Happy together: the life and times of Ty retrotransposons and their hosts.

abstract：:Osteosarcoma (OS) is characterized by an unstable karyotype which typically has a heterogeneous pattern of complex chromosomal abnormalities. High-resolution array comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) in combination with interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses provides a complete description o...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Selvarajah S,Yoshimoto M,Ludkovski O,Park PC,Bayani J,Thorner P,Maire G,Squire JA,Zielenska M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonmosaic trisomy involving 19p13.3p13.2 is a very uncommon abnormality. At present, only 12 cases with this genetic condition have been reported in the literature. However, the size of the trisomic fragment is heterogeneous and thus, the clinical spectrum is variable. Herein, we report the clinical and cytogenetic ch...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Martínez Anaya D,Fernández Hernández L,González Del Angel A,Alcántara Ortigoza MA,Ulloa Avilés V,Pérez Vera P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indefinite proliferation of eukaryotic cells depends on telomerase that counteracts the depletion of DNA from chromosome termini due to the end replication problem. The requirement for telomerase can, under certain conditions, be circumvented by employing homologous recombination-based mechanisms for telomere maintena...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Akimcheva S,Zellinger B,Riha K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apart from a personal tragedy, could Down syndrome, cancer and infertility possibly have something in common? Are there links between a syndrome with physical and mental problems, a tumor growing out of control and the incapability to reproduce? These questions can be answered if we look at the biological functions of...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Barbero JL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, a new satellite-DNA family is isolated and characterized from wedge sole, Dicologoglossa cuneata Moreau, 1881 (Pleuronectiformes), a fish having a small genome. This satellite-DNA family of sequences was isolated by conventional cloning after digestion of genomic DNA with the DraI restriction enzyme. Repeat unit...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： de la Herrán R,Robles F,Navas JI,López-Flores I,Herrera M,Hachero I,Garrido-Ramos MA,Ruiz Rejón C,Ruiz Rejón M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomes in hymenopteran insects cannot currently be analysed in adult individuals. The only available cytogenetic techniques need to be performed in larvae. Here we develop and implement a SCAR (Sequence Characterized Amplified Region) marker, associated with B chromosomes in the bee Partamona helleri, which has p...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Tosta VC,Tavares MG,Fernandes-Salomão TM,Barros EG,Campos LA,Camacho JP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise breakpoint definition of chromosomal rearrangements using conventional banding techniques often fails, especially when more than two breakpoints are involved. The classic banding procedure results in a pattern of alternating light and dark bands. Hence, in banded chromosomes a specific chromosomal band is rath...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Chudoba I,Hickmann G,Friedrich T,Jauch A,Kozlowski P,Senger G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klinefelter's syndrome (KS) is the most common sex chromosome abnormality identified in human males. This syndrome is generally associated with infertility. Men with KS may have a 47,XXY or a 46,XY/47,XXY karyotype. Studies carried out in humans and mice suggest that only XY cells are able to enter and complete meiosi...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Pinton A,Barasc H,Raymond Letron I,Bordedebat M,Mary N,Massip K,Bonnet N,Calgaro A,Dudez AM,Feve K,Riquet J,Yerle M,Ducos A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the reticulated giraffe (G. reticulata) was identified as a distinct species, which emphasized the need for intensive research in this interesting animal. To shed light on the meiotic process as a source of biodiversity, we analysed the frequency and distribution of meiotic recombination in 2 reticulated gir...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Vozdova M,Fröhlich J,Kubickova S,Sebestova H,Rubes J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse distal chromosome 2 was one of the earliest described imprinting regions. Maternal and paternal inheritance of the region is associated with opposite phenotypes affecting growth, development and behaviour. Mis-expression of proteins determined by the imprinted Gnas locus can account for the phenotypes. The impri...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Peters J,Holmes R,Monk D,Beechey CV,Moore GE,Williamson CM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single female with 206 chromosomes and another 26 females with 156 chromosomes identified as Prussian carp, Carassius gibelio, and 5 individuals with 100 chromosomes identified as crucian carp, C. carassius, were sampled during field survey in one locality in the upper Elbe River. To identify the origin of females w...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Knytl M,Kalous L,Symonová R,Rylková K,Ráb P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of complete genomes are leading to a new understanding of the biology of mammals and providing ongoing insights into the fundamental aspects of the organization and evolution of biological systems. Comparison of primate genomes can identify aspects of their organization, regulation and function that appeared d...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Ryder OA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a male newborn with ring chromosome 13 found to have dysmorphic features, growth retardation, imperforate anus, and ambiguous genitalia. An initial karyotype showed 46,XY,r(13)(p13q34) in the 30 cells analyzed. SNP microarray from peripheral blood revealed not only an 8.14-Mb 13q33.2q34 deletio...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Kaylor J,Alfaro M,Ishwar A,Sailey C,Sawyer J,Zarate YA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitotic chromosomes of 4 anuran species were examined by various classical banding techniques and by fluorescence in situ hybridization using a (TTAGGG)n repeat. Large intrachromosomal telomeric sequences (ITSs) were demonstrated in differing numbers and chromosome locations. A detailed comparison of the present r...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Schmid M,Steinlein C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ph1 locus in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) enforces diploid-like behavior in the first metaphase of meiosis. To test the hypothesis that this chromosome pairing control is exercised by affecting the degree of chromatin condensation, the dispersion of rye chromatin in interphase nuclei in somatic tissues o...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Kopecky D,Allen DC,Duchoslav M,Dolezel J,Lukaszewski AJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic maps are based on the recombination frequency of molecular markers which often show different positions in comparison to the corresponding physical maps. To decipher the position and order of DNA sequences genetically mapped to terminal and interstitial regions of barley (Hordeum vulgare) chromosome 3H, fluore...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Bustamante FO,Aliyeva-Schnorr L,Fuchs J,Beier S,Houben A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative cytogenetic analysis was carried out on four Hylinae tree frogs from Brazil ((Aparasphenodon brunoi, Corythomantis greeningi, Osteocephalus langsdorffii, and Scinax fuscovarius) using Giemsa staining, BrdU replication banding, Ag-NOR staining, C-banding, DAPI and CMA(3) fluorochrome staining, and fluores...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Kasahara S,Zampieri Silva AP,Gruber SL,Haddad CF

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merle is a distinct coat color and pattern found in numerous species, including the domestic dog, characterized by patches of diluted eumelanin (black pigment) interspersed among areas of normal pigmentation. In dogs, this variegated pattern is caused by an insertion of a SINE element into the canine PMEL gene. Althou...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Ballif BC,Ramirez CJ,Carl CR,Sundin K,Krug M,Zahand A,Shaffer LG,Flores-Smith H

更新日期：2018-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Both cattle (Bos taurus) and sheep (Ovis aries) belong to the Bovidae family but to different subfamilies, Bovinae and Caprinae, respectively. From a chromosomal point of view, apart from the already known centric fusions (that occurred during the evolutionary process in the Bovidae family) and the small differences i...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： De Lorenzi L,Pauciullo A,Iannuzzi A,Parma P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is a complex and heterogeneous disease, and the establishment of cell models in order to properly study the disease at the molecular and cellular level is of utmost importance. Here, we present the cytogenetic characterization and gene expression analysis of the tumoral mammary rat cell line CLS-ACI-1. T...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Meles S,Adega F,Castro J,Chaves R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mx gene was originally found in laboratory mice in an infection experiment using influenza virus (Lindermann, 1962). Almost all of the mouse strains in that experiment died from the infection, and only the A2G strain had resistance to the virus. This resistant character was shown to be inherited as a single autoso...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Watanabe T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tested the influence of recombinantly-elongated chromosome arms on nuclear divisions in barley and confirmed a rule according to which half the length of the average spindle axis defines the upper tolerance limit for chromosome arm length. A slightly longer chromosome arm caused incomplete separation of sister...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Hudakova S,Künzel G,Endo TR,Schubert I

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the DNA amount in X and B chromosomes of 2 XX/X0 grasshopper species (Eyprepocnemis plorans and Locusta migratoria), by means of Feulgen image analysis densitometry (FIAD), using previous estimates in L. migratoria as standard (5.89 pg). We first analyzed spermatids of 0B males and found a bimodal distribu...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Ruiz-Ruano FJ,Ruiz-Estévez M,Rodríguez-Pérez J,López-Pino JL,Cabrero J,Camacho JP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the DTF2 satellite DNA family of the clam Donaxtrunculus and compared its chromosomal localization with cytogenetic data revealed by fluorochrome banding, C-banding, and 28S rDNA FISH. In contrast to the other satellites detected previously in this species, DTF2 is an abundant (2%) GC-rich satellite t...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Petrović V,Pérez-García C,Pasantes JJ,Satović E,Prats E,Plohl M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain an estimate of the variation in common fragile sites (CFSs) among individuals, aphidicolin (APC)-induced chromosomal breakage data were analyzed for 20 karyotypically normal adult humans. As it is specifically designed to meet the analytical requirements for considering fragile sites as presence/absence char...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Denison SR,Simper RK,Greenbaum IF

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis tritici (Pst)) is one of the most destructive diseases of wheat in the world. Exploiting and utilizing stripe rust resistance genes of wild species has become an essential strategy for resistance breeding. Psathyrostachyshuashanica Keng ex Kuo is a wild species in Triticeae that has b...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Wang Y,Yu K,Xie Q,Kang H,Lin L,Fan X,Sha L,Zhang H,Zhou Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Congo African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus, PER) is an endemic species of Central Africa, valued for its intelligence and listed as vulnerable due to poaching and habitat destruction. Improved knowledge about the P. erithacus genome is needed to address key biological questions and conservation of this species...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Seibold-Torres C,Owens E,Chowdhary R,Ferguson-Smith MA,Tizard I,Raudsepp T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the zebra finch, 2 alternative morphs regarding centromere position were described for chromosome 6. This polymorphism was interpreted to be the result of a pericentric inversion, but other causes of the centromere repositioning were not ruled out. We used immunofluorescence localization to examine the distribution...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： del Priore L,Pigozzi MI

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve weeks after repeated spontaneous mating between a Bentheimer Landschaf ram and a West African dwarf doe was observed, the doe aborted a dead fetus. The aim of this study was to verify the parentage and the species of the supposed parents and the hybrid status of the fetus, using cytogenetic and molecular geneti...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Lühken G,Wagner HW,Seichter D,Hecht W,Erhardt G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATM, the protein product of the gene mutated in the human autosomal recessive disorder ataxia telangiectasia, is involved in detection of double strand breaks (DSBs) and is a key component of the damage surveillance network of cell cycle proteins. In somatic cells ATM phosphorylates many other proteins including p53, ...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Ashley T,Westphal C,Plug-de Maggio A,de Rooij DG

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00