Rates and Rocks: Strengths and Weaknesses of Molecular Dating Methods.

abstract：:Selective breeding programs aiming to increase the productivity and profitability of the sheep meat industry use elite, progeny tested sires. The broad genetic traits of primary interest in the progeny of these sires include skeletal muscle yield, fat content, eating quality, and reproductive efficiency. Natural mutat...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Tellam RL,Cockett NE,Vuocolo T,Bidwell CA

更新日期：2012-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Rodent models have been extensively used to investigate the cause and mechanisms behind Alzheimer's disease. Despite many years of intensive research using these models we still lack a detailed understanding of the molecular events that lead to neurodegeneration. Although zebrafish lack the complexity of advanced cogn...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Newman M,Ebrahimie E,Lardelli M

更新日期：2014-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the molecular basis of cell function and ultimate phenotypes is crucial for the development of biological markers. With this aim, several RNA-seq studies have been devoted to the characterization of the transcriptome of ejaculated spermatozoa in relation to sperm quality and fertility. Semen quality foll...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Gòdia M,Estill M,Castelló A,Balasch S,Rodríguez-Gil JE,Krawetz SA,Sánchez A,Clop A

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews research results and ideas presented at a special symposium at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) Congress held in July 2017 in San Francisco. Five researchers presented their results related to infection and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Prof. Itzhaki presented her wor...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Fülöp T,Itzhaki RF,Balin BJ,Miklossy J,Barron AE

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the prevalence of obesity and cancer have been rising. Since this poses a serious threat to human health, the relationship between the two has attracted much attention. This study examined whether fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) genes are linked, taking into account a Genome-wide Association Stu...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lan N,Lu Y,Zhang Y,Pu S,Xi H,Nie X,Liu J,Yuan W

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoiesis of human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) maintains generation of red blood cells throughout life. However, little is known how human erythropoiesis is regulated by long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). By using ChIRP-seq, we report here that the lncRNA steroid receptor RNA activator (SRA) occupies chromatin, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Sawaengdee W,Cui K,Zhao K,Hongeng S,Fucharoen S,Wongtrakoongate P

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:As a commercially important species, the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) has been cultured for a long time in China. Agonistic behavior often causes limb disability and requires much energy, which is harmful to the growth and survival of crabs. In this paper, we divided crabs into a control group (control, no...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Pang Y,He L,Song Y,Song X,Lv J,Cheng Y,Yang X

更新日期：2020-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Technological advances over the past decade have unraveled the remarkable complexity of RNA. The identification of small peptides encoded by long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as well as regulatory functions mediated by non-coding regions of mRNAs have further complicated our understanding of the multifaceted functions of...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li J,Liu C

更新日期：2019-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Both natural and artificial selection are among the main driving forces shaping genetic variation across the genome of livestock species. Selection typically leaves signatures in the genome, which are often characterized by high genetic differentiation across breeds and/or a strong reduction in genetic diversity in re...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Onzima RB,Upadhyay MR,Doekes HP,Brito LF,Bosse M,Kanis E,Groenen MAM,Crooijmans RPMA

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation is an indispensable epigenetic modification that dynamically regulates gene expression and genome stability during cell growth and development processes. The target of rapamycin (TOR) has emerged as a central regulator to regulate many fundamental cellular metabolic processes from protein synthesis to ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhu T,Li L,Feng L,Mo H,Ren M

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Variability of the comet assay is a serious issue, whether it occurs from experiment to experiment in the same laboratory, or between different laboratories analysing identical samples. Do we have to live with high variability, just because the comet assay is a biological assay rather than analytical chemistry? Numero...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Collins AR,El Yamani N,Lorenzo Y,Shaposhnikov S,Brunborg G,Azqueta A

更新日期：2014-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade, numerous computational methods have been developed in order to infer and model biological networks. Transcriptional networks in particular have attracted significant attention due to their critical role in cell survival. The majority of network inference methods use genome-wide experimental data ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Manioudaki ME,Poirazi P

更新日期：2013-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A livestock population can be characterized by different population genetic parameters, such as linkage disequilibrium and recombination rate between pairs of genetic markers. The population structure, which may be caused by family stratification, has an influence on the estimates of these parameters. An expectation m...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Hampel A,Teuscher F,Gomez-Raya L,Doschoris M,Wittenburg D

更新日期：2018-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are a kind of gene regulatory factor that presents a significant biological effect in the initiation and development of various tumors, including bladder cancer (BLCA). However, the RBP-based prognosis signature for BLCA has not been investigated. In this study, we attempted to develop an R...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wu Y,Liu Y,He A,Guan B,He S,Zhang C,Kang Z,Gong Y,Li X,Zhou L

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Several authors have acknowledged that testing mediational hypotheses between treatments, genes, physiological measures, and behaviors may substantially advance our understanding of how these associations operate. In psychiatric research, the costs of measuring the putative mediator or the outcome can be prohibitive. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Makowsky R,Beasley TM,Gadbury GL,Albert JM,Kennedy RE,Allison DB

更新日期：2011-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest animals on earth because of their ability to transmit a wide range of human pathogens. Traditional mosquito control methods use chemical insecticides, but with dwindling long-term effectiveness and negative effects on the environment, microbial forms of control have become common al...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Dacey DP,Chain FJJ

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 40 years, the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus, indigenous to East Asia, has colonized every continent except Antarctica. Its spread is a major public health concern, given that this species is a competent vector for numerous arboviruses, including those causing dengue, chikungunya, West Nile, and the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Battaglia V,Gabrieli P,Brandini S,Capodiferro MR,Javier PA,Chen XG,Achilli A,Semino O,Gomulski LM,Malacrida AR,Gasperi G,Torroni A,Olivieri A

更新日期：2016-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate immune response is triggered by pathogen components, like lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of gram-negative bacteria. LPS initiates Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling, which involves mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK) and nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) in different pathway branches and ultimately induces infla...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ostareck DH,Ostareck-Lederer A

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors behind genome size evolution have been of great interest, considering that eukaryotic genomes vary in size by more than three orders of magnitude. Using a model of two wild peanut relatives, Arachis duranensis and Arachis ipaensis, in which one genome experienced large rearrangements, we find that the main...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ren L,Huang W,Cannon EKS,Bertioli DJ,Cannon SB

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotype imputation is a powerful tool for increasing statistical power in an association analysis. Meta-analysis of multiple study datasets also requires a substantial overlap of SNPs for a successful association analysis, which can be achieved by imputation. Quality of imputed datasets is largely dependent on the so...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Schurz H,Müller SJ,van Helden PD,Tromp G,Hoal EG,Kinnear CJ,Möller M

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoblastoma (Rb) is a primary intraocular malignant tumor that occurs primarily in children, and results from loss-of-function mutations in the RB transcriptional corepressor 1 (RB1) gene. Genetic testing forms the basis of genetic counseling for affected families, as well as for clinical management of this disease...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lan X,Xu W,Tang X,Ye H,Song X,Lin L,Ren X,Yu G,Zhang H,Wu S

更新日期：2020-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of eusociality ("true sociality") in several insect lineages represents one of the most successful evolutionary adaptations in the animal kingdom in terms of species richness and global biomass. In contrast to solitary insects, eusocial insects evolved a set of unique behavioral and physiological traits ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Søvik E,Bloch G,Ben-Shahar Y

更新日期：2015-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Alport syndrome is a hereditary progressive chronic kidney disease caused by mutations in type IV collagen genes COL4A3/4/5. X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS) is caused by mutations in the COL4A5 gene and is the most common form of Alport syndrome. A strong correlation between the type of COL4A5 mutation and the age dev...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wang C,Liang S,Xing S,Xu K,Xiao H,Deng H,Wang X,Chen L,Ding J,Wang F

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in CHD7 have been shown to be a major cause of CHARGE syndrome, which presents many symptoms and features common to other syndromes making its diagnosis difficult. Next generation sequencing (NGS) of a panel of intellectual disability related genes was performed in an adult patient without molecular diagnosi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Villate O,Ibarluzea N,Fraile-Bethencourt E,Valenzuela A,Velasco EA,Grozeva D,Raymond FL,Botella MP,Tejada MI

更新日期：2018-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukocyte telomere length is believed to measure cellular aging in humans, and short leukocyte telomere length is associated with increased risks of late onset diseases, including cardiovascular disease, dementia, etc. Many studies have shown that leukocyte telomere length is a heritable trait, and several candidate g...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lee JH,Cheng R,Honig LS,Feitosa M,Kammerer CM,Kang MS,Schupf N,Lin SJ,Sanders JL,Bae H,Druley T,Perls T,Christensen K,Province M,Mayeux R

更新日期：2014-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is a poorly prognostic disease currently lacking effective cure. Understanding the molecular mechanism that underlies the initiation and progression of CRPC will provide new strategies for treating this deadly disease. One candidate target is the fibroblast growth fac...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wang C,Liu Z,Ke Y,Wang F

更新日期：2019-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models are invaluable for biomedical research, especially in the context of rare diseases, which have a very low prevalence and are often complex. Concretely mouse models provide key information on rare disease mechanisms and therapeutic strategies that cannot be obtained by using only alternative methods, and ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Murillo-Cuesta S,Artuch R,Asensio F,de la Villa P,Dierssen M,Enríquez JA,Fillat C,Fourcade S,Ibáñez B,Montoliu L,Oliver E,Pujol A,Salido E,Vallejo M,Varela-Nieto I

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapidly increasing number of reports on dysregulated long intergenic non-coding RNA (lincRNA) expression across numerous types of cancers indicates that aberrant lincRNA expression may be a major contributor to tumorigenesis. Marek's disease (MD) is a T cell lymphoma of chickens induced by Marek's disease virus (MDV...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： He Y,Han B,Ding Y,Zhang H,Chang S,Zhang L,Zhao C,Yang N,Song J

更新日期：2019-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanopore sequencing from Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) and Pacific BioSciences (PacBio) single-molecule real-time (SMRT) long-read isoform sequencing (Iso-Seq) are revolutionizing the way transcriptomes are analyzed. These methods offer many advantages over most widely used high-throughput short-read RNA sequenci...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhao L,Zhang H,Kohnen MV,Prasad KVSK,Gu L,Reddy ASN

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Colon cancer has the third highest incidence and mortality among cancers in the United States. MicroRNA-21 (miR21) has been described as an oncomir that is highly overexpressed in tumor tissue from colorectal cancer. Recent studies showed that silencing of miR21 through use of a miR21 inhibitor (anti-miR21) affected v...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Song MS,Rossi JJ

更新日期：2014-01-02 00:00:00