A Theory for the Origin of Human Menopause.

abstract：:Sucrose transporters (SUTs) play key roles in allocating the translocation of assimilates from source to sink tissues. Although the characteristics and biological roles of SUTs have been intensively investigated in higher plants, this gene family has not been functionally characterized in cotton. In this study, we per...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li W,Sun K,Ren Z,Song C,Pei X,Liu Y,Wang Z,He K,Zhang F,Zhou X,Ma X,Yang D

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the relationships among wild species of section Moutan in the plant genus Paeonia has traditionally been problematic. Interspecies relationships cannot be effectively determined using phenotypic traits alone or through analysis of nuclear or chloroplast DNA fragments. Elucidation of complete chloroplast ge...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wu L,Nie L,Xu Z,Li P,Wang Y,He C,Song J,Yao H

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac myocytes (CMs) proliferate robustly during fetal life but withdraw permanently from the cell cycle soon after birth and undergo terminal differentiation. This cell cycle exit is associated with the upregulation of a host of adult cardiac-specific genes. The vast majority of adult CMs (ACMs) do not reenter cell...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Oyama K,El-Nachef D,Zhang Y,Sdek P,MacLellan WR

更新日期：2014-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphibians are important vertebrates in toxicology often representing both aquatic and terrestrial forms within the life history of the same species. Of the thousands of species, only two have substantial genomics resources: the recently published genome of the Pipid, Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis, and transcript info...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Helbing CC

更新日期：2012-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mud crab, Scylla paramamosain is one of the most important crustacean species in global aquaculture. To determine the genetic basis of sex and growth-related traits in S. paramamosain, a high-density genetic linkage map with 16,701 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was constructed using SLAF-seq and a full-sib fa...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Waiho K,Shi X,Fazhan H,Li S,Zhang Y,Zheng H,Liu W,Fang S,Ikhwanuddin M,Ma H

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is an increasingly heterogeneous category of inherited muscle diseases, mainly affecting the muscles of shoulder areas and the hip, segregating in both autosomal recessive and dominant manner. To-date, thirty-one loci have been identified for LGMD including seven autos...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Younus M,Ahmad F,Malik E,Bilal M,Kausar M,Abbas S,Shaheen S,Kakar MU,Alfadhel M,Umair M

更新日期：2019-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most commonly diagnosed type of cancer worldwide. The mechanisms leading to the progression of CRC are involved in both genetic and epigenetic regulations. In this study, we applied systems biology methods to identify potential biomarkers and conduct drug discovery in a computation...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Yeh SJ,Chen SW,Chen BS

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] is a well-known occupational carcinogen, but the mechanisms contributing to DNA damage and cell cycle alternation have not been fully characterized. To study the dose-response effects of Cr(VI) on transcription, we exposed BEAS-2B cells to Cr(VI) at concentrations of 0.2, 0.6, and 1.8 μmol...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zheng P,Kang Y,Han S,Feng H,Ha F,Long C,Zhou D,Hu G,Chen Z,Wang Z,Wang T,Jia G

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex disease triggered by the interaction between genetics and the environment, especially through the shared epitope (SE) and cell surface calreticulin (CSC) theory. However, the available evidence shows that genetic diversity and environmental exposure cannot explain all the clinica...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Guo S,Xu L,Chang C,Zhang R,Jin Y,He D

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Challenges in diagnosing primary immunodeficiency are numerous and diverse, with current whole-exome and whole-genome sequencing approaches only able to reach a molecular diagnosis in 25-60% of cases. We assess these problems and discuss how RNA-focused analysis has expanded and improved in recent years and may now be...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lye JJ,Williams A,Baralle D

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

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：: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：Background:This study searched for immune-related long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) to predict the prognosis of patients with cervical cancer. Method:We obtained immunologically relevant lncRNA expression profiles and clinical follow-up data from cervical cancer patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas database and the Molec...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Chen Q,Hu L,Huang D,Chen K,Qiu X,Qiu B

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Some candidate genes have been robustly reported to be associated with complex traits, such as the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene on body mass index (BMI), and the fibroblast growth factor 5 (FGF5) gene on blood pressure levels. It is of interest to know whether an environmental factor (E) can attenuate or...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lin WY,Lin YS,Chan CC,Liu YL,Tsai SJ,Kuo PH

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cross-sectional observational studies have reported obesity and cardiometabolic co-morbidities as important predictors of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalization. The causal impact of these risk factors is unknown at present. Methods:We conducted multivariable logistic regression to evaluate the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Aung N,Khanji MY,Munroe PB,Petersen SE

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliable phenotypes are paramount for meaningful quantification of genetic variation and for estimating individual breeding values on which genetic selection is based. In this paper, we assert that genetic improvement of host tolerance to disease, although desirable, may be first of all handicapped by the ability to o...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Doeschl-Wilson AB,Villanueva B,Kyriazakis I

更新日期：2012-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we used pan RNA-seq analysis to reveal the ubiquitous existence of both 5' and 3' end small RNAs (5' and 3' sRNAs). 5' and 3' sRNAs alone can be used to annotate nuclear non-coding and mitochondrial genes at 1-bp resolution and identify new steady RNAs, which are usually transcribed from functional gene...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Xu X,Ji H,Jin X,Cheng Z,Yao X,Liu Y,Zhao Q,Zhang T,Ruan J,Bu W,Chen Z,Gao S

更新日期：2019-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory receptors (ORs) are a type of GTP-binding protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). These receptors are responsible for mediating the sense of smell through their interaction with odor ligands. OR-odorant interactions marks the first step in the process that leads to olfaction. Computational studies on model OR struc...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lai PC,Crasto CJ

更新日期：2012-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically inherited defects in lipoprotein metabolism affect more than 10 million individuals around the globe with preponderance in some parts where consanguinity played a major role in establishing founder mutations. Mutations in four genes have been so far linked to the dominant and recessive form of the disease....

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Kamar A,Khalil A,Nemer G

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence suggests that air pollution increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and metabolic disorders, adding to the global burden of disease attributable to lifestyle and behavioral factors. Although long interspersed nucleotide elements 1 (LINE-1) methylation has been associated with these disorde...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Barchitta M,Maugeri A,Quattrocchi A,Barone G,Mazzoleni P,Catalfo A,De Guidi G,Iemmolo MG,Crimi N,Agodi A

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Common carp is a major aquaculture species worldwide, commonly sold alive but also as processed headless carcass or filets. However, recording of processing yields is impossible on live breeding candidates, and alternatives for genetic improvement are either sib selection based on slaughtered fish, or indirect selecti...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Prchal M,Bugeon J,Vandeputte M,Kause A,Vergnet A,Zhao J,Gela D,Genestout L,Bestin A,Haffray P,Kocour M

更新日期：2018-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:ncRNAs are key genes in many human diseases including cancer and viral infection, as well as providing critical functions in pathogenic organisms such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, and protists. Until now the identification and characterization of ncRNAs associated with disease has been slow or inaccurate requiring man...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Collins LJ

更新日期：2011-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Milroy disease (MD) is rare and autosomal dominant resulting from mutations of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 (VEGFR-3 or FLT4), which leads to dysgenesis of the lymphatic system. Methods: Here we report a Chinese MD family with 2 affected members of two generations. We identified the mu...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhang S,Chen X,Yuan L,Wang S,Moli D,Liu S,Wu Y

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologous recombination (HR) is an evolutionarily conserved process that plays a pivotal role in the equilibrium between genetic stability and diversity. HR is commonly considered to be error-free, but several studies have shown that HR can be error-prone. Here, we discuss the actual accuracy of HR. First, we present...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Guirouilh-Barbat J,Lambert S,Bertrand P,Lopez BS

更新日期：2014-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In genome wide association studies (GWAS), family-based studies tend to have less power to detect genetic associations than population-based studies, such as case-control studies. This can be an issue when testing if genes in a family-based GWAS have a direct effect on the phenotype of interest over and above their po...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lutz SM,Vansteelandt S,Lange C

更新日期：2013-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides) is the largest neotropical primate. This species is endemic to Brazil and is currently critically endangered due to its habitat destruction. The genetic basis underlying adaptive traits of New World monkeys has been a subject of interest to several investigators, with sig...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Moreira DA,Lamarca AP,Soares RF,Coelho AMA,Furtado C,Scherer NM,Moreira MAM,Seuánez HN,Boroni M

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Hox genes are major regulators of embryonic development. One of their most conserved functions is to coordinate the formation of specific body structures along the anterior-posterior (AP) axis in Bilateria. This architectural role was at the basis of several morphological innovations across bilaterian evolution. In th...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Merabet S,Galliot B

更新日期：2015-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Communication disorders have complex genetic origins, with constellations of relevant gene markers that vary across individuals. Some genetic variants are present in healthy individuals as well as those affected by developmental disorders. Growing evidence suggests that some variants may increase susceptibility to the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Centanni TM,Green JR,Iuzzini-Seigel J,Bartlett CW,Hogan TP

更新日期：2015-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:While substantial progress has been made in finding genetic variants associated with nicotine dependence (ND), a large proportion of the genetic variants remain undiscovered. The current research focuses have shifted toward uncovering rare variants, gene-gene/gene-environment interactions, and structural variations pr...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhang X,Lan T,Wang T,Xue W,Tong X,Ma T,Liu G,Lu Q

更新日期：2019-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Zeng et al. (2005) proposed a general two-allele (G2A) model to model bi-allelic quantitative trait loci (QTL). Comparing with the classical Fisher model, the G2A model can avoid using redundant parameters and be fitted directly using standard least square (LS) approach. In this study, we further extend the G2A model ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wang T

更新日期：2014-09-25 00:00:00