkin and Nathan, 2009; Ochs et al., 2014), and to a lesser extent patients with inborn errors of metabolism (Scriver et al., 2001), the descrip ...
... establishes a causal bridge between a candidate genotype and a clinical phenotype. With the notable exceptions of hematological and immunological patients (Orkin and Nathan, 2009; Ochs et al., 2014), and to a lesser extent patients with inborn errors of metabolism (Scriver et al., 2001), the descrip ...
Nephrotic syndsome
... hypoalbuminemia ( less than 30g/dL ) and edema. Hyperlipidaemia is also present. Primary and secondary causes are summarized ...
... hypoalbuminemia ( less than 30g/dL ) and edema. Hyperlipidaemia is also present. Primary and secondary causes are summarized ...
Pneumococcal Outbreak May 15 OCT Report
... (pneumococcus)1, an encapsulated Gram-positive coccus, of which there are more than 90 serotypes. Infections caused by S. pneumoniae are associated with a spectrum of disease, ranging from milder illnesses such as otitis media and sinusitis, to presentations such as pneumonia, bacteraemia and mening ...
... (pneumococcus)1, an encapsulated Gram-positive coccus, of which there are more than 90 serotypes. Infections caused by S. pneumoniae are associated with a spectrum of disease, ranging from milder illnesses such as otitis media and sinusitis, to presentations such as pneumonia, bacteraemia and mening ...
Regulation of biosynthesis and transport of aromatic amino acids in
... Computational comparative techniques were applied to analysis of the aromatic amino acid regulon in Gram-positive bacteria. A new candidate transcription regulation signal of 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate synthase and shikimate kinase genes was identified in Streptococcus and Lactococc ...
... Computational comparative techniques were applied to analysis of the aromatic amino acid regulon in Gram-positive bacteria. A new candidate transcription regulation signal of 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate synthase and shikimate kinase genes was identified in Streptococcus and Lactococc ...
Punnett Square (and Pedigree) Practice
... b. Both parents are heterozygous for the Huntington’s allele. What is the chance that their child will not have Huntington’s disease? _______________________________ c. What does this scenario suggest to you about the relationship between the dominant alleles and most common alleles? (Hint – how man ...
... b. Both parents are heterozygous for the Huntington’s allele. What is the chance that their child will not have Huntington’s disease? _______________________________ c. What does this scenario suggest to you about the relationship between the dominant alleles and most common alleles? (Hint – how man ...
Conclusions Synapsin IIa is expressed in the brain of adult zebrafish
... Figure 1: RT-PCR analysis of Synapsin IIa from zebrafish embryos. The SynIIa gene was amplified from zebrafish brain, 24 hpf, and 72 hpf. The primers used encompassed the predicted ATG start codon and stop codon to produce an amplicon of 1420 base pairs ...
... Figure 1: RT-PCR analysis of Synapsin IIa from zebrafish embryos. The SynIIa gene was amplified from zebrafish brain, 24 hpf, and 72 hpf. The primers used encompassed the predicted ATG start codon and stop codon to produce an amplicon of 1420 base pairs ...
Complex” inheritance - CSC's mainpage — CSC
... If one sampled case and control individuals from the joint population (in the initial generation, before mating between the two colonizing population has taken place), one would be able to detect LD between the trait and many markers, irrespective of genetic distance between the loci. This is becaus ...
... If one sampled case and control individuals from the joint population (in the initial generation, before mating between the two colonizing population has taken place), one would be able to detect LD between the trait and many markers, irrespective of genetic distance between the loci. This is becaus ...
The University of Western Ontario Medical Journal
... life, and increased utilization of the healthcare system.2 Currently more than half of Canadians are reported as overweight (BMI of 25 kg/m2 or higher) or obese,3 with nearly a quarter of the population being obese.4 A more concerning feature is that this proportion has doubled between 1980s and tod ...
... life, and increased utilization of the healthcare system.2 Currently more than half of Canadians are reported as overweight (BMI of 25 kg/m2 or higher) or obese,3 with nearly a quarter of the population being obese.4 A more concerning feature is that this proportion has doubled between 1980s and tod ...
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... 2012: There were 2,218 reported cases, doubling the 2011 count of 961. 2013: Outbreak of Pertussis continues with 2,652 pertussis cases reported in Texas. 2000-2012, a total of 43 deaths were attributed to pertussis in Texas, with most deaths under the age of 1. Pertussis rates: United States 1940-2 ...
... 2012: There were 2,218 reported cases, doubling the 2011 count of 961. 2013: Outbreak of Pertussis continues with 2,652 pertussis cases reported in Texas. 2000-2012, a total of 43 deaths were attributed to pertussis in Texas, with most deaths under the age of 1. Pertussis rates: United States 1940-2 ...
Query Results
... Download Sequence: If the tag matches an ORF (as it is in this example), the transcript sequence is given. The 5’ and 3’ UTRs, the start and stop codons, and the tag sequence are all highlighted. If the tag matches an intergenic region, the 500 flanking nucleotides upstream and downstrem the tag ar ...
... Download Sequence: If the tag matches an ORF (as it is in this example), the transcript sequence is given. The 5’ and 3’ UTRs, the start and stop codons, and the tag sequence are all highlighted. If the tag matches an intergenic region, the 500 flanking nucleotides upstream and downstrem the tag ar ...
Prenatal diagnosis of phenylketonuria
... restricted diet, the special diet is difficult to obtain in India, and is expensive. It is not surprising therefore, that in India, most parents having an ...
... restricted diet, the special diet is difficult to obtain in India, and is expensive. It is not surprising therefore, that in India, most parents having an ...
Biol 415 Quiz #1 Study Outline Mechanisms of Evolution
... -What is inbreeding depression? What causes it? What prevents it? slides 9, 13 -What does inbreeding do to genotype or allele frequencies? slides 9-11 o How do we measure inbreeding? slide 12 -What is genetic drift? slides 15-16 o What affects the amount of drift that occurs and why? Especially ...
... -What is inbreeding depression? What causes it? What prevents it? slides 9, 13 -What does inbreeding do to genotype or allele frequencies? slides 9-11 o How do we measure inbreeding? slide 12 -What is genetic drift? slides 15-16 o What affects the amount of drift that occurs and why? Especially ...
Health Disparity and Structural Violence: How Fear Undermines
... Aboriginal people live to understand barriers to diabetes maintenance and treatment. They suggest that “it is important to look beyond the surface and identify the root causes of nonadherence, to prevent the unjustifiable blaming of socio-politically disadvantaged and vulnerable patients for deterio ...
... Aboriginal people live to understand barriers to diabetes maintenance and treatment. They suggest that “it is important to look beyond the surface and identify the root causes of nonadherence, to prevent the unjustifiable blaming of socio-politically disadvantaged and vulnerable patients for deterio ...
Racial Inequities in Cardiovascular Disease in New Zealand
... Racial Inequities in Cardiovascular Disease in New Zealand 25 their race and discrimination means differential actions toward others according to their race. Internalized racism is defined as acceptance by members of the stigmatized races of negative messages about their own abilities and intrinsic ...
... Racial Inequities in Cardiovascular Disease in New Zealand 25 their race and discrimination means differential actions toward others according to their race. Internalized racism is defined as acceptance by members of the stigmatized races of negative messages about their own abilities and intrinsic ...
Expression profiling reveals off
... by single nucleotide changes in the siRNA sequence2,6, we would not have predicted that this limited degree of sequence similarity would be sufficient for transcript silencing. However, to test this possibility, we systematically substituted the nucleotide at each position of the siRNA sequence and ...
... by single nucleotide changes in the siRNA sequence2,6, we would not have predicted that this limited degree of sequence similarity would be sufficient for transcript silencing. However, to test this possibility, we systematically substituted the nucleotide at each position of the siRNA sequence and ...
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... removing 54,161 markers, which had bad call rates (,90%), were non-informative (MAF ,0.05), or showed a strong deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in the controls (p,1025), we retained 119,501 markers for the final genome-wide allelic association study. The best-associated SNP in the GWAS had ...
... removing 54,161 markers, which had bad call rates (,90%), were non-informative (MAF ,0.05), or showed a strong deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in the controls (p,1025), we retained 119,501 markers for the final genome-wide allelic association study. The best-associated SNP in the GWAS had ...
PEDIGREE STUDIES
... In this case, the second gene from person II-2 cannot be predicted using punnett squares. Either genotype EE or Ee may be correct. When this situation occurs, both genotypes are written under the symbol (FIGURE 4). Predicting the second gene for III-1 results in her being heterozygous. Although her ...
... In this case, the second gene from person II-2 cannot be predicted using punnett squares. Either genotype EE or Ee may be correct. When this situation occurs, both genotypes are written under the symbol (FIGURE 4). Predicting the second gene for III-1 results in her being heterozygous. Although her ...
Bio 111 Handout for Genetics 1 Bio 111 iClicker Question #1
... In lecture, I talked about “counting unrelated carriers” - finding out how many people had to bring in a disease allele to explain a particular pedigree. This was useful in the case where more than one mode of inheritance was possible but you were asked to determine which was more likely. There are ...
... In lecture, I talked about “counting unrelated carriers” - finding out how many people had to bring in a disease allele to explain a particular pedigree. This was useful in the case where more than one mode of inheritance was possible but you were asked to determine which was more likely. There are ...
reported several instances of so-called " complex genes ", whose
... hydrolyses maltose into two glucose molecules, which are then fermented through the action of the zymase complex. The R-genes, on the other hand, are responsible for the synthesis of -h-fructosidase, which lydrolyses both raffinose and sucrose. The fructose portion of the molecule, which is split of ...
... hydrolyses maltose into two glucose molecules, which are then fermented through the action of the zymase complex. The R-genes, on the other hand, are responsible for the synthesis of -h-fructosidase, which lydrolyses both raffinose and sucrose. The fructose portion of the molecule, which is split of ...
Acute Liver Failure - Michigan State University
... – Higher if woman co-infected with HIV – No association with delivery method/breast feeding – Infected infants: If test for anti-HCV at birth will be positive due to placental transfer; best to test for HCV RNA 3rd or 4th month; often clear by two years, others develop CHC; refer to pediatric specia ...
... – Higher if woman co-infected with HIV – No association with delivery method/breast feeding – Infected infants: If test for anti-HCV at birth will be positive due to placental transfer; best to test for HCV RNA 3rd or 4th month; often clear by two years, others develop CHC; refer to pediatric specia ...