Sample design effects in landscape genetics
... loci (which were subsequently sub-sampled down to two levels; 10 and 20) with the k-allele mutation rate set to 0. Fifty replicate simulations were conducted for two levels of alleles per locus (5 and 10 maximum alleles at the beginning of each simulation run, thus simulating a panmictic initial pop ...
... loci (which were subsequently sub-sampled down to two levels; 10 and 20) with the k-allele mutation rate set to 0. Fifty replicate simulations were conducted for two levels of alleles per locus (5 and 10 maximum alleles at the beginning of each simulation run, thus simulating a panmictic initial pop ...
Consulta: subjectFacets:"Mediterranean country" Registros
... Cucurbitaceae, or cucurbit family, are important crops widely distributed in the warmest areas of the world supplying humans with edible products and useful fibres. Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is considered the most diversified species in the genus Cucumis. The inodorus melon varieties, commonly known a ...
... Cucurbitaceae, or cucurbit family, are important crops widely distributed in the warmest areas of the world supplying humans with edible products and useful fibres. Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is considered the most diversified species in the genus Cucumis. The inodorus melon varieties, commonly known a ...
Georgidis Hartebes Genetics
... Previous analyses have suggested that different hartebeest forms in Africa diverged over the last two hundred thousand years when climate changes triggered continent-wide habitat shifts, ‘temporarily’ confining separate hartebeest populations to isolated savanna patches. Our results agree with this ...
... Previous analyses have suggested that different hartebeest forms in Africa diverged over the last two hundred thousand years when climate changes triggered continent-wide habitat shifts, ‘temporarily’ confining separate hartebeest populations to isolated savanna patches. Our results agree with this ...
Supplementary Information (doc 132K)
... GWAS. Gene sets regulated by each miRNA were downloaded from TargetScan www.targetscan.org and filtered to remove genes with a <90% probability of being regulated by each miRNA set (micro-RNA Annotatiion). LD-pruned independent SNPs lying within each target gene set (Target Gene Number) at a given p ...
... GWAS. Gene sets regulated by each miRNA were downloaded from TargetScan www.targetscan.org and filtered to remove genes with a <90% probability of being regulated by each miRNA set (micro-RNA Annotatiion). LD-pruned independent SNPs lying within each target gene set (Target Gene Number) at a given p ...
Practical Guide to Population Genetics
... up. Mating does not create alleles but it combines already existing alleles into new combinations leading to higher levels of genetic variation. In contrast, individuals in asexually reproducing populations have an identical genetic make up. (iii) Migration and gene flow Populations of most species ...
... up. Mating does not create alleles but it combines already existing alleles into new combinations leading to higher levels of genetic variation. In contrast, individuals in asexually reproducing populations have an identical genetic make up. (iii) Migration and gene flow Populations of most species ...
Article Genetic Signatures Reveal High-Altitude
... Downloaded from http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/ at University of Cambridge on July 15, 2013 ...
... Downloaded from http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/ at University of Cambridge on July 15, 2013 ...
Introduction to Genetic Algorithms
... The traveling salesman must visit every city in his territory exactly once and then return to the starting point; given the cost of travel between all cities, how should he plan his itinerary for minimum total cost of the entire tour? ...
... The traveling salesman must visit every city in his territory exactly once and then return to the starting point; given the cost of travel between all cities, how should he plan his itinerary for minimum total cost of the entire tour? ...
Natural Selection and Neutral Evolution Jointly Drive Population
... RNA and quantify DNA. DNA concentration was standardized to 150 ng/mL and a total of 750 ng was used for amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis following the Amplification Kit for Regular Plant Genomes (Applied Biosystems, Carlsbad, CA, USA) using the restriction enzymes EcoR I and M ...
... RNA and quantify DNA. DNA concentration was standardized to 150 ng/mL and a total of 750 ng was used for amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis following the Amplification Kit for Regular Plant Genomes (Applied Biosystems, Carlsbad, CA, USA) using the restriction enzymes EcoR I and M ...
Article Mitochondrial DNA turnover occurs during preimplantation
... mtDNA and also because of the unusual nature of replication during the earliest stages of development (Cummins, 2002). MtDNA accumulates to high concentrations in the mature oocyte, being expanded from 101 copies per primordial germ cell to 105 copies in each mature oocyte. It was believed that no f ...
... mtDNA and also because of the unusual nature of replication during the earliest stages of development (Cummins, 2002). MtDNA accumulates to high concentrations in the mature oocyte, being expanded from 101 copies per primordial germ cell to 105 copies in each mature oocyte. It was believed that no f ...
Ancient Structure in Africa Unlikely to Explain Neanderthal and Non
... non-African genomes result from admixture from Neanderthals into the ancestors of non-African populations after the separation of Africans from non-Africans. These results imply that Neanderthals and early modern humans did interbreed. However, recent admixture is not the only hypothesis consistent ...
... non-African genomes result from admixture from Neanderthals into the ancestors of non-African populations after the separation of Africans from non-Africans. These results imply that Neanderthals and early modern humans did interbreed. However, recent admixture is not the only hypothesis consistent ...
Compatible genetic and ecological estimates of dispersal rates in
... used in these studies was found by Vekemans & Hardy (2004) to suffer from higher sampling variance than certain measures of ‘kinship’; it thus may have a low efficiency for detecting IBD and be poorly suited to analyse dispersal rates in less philopatric species. Accordingly, it appears prudent to e ...
... used in these studies was found by Vekemans & Hardy (2004) to suffer from higher sampling variance than certain measures of ‘kinship’; it thus may have a low efficiency for detecting IBD and be poorly suited to analyse dispersal rates in less philopatric species. Accordingly, it appears prudent to e ...
Quantitative genetics of functional characters in Drosophila
... each line-generation mean from the mean of all line generations within the same replicate cross, thereby reducing heterogeneity effects (genetic or environmental or both) among replicate crosses of the same type. These standardized data from all five replicate crosses were then used to estimate a si ...
... each line-generation mean from the mean of all line generations within the same replicate cross, thereby reducing heterogeneity effects (genetic or environmental or both) among replicate crosses of the same type. These standardized data from all five replicate crosses were then used to estimate a si ...
Quantitative genetics of functional characters in
... each line-generation mean from the mean of all line generations within the same replicate cross, thereby reducing heterogeneity effects (genetic or environmental or both) among replicate crosses of the same type. These standardized data from all five replicate crosses were then used to estimate a si ...
... each line-generation mean from the mean of all line generations within the same replicate cross, thereby reducing heterogeneity effects (genetic or environmental or both) among replicate crosses of the same type. These standardized data from all five replicate crosses were then used to estimate a si ...
De Jong`s Sphere Model Test for A Social
... in selecting parents. In choosing two individuals to mate together there are no constraints [36]. Many studies have been done to tackle this problem trying to overcome it, and trying to design structured population with some control on how individuals interact [36]. ...
... in selecting parents. In choosing two individuals to mate together there are no constraints [36]. Many studies have been done to tackle this problem trying to overcome it, and trying to design structured population with some control on how individuals interact [36]. ...
Complex genetic patterns in human arise from a simple
... samples of alleles at potentially different frequencies from the source population (i.e. founder effect), while the combination of range and demographic expansions amplifies this effect on the overall population by increasing the contribution of these alleles in the newly colonized regions. Therefor ...
... samples of alleles at potentially different frequencies from the source population (i.e. founder effect), while the combination of range and demographic expansions amplifies this effect on the overall population by increasing the contribution of these alleles in the newly colonized regions. Therefor ...
Mikael Puurtinen Evolution of Hermaphroditic Mating Systems in
... cross-fertilization in nature. In experimental studies we found that evolution of self-fertilization does not seem to be opposed by lower fecundity of selffertilizing snails, nor by considerably higher early mortality or higher risk of parasitism for self-fertilized offspring. Population genetic dat ...
... cross-fertilization in nature. In experimental studies we found that evolution of self-fertilization does not seem to be opposed by lower fecundity of selffertilizing snails, nor by considerably higher early mortality or higher risk of parasitism for self-fertilized offspring. Population genetic dat ...
Parallel Evolution of Cold Tolerance within
... non-African case, we show that populations from the highlands of Ethiopia and South Africa have significantly increased cold tolerance as well. We observe greater cold tolerance in outbred versus inbred flies, but only in populations with higher inversion frequencies. Each cold-adapted population sh ...
... non-African case, we show that populations from the highlands of Ethiopia and South Africa have significantly increased cold tolerance as well. We observe greater cold tolerance in outbred versus inbred flies, but only in populations with higher inversion frequencies. Each cold-adapted population sh ...
A role for genetic accommodation in evolution?
... drug during 13 generations. In each successive generation, the frequency of the eye outgrowth phenotype increased as compared to the control, from about 1% in generation 1 to a plateau around 65% in generation 6. This plateau was maintained until the experiment was terminated in generation 13. Thus, ...
... drug during 13 generations. In each successive generation, the frequency of the eye outgrowth phenotype increased as compared to the control, from about 1% in generation 1 to a plateau around 65% in generation 6. This plateau was maintained until the experiment was terminated in generation 13. Thus, ...
Genetic distance between the Polish Red, Czech Red and
... genetic variation in different populations of cattle on the basis of an analysis of the polymorphism of 13 microsatellite loci and five protein loci. Six breeds were considered: Czech Spotted. CBW, GBW, Czech Red (CR), German Red (GR) and Polish Red (PR). A decreasing tendency was observed for the v ...
... genetic variation in different populations of cattle on the basis of an analysis of the polymorphism of 13 microsatellite loci and five protein loci. Six breeds were considered: Czech Spotted. CBW, GBW, Czech Red (CR), German Red (GR) and Polish Red (PR). A decreasing tendency was observed for the v ...
Lec3
... He was born physically and mentally disabled, and disfigured. Possibly through affliction with mandibular prognathism, he was unable to chew. His tongue was so large that his speech could barely be understood, and he frequently drooled. It has been suggested that he suffered from the endocrine disea ...
... He was born physically and mentally disabled, and disfigured. Possibly through affliction with mandibular prognathism, he was unable to chew. His tongue was so large that his speech could barely be understood, and he frequently drooled. It has been suggested that he suffered from the endocrine disea ...
Genetic Algorithms: A Tutorial
... GA’s often encode solutions as fixed length “bitstrings” (e.g. 101110, 111111, 000101) Each bit represents some aspect of the proposed solution to the problem For GA’s to work, we need to be able to “test” any string and get a “score” indicating how “good” that solution is ...
... GA’s often encode solutions as fixed length “bitstrings” (e.g. 101110, 111111, 000101) Each bit represents some aspect of the proposed solution to the problem For GA’s to work, we need to be able to “test” any string and get a “score” indicating how “good” that solution is ...
Evolutionary implications of non- neutral
... standing non-neutral mtDNA variation within populations, given that purifying selection seems to be the predominant selective force that moulds mtDNA evolution [4,5,7,19,20] and this will act to reduce genetic variation. Furthermore, given that the mitochondrial genome is haploid, with all alleles c ...
... standing non-neutral mtDNA variation within populations, given that purifying selection seems to be the predominant selective force that moulds mtDNA evolution [4,5,7,19,20] and this will act to reduce genetic variation. Furthermore, given that the mitochondrial genome is haploid, with all alleles c ...
rs6445975 SNPedia tehranchi
... peripheral blood lymphocytes. This SNP has also been implicated as being an important modulator of cancer cell growth. [PMID 21568903] For the rs6445975 SNP, the ancestral allele is a T and the disease associated SNP is a G. rs6445975 was first identified in 2008 and was found to be associated with ...
... peripheral blood lymphocytes. This SNP has also been implicated as being an important modulator of cancer cell growth. [PMID 21568903] For the rs6445975 SNP, the ancestral allele is a T and the disease associated SNP is a G. rs6445975 was first identified in 2008 and was found to be associated with ...
Genetic structure of captive and free
... reintroduction into the wild. To achieve this objective, the effective maintenance of genetic diversity is considered to be a key goal (Kozfkay et al. 2008; Lacy 2013). Many captive breeding programs use pedigrees to guide genetic diversity management, reducing genetic drift and inbreeding by minimi ...
... reintroduction into the wild. To achieve this objective, the effective maintenance of genetic diversity is considered to be a key goal (Kozfkay et al. 2008; Lacy 2013). Many captive breeding programs use pedigrees to guide genetic diversity management, reducing genetic drift and inbreeding by minimi ...
Supplementary Information (doc 94K)
... but declined at the 8 month follow-up. - At the 8 month follow-up 73% of the consultands in both groups reported that they had informed all their relatives. - Consultands in the intervention group were significantly more satisfied with the content of the given information and with the way of informi ...
... but declined at the 8 month follow-up. - At the 8 month follow-up 73% of the consultands in both groups reported that they had informed all their relatives. - Consultands in the intervention group were significantly more satisfied with the content of the given information and with the way of informi ...