A Population Genomics Analysis of the Native Irish Galway Sheep Breed.

abstract：:Myiopsitta monachus is a small Neotropical parrot (Psittaciformes: Arini Tribe) from subtropical and temperate regions of South America. It has a diploid chromosome number 2n = 48, different from other members of the Arini Tribe that have usually 70 chromosomes. The species has the lowest 2n within the Arini Tribe. In...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Furo IO,Kretschmer R,O'Brien PC,Pereira JC,Garnero ADV,Gunski RJ,O'Connor RE,Griffin DK,Gomes AJB,Ferguson-Smith MA,de Oliveira EHC

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The castes of social insects provide outstanding opportunities to address the causes and consequences of evolution of discrete phenotypes, i.e., polymorphisms. Here we focus on recently described patterns of a positive association between the degree of caste-specific gene expression and the rate of sequence evolution....

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Helanterä H,Uller T

更新日期：2014-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Aptamers are single-stranded nucleic acids that specifically recognize and bind tightly to their cognate targets due to their stable three-dimensional structure. Nucleic acid aptamers have been developed for various applications, including diagnostics, molecular imaging, biomarker discovery, target validation, therape...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhou J,Bobbin ML,Burnett JC,Rossi JJ

更新日期：2012-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactation is a dynamic process, which evolved to meet dietary demands of growing offspring. At the same time, the mother's metabolism changes to meet the high requirements of nutrient supply to the offspring. Through strong artificial selection, the strain of milk production on dairy cows is often associated with impa...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Strucken EM,Laurenson YC,Brockmann GA

更新日期：2015-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:History of East-Central Europe has been intertwined with the history of Turks in the past. A significant part of this region of Europe has been fallen under Ottoman control during the 150 years of Ottoman occupation in the 16-17th centuries. The presence of the Ottoman Empire affected this area not only culturally but...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Bánfai Z,Melegh BI,Sümegi K,Hadzsiev K,Miseta A,Kásler M,Melegh B

更新日期：2019-06-13 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

abstract：:Long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs) are an abundant and functionally diverse class of eukaryotic transcripts. Reported lincRNA repertoires in mammals vary, but are commonly in the thousands to tens of thousands of transcripts, covering ~90% of the genome. In addition to elucidating function, there is particular...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Nelson ADL,Devisetty UK,Palos K,Haug-Baltzell AK,Lyons E,Beilstein MA

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Empirical evidence is limited on whether allopolyploid species combine or merge parental adaptations to broaden habitats. The allopolyploid Arabidopsis kamchatica is a hybrid of the two diploid parents Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis lyrata. A. halleri is a facultative heavy metal hyperaccumulator, and may be foun...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Paape T,Akiyama R,Cereghetti T,Onda Y,Hirao AS,Kenta T,Shimizu KK

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Small-Tailed Han (STH) sheep are known for their high fecundity, but the survival of lambs is compromised and influences the commercial return from farming these sheep, with this being attributed in part to starvation from insufficient milk production by the ewes. In this study, the transcriptome profiles of the mamma...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wang J,Zhou H,Hickford JGH,Hao Z,Shen J,Luo Y,Hu J,Liu X,Li S

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The aging of the population represents one of the largest healthcare challenges facing the world today. The available scientific evidence shows that interventions are available now that can target fundamental "aging" processes or pathways. Sufficient economic evidence is available to argue convincingly that this appro...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Faragher RG

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this review is to discuss how behavioral tests in mice relate to the pathological and neuropsychological features seen in human Alzheimer's disease (AD), and present a comprehensive analysis of the temporal progression of behavioral impairments in commonly used AD mouse models that contain mutations in amy...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Webster SJ,Bachstetter AD,Nelson PT,Schmitt FA,Van Eldik LJ

更新日期：2014-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in rats and mice have established that maternal nutrition induces epigenetic modifications, sometimes permanently, that alter gene expression in the fetus, which in turn leads to phenotypic changes. However, limited data is available on the influence of maternal diet on epigenetic modifications and gene expres...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lan X,Cretney EC,Kropp J,Khateeb K,Berg MA,Peñagaricano F,Magness R,Radunz AE,Khatib H

更新日期：2013-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito-borne diseases cause more than 700 million people infected and one million people die (Caraballo and King, 2014). With the limitations of progress toward elimination imposed by insecticide- and drug-resistance, combined with the lack of vaccines, innovative strategies to fight mosquito-borne disease are urgen...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Huang W,Wang S,Jacobs-Lorena M

更新日期：2020-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) is a salvage enzyme that phosphorylates thymidine, imported from surrounding fluids, to create dTMP, which is further phosphorylated to the DNA precursor dTTP. TK1 deficiency has for a long time been known to cause increased cellular sensitivity to DNA damage. We have examined preferential str...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： McAllister KA,Yasseen AA,McKerr G,Downes CS,McKelvey-Martin VJ

更新日期：2014-08-08 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：:Therapeutic applications of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing have spurred innovation in Cas9 enzyme engineering and single guide RNA (sgRNA) design algorithms to minimize potential off-target events. While recent work in rodents outlines favorable conditions for specific editing and uses a trio design (mother, father, offspri...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Mooney MR,Davis EE,Katsanis N

更新日期：2019-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Copy number changes in protein-coding genes are detrimental if the consequent changes in protein concentrations disrupt essential cellular functions. The dosage sensitivity of transcription factor (TF) genes is particularly interesting because their products are essential in regulating the expression of genetic inform...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ni Z,Zhou XY,Aslam S,Niu DK

更新日期：2019-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Livestock conservation practice is changing rapidly in light of policy developments, climate change and diversifying market demands. The last decade has seen a step change in technology and analytical approaches available to define, manage and conserve Farm Animal Genomic Resources (FAnGR). However, these rapid change...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Bruford MW,Ginja C,Hoffmann I,Joost S,Orozco-terWengel P,Alberto FJ,Amaral AJ,Barbato M,Biscarini F,Colli L,Costa M,Curik I,Duruz S,Ferenčaković M,Fischer D,Fitak R,Groeneveld LF,Hall SJ,Hanotte O,Hassan FU,Helsen

更新日期：2015-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcass weight, meat quality and muscle components are important traits economically and they underpin most of the commercial return to goat producers. In this study, the Longissimus dorsi muscle tissues were collected from five Liaoning cashmere (LC) goats and five Ziwuling black (ZB) goats with phenotypic difference...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shen J,Hao Z,Wang J,Hu J,Liu X,Li S,Ke N,Song Y,Lu Y,Hu L,Qiao L,Wu X,Luo Y

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated differences in gene expression in pigs from the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) Host Genetics Consortium initiative showing a range of responses to PRRS virus infection. Pigs were allocated into four phenotypic groups according to their serum viral level and weight gain. RNA obtained ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Arceo ME,Ernst CW,Lunney JK,Choi I,Raney NE,Huang T,Tuggle CK,Rowland RR,Steibel JP

更新日期：2013-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade, several studies have been focused on revealing the microRNA (miRNA) repertoire and determining their functions in farm animals such as poultry, pigs, cattle, and fish. These small non-protein coding RNA molecules (18-25 nucleotides) are capable of controlling gene expression by binding to messenger...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Herkenhoff ME,Oliveira AC,Nachtigall PG,Costa JM,Campos VF,Hilsdorf AWS,Pinhal D

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease for which it is difficult to find exact disease-related genes. Effectively identifying disease-related genes would contribute to improving the treatment and diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Current methods for identifying disease-related genes mainly focus on the hypoth...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Liu H,Guan J,Li H,Bao Z,Wang Q,Luo X,Xue H

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined reasons for participation in a genetic study of risk for multiple sclerosis (MS). Our sample consisted of 101 patients diagnosed with MS who were approached about enrolling in the Multiple Sclerosis Genetic Susceptibility Study. Participants were predominantly Hispanic (80%), female (80%), and well...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Cuccaro ML,Manrique CP,Quintero MA,Martinez R,McCauley JL

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Human satellite DNA is organized in long arrays in peri/centromeric heterochromatin. There is little information about satellite copy number variants (CNVs) in aging and replicative cell senescence (RS). Materials and Methods: Biotinylated pUC1.77 probe was used for the satellite III (f-SatIII) quantitat...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ershova ES,Malinovskaya EM,Konkova MS,Veiko RV,Umriukhin PE,Martynov AV,Kutsev SI,Veiko NN,Kostyuk SV

更新日期：2019-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathway-centric approaches are widely used to interpret and contextualize -omics data. However, databases contain different representations of the same biological pathway, which may lead to different results of statistical enrichment analysis and predictive models in the context of precision medicine. We have performe...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Mubeen S,Hoyt CT,Gemünd A,Hofmann-Apitius M,Fröhlich H,Domingo-Fernández D

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dwarfism (adw) in chickens is a growth deficiency caused by a recessive mutation. Characteristic for adw is an approximately 30% growth reduction with short shank. The adw variant was first recognized in the Cornell K-strain of White Leghorns, but the genetic causal variant remained unknown. To identify the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wu Z,Derks MFL,Dibbits B,Megens HJ,Groenen MAM,Crooijmans RPMA

更新日期：2018-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Undergraduate students in the biomedical sciences are often interested in future health-focused careers. This presents opportunities for instructors in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer biology to capture their attention using lab experiences built around clinically relevant data. As biomedical science in genera...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Hankey W,Zanghi N,Crow MM,Dow WH,Kratz A,Robinson AM,Robinson MR,Segarra VA

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Phthalates are esters of phthalic acid which are used in cosmetics and other daily personal care products. They are also used in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastics to increase durability and plasticity. Phthalates are not present in plastics by covalent bonds and thus can easily leach into the environment and enter the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Dutta S,Haggerty DK,Rappolee DA,Ruden DM

更新日期：2020-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyprinids are the most important group of farmed fish globally in terms of production volume, with common carp (Cyprinus carpio) being one of the most valuable species of the group. The use of modern selective breeding methods in carp is at a formative stage, implying a large scope for genetic improvement of key produ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Palaiokostas C,Kocour M,Prchal M,Houston RD

更新日期：2018-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratinocyte differentiation requires intricately coordinated spatiotemporal expression changes that specify epidermis structure and function. This article utilizes single-cell RNA-seq data from 22,338 human foreskin keratinocytes to reconstruct the transcriptional regulation of skin development and homeostasis genes,...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Finnegan A,Cho RJ,Luu A,Harirchian P,Lee J,Cheng JB,Song JS

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00