Two candidate genes (FTO and INSIG2) for fat accumulation in four canids: chromosome mapping, gene polymorphisms and association studies of body and skin weight of red foxes.

abstract：:High density livestock to human comparative maps are necessary for the implementation of comparative positional candidate gene cloning. We have constructed a high-density comparative radiation hybrid (RH) map of the telomeric end of bovine chromosome 2 (BTA2) using a 12,000-rad whole genome cattle-hamster radiation hy...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Liu Z,Womack JE,Antoniou E

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:The most prevalent structural variations in the human genome are copy number variations (CNVs), which appear predominantly in the subtelomeric regions. Variable sizes of 4p/4q CNVs have been associated with several different psychiatric findings and developmental disability (DD). We analyzed 105 patients with congenit...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Novo-Filho GM,Montenegro MM,Zanardo ÉA,Dutra RL,Dias AT,Piazzon FB,Costa TV,Nascimento AM,Honjo RS,Kim CA,Kulikowski LD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geckos (Gekkota) are a highly diversified group of lizards with an exceptional diversity in sex-determining systems. Despite this intriguing documented variability, data on sex determination in many lineages is still scarce. Here, we document the previously overlooked heteromorphic ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes in the thick-t...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Pokorná M,Rens W,Rovatsos M,Kratochvíl L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine embryos are now routinely used in agricultural systems as a means of disseminating superior genetics worldwide, ultimately with the aim of feeding an ever-growing population. Further investigations, common for human IVF embryos, thus have priority to improve cattle IVF, as has screening for aneuploidy (abnormal...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Hornak M,Kubicek D,Broz P,Hulinska P,Hanzalova K,Griffin D,Machatkova M,Rubes J

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Among various causes responsible for infertility, it has been admitted for a long time that male infertility can be due to impaired spermatogenesis and/or balanced structural chromosomal abnormalities. Sperm DNA fragmentation is also considered as another cause of infertility. Most of the studies on male infertility h...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Perrin A,Basinko A,Douet-Guilbert N,Gueganic N,Le Bris MJ,Amice V,De Braekeleer M,Morel F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transposable elements (TE) constitute one of the most variable genomic features among vertebrates, impacting genome size, structure, and composition. Despite their important role in shaping genomic diversity, they have mostly been studied in mammals, which display one of the least diverse genomes in terms of TE divers...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Boissinot S,Bourgeois Y,Manthey JD,Ruggiero RP

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of interchromosomal effects (ICE) in reciprocal translocation carriers still remains contradictory in the human literature. We used the pig as an animal model to investigate whether the structure of the reciprocal translocations as well as the size and/or type of the chromosomes not involved in the rear...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Bonnet-Garnier A,Guardia S,Pinton A,Ducos A,Yerle M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All dogroses (Rosa sect. Caninae) are characterized by the peculiar canina meiosis in which genetic material is unevenly distributed between female and male gametes. The pan-canina rDNA family (termed beta) appears to be conserved in all dogroses analyzed so far. Here, we have studied rDNAs in experimental hybrids obt...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Crhak Khaitova L,Werlemark G,Kovarikova A,Nybom H,Kovarik A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fanconi anemia (FA) cells are generally hypersensitive to DNA cross-linking agents, implying that mutations in the different FANC genes cause a similar DNA repair defect(s). By using a customized cDNA microarray chip for DNA repair- and cell cycle-associated genes, we identified three genes, cathepsin B (CTSB), glutar...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Galetzka D,Weis E,Rittner G,Schindler D,Haaf T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis to map QTLs controlling shank length, body weight, and carcass weight in a resource family of 245 F(2) birds developed from a cross of the large-sized, native, Japanese cockfighting breed, Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game), and the White Leghorn breed of chickens. In...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Tsudzuki M,Onitsuka S,Akiyama R,Iwamizu M,Goto N,Nishibori M,Takahashi H,Ishikawa A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents the first physical mapping carried out in the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis), an important marine fish species of Southern Europe. Eight probes were designated to pick up genes of interest in aquaculture (candidate genes) from a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library using a method o...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： García-Cegarra A,Merlo MA,Ponce M,Portela-Bens S,Cross I,Manchado M,Rebordinos L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to understand the mechanisms of formation of chromosomal aberrations, studies performed on human syndromes with genomic instability can be fruitful. In this report, the results from studies in our laboratory on the importance of the transcription-coupled repair (TCR) pathway on the induction of chromosomal da...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Palitti F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcomas are primary tumors of bone that most often develop in adolescents. They are characterized by complex genomic changes including amplifications, deletions, and translocations. The chromosome region 17p11.2p12 is frequently amplified in human high grade osteosarcomas (25% of cases), suggesting the presence ...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Both J,Wu T,Ten Asbroek AL,Baas F,Hulsebos TJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compiled 104 constitutional de novo or sporadic rearranged chromosomes mimicking recombinants from a parental pericentric inversion in order to comment on their occurrence and parental derivation, meiotic or postzygotic origin, mean parental ages, and underlying pathways. Chromosomes involved were 1-9, 13-18, 20-22...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Rivera H,Domínguez MG,Vásquez-Velásquez AI,Lurie IW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A derivative X chromosome formed by translocation involving an X chromosome and a chromosome 18 in a Klinefelter syndrome (KS) patient with a 47,XXY karyotype has not been reported before. In this study, we present the clinical and molecular cytogenetic characteristics. The patient presented with small testes and azoo...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Liang J,Zhang Y,Wang R,Liang Z,Yue J,Liu R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is expressed in more than 90% of human cancers. Telomere maintenance by this enzyme is believed to safeguard genomic integrity in neoplastic cells. Nevertheless, many telomerase-expressing tumours exhibit chromosomal instability triggered by short, dysfunctional telomeres, implying that active telomerase is...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Calcagnile O,Gisselsson D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three activities hallmark meiotic cell division: homologous chromosome pairing, synapsis, and recombination. Recombination and synapsis are well-studied but homologous pairing still holds many black boxes. In the past several years, many studies in plants have yielded insights into the mechanisms of chromosome pairing...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Bozza CG,Pawlowski WP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroelements (REs) actively reshape genomes through genomic rearrangements, creation of new genes and modulation of the regulatory machinery of existing genes, thus introducing genomic novelties which potentially may be subject to natural selection. Thousands of RE integrations, presumably distinguishing the human an...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Buzdin A,Vinogradova T,Lebedev Y,Sverdlov E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified LIM-kinase (LIMK1 and LIMK2), the only known catalytic protein among LIM-family molecules. Both LIMK1 and LIMK2 phosphorylate (inactivate) cofilin, an actin depolymerizing factor, and induce actin cytoskeleton reorganization. We as well as others concurrently demonstrated that LIMK activation was re...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Takahashi H,Funakoshi H,Nakamura T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologous chromosome pairing and recombination are essential components of meiosis and sexual reproduction. The reshuffling of genetic material through breakage and reunion of chromatids ensure proper segregation of homologous chromosomes in reduction division and genetic diversity in the progeny. The advent of somat...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Hart EJ,Pinton A,Powell A,Wall R,King WA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome projects allow us to sample copies of a retrotransposon sequence family residing in a host genome. The variation in DNA sequence between these individual copies will reflect the evolutionary process that has spread the sequences through the genome. Here I review quantitatively the expected diversity of elements...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Brookfield JF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss-of-function mutations of the MECP2 gene are the cause of most cases of Rett syndrome in females, a progressive neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by severe mental retardation, global regression, hand stereotypies, and microcephaly. On the other hand, gain of dosage of this gene causes the MECP2 duplication...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Mayo S,Monfort S,Roselló M,Orellana C,Oltra S,Armstrong J,Català V,Martínez F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rye each B chromosome (B) represents 5.5% of the diploid A genome. Rye Bs have several nuclear to whole plant effects although they seem to bear no genes except for the ones that lead to their maintenance within a population. In this context, and considering that rye Bs are enriched in repetitive non-coding regions...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Delgado M,Caperta A,Ribeiro T,Viegas W,Jones RN,Morais-Cecílio L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that TP53 may mediate apoptosis triggered by anticancer drugs. However, accumulating evidence indicates that TP53 may be inactivated by mutations and/or deletions in about 50% of human cancers and, as such, may lead to pronounced resistance to therapeutic agents. Thus, the development of new approache...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Wang J,Wang XF,Zhang LG,Xie SY,Li ZL,Li YJ,Li HH,Jiao F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Y chromosomal azoospermia factor (AZF) regions AZFa, AZFb and AZFc represent hotspots for copy number variations (CNVs) in the human genome; yet the number of reports of AZFa-linked duplications remains limited. Nonallelic homologous recombination has been proposed as the underlying mechanism of CNVs in AZF regions. I...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Katsumi M,Ishikawa H,Tanaka Y,Saito K,Kobori Y,Okada H,Saito H,Nakabayashi K,Matsubara Y,Ogata T,Fukami M,Miyado M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive analyses on the centromere and its associated proteins, detailed studies of centromeric DNA structure have provided limited information about its topography in condensed chromatin. We have developed a method with correlative fluorescence light microscopy and atomic force microscopy that investigates ...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Khan WA,Chisholm R,Tadayyon S,Subasinghe A,Norton P,Samarabandu J,Johnston LJ,Knoll JH,Rogan PK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T2 family of miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (T2-MITE) is a prevalent MITE family found in both Xenopus(Silurana) tropicalis and X. laevis. Some subfamilies, particularly T2-A1 and T2-C, may have originated prior to the diversification of the 2 Xenopus lineages and currently include active members ...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Hikosaka A,Uno Y,Matsuda Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the horse genome is proceeding at a rapid pace. Within a short span of 6-7 years, approximately 1,500 markers have been mapped in horse, of which at least half are genes/ESTs. Health, performance and phenotypic characteristic are of major concern/interest to horse breeders and owners. Current efforts to an...

journal_title：Cytogenetic and genome research

authors： Chowdhary BP,Bailey E

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00