A Theory for the Origin of Human Menopause.

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：: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：:Multiple osteochondromas (MO), the most common type of benign bone tumor, is an autosomal dominant skeletal disorder characterized by multiple cartilage-capped bony protuberances. In most cases, EXT1 and EXT2, which encode glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of heparan sulfate, are the genes responsible....

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wang Y,Zhong L,Xu Y,Ding L,Ji Y,Schutz S,Férec C,Cooper DN,Xu C,Chen JM,Luo Y

更新日期：2020-12-22 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：:Resistant Starch (RS), plays a crucial role in human health and nutrition by controlling glucose metabolism. RS or dietary fibre content in rice is low because it goes through a variety of process before it is ready for cooking and consumption. Hence, this study was carried out to develop a rice mutant with increased ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Gurunathan S,Ramadoss BR,Mudili V,Siddaiah C,Kalagatur NK,Bapu JRK,Mohan CD,Alqarawi AA,Hashem A,Abd Allah EF

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Alcohol use has been linked to a number of physical conditions, but the relationship between alcohol drinking and depression, one of the most common mental disorders that is a significant contributor to the global burden of disease, is still under debate. We aim to help fill the literature gap on the causa...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhu C,Chen Q,Si W,Li Y,Chen G,Zhao Q

更新日期：2020-10-19 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：:Identifying driver genes that contribute to cancer progression from numerous passenger genes, although a central goal, is a major challenge. The protein-protein interaction network provides convenient and reasonable assistance for driver gene discovery. Random walk-based methods have been widely used to prioritize nod...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wei PJ,Wu FX,Xia J,Su Y,Wang J,Zheng CH

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary cilium is able to maintain a specific protein composition, which is critical for its function as a signaling organelle. Here we introduce a system to synchronize biosynthetic trafficking of ciliary proteins that is based on conditional aggregation domains (CADs). This approach enables to create a wave of c...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Stroukov W,Rösch A,Schwan C,Jeney A,Römer W,Thuenauer R

更新日期：2019-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis, is a highly destructive quarantine pest. The olfactory and visual systems of A. planipennis play different but critical roles at newly emerged and sexually mature stages; however, the molecular basis underlying these differences remain unclear. Consequently, based on d...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shen S,Fan Z,Zhang X,Kong X,Liu F,Zhang Z,Zhang X,Hu X,Zhang S

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful seedling establishment depends on the optimum depth of seed placement especially in drought-prone conditions, providing an opportunity to exploit subsoil water and increase winter survival in winter wheat. Coleoptile length is a key determinant for the appropriate depth at which seed can be sown. Thus, unde...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Sidhu JS,Singh D,Gill HS,Brar NK,Qiu Y,Halder J,Al Tameemi R,Turnipseed B,Sehgal SK

更新日期：2020-02-05 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：:Our understanding of the mechanisms governing the response to DNA damage in higher eucaryotes crucially depends on our ability to dissect the temporal and spatial organization of the cellular machinery responsible for maintaining genomic integrity. To achieve this goal, we need experimental tools to inflict DNA lesion...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ferrando-May E,Tomas M,Blumhardt P,Stöckl M,Fuchs M,Leitenstorfer A

更新日期：2013-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to sense and respond to stressful conditions is essential to maintain organismal homeostasis. It has long been recognized that stress response factors that improve survival in changing conditions can also influence longevity. In this review, we discuss different strategies used by animals in response to de...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Iranon NN,Miller DL

更新日期：2012-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:During plant-pathogen interactions, pathogens secrete many rapidly evolving, small secreted proteins (SSPs) that can modify plant defense and permit pathogens to colonize plant tissue. The fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici is the causal agent of Septoria tritici blotch (STB), one of the most important foliar diseas...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhou B,Benbow HR,Brennan CJ,Arunachalam C,Karki SJ,Mullins E,Feechan A,Burke JI,Doohan FM

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) has resulted in a number of exciting discoveries about the role of DNA methylation leading to a plethora of novel testable hypotheses. Methods for constructing sodium bisulfite-converted and amplified libraries have recently advanced to the point that the bot...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ji L,Sasaki T,Sun X,Ma P,Lewis ZA,Schmitz RJ

更新日期：2014-10-21 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：:The codon redundancy ("degeneracy") found in protein-coding regions of mRNA also prescribes Translational Pausing (TP). When coupled with the appropriate interpreters, multiple meanings and functions are programmed into the same sequence of configurable switch-settings. This additional layer of Ontological Prescriptiv...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： D'Onofrio DJ,Abel DL

更新日期：2014-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNA-Seq is a precise and highly reproducible technique for measurement of transcripts levels and yields sequence information of a transcriptome at a single nucleotide base-level thus enabling us to determine splice junctions and alternative splicing events with high confidence. Often analysis of mRNA-Seq data does no...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Bhattacharjee M,Gupta R,Davuluri RV

更新日期：2012-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) of short nucleotide motifs occur very frequently in the 5' untranslated coding region (5'-UTR) of genes and have been implicated in the regulation of gene expression. In this study, we identified an SSR with a variable number of CT repeats in the 5'-UTR of the Litopenaeus vannamei IRF (L...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Yin B,Wang H,Zhu P,Weng S,He J,Li C

更新日期：2019-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone proteins are dynamically modified to mediate a variety of cellular processes including gene transcription, DNA damage repair, and apoptosis. Regulation of these processes occurs through the recruitment of non-histone proteins to chromatin by specific combinations of histone post-translational modifications (PT...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Karch KR,Denizio JE,Black BE,Garcia BA

更新日期：2013-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Among people of European descent, the ability to digest lactose into adulthood arose via strong positive selection of a highly advantageous allele encompassing the lactase gene. Lactose-tolerant and intolerant individuals may have different disease risks due to the shared genetics of their haplotype block. Therefore, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Joslin SEK,Durbin-Johnson BP,Britton M,Settles ML,Korf I,Lemay DG

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:At the end of introns, the polypyrimidine tract (Py) is often close to the 3' AG in a consensus (Y)20NCAGgt in humans. Interestingly, we have found that they could also be separated by purine-rich elements including G tracts in thousands of human genes. These regulatory elements between the Py and 3' AG (REPA) mainly ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Nguyen H,Xie J

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Abundant genomic heterozygosity can be found in wild strains of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolated from industrial and clinical environments. The extent to which heterozygosity influences the phenotypes of these isolates is not fully understood. One such case is the PE-2/JAY270 strain, a natural hybri...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Sampaio NMV,Watson RA,Argueso JL

更新日期：2019-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic alterations in the epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR) result in aberrant activation of kinase signaling and occur in ∼15% of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC). Patients diagnosed with EGFR-mutant NSCLC have good initial clinical response to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR TKIs), yet tumor rec...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shaurova T,Zhang L,Goodrich DW,Hershberger PA

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA binding proteins (RBPs) play a key role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. They have been shown to be dysfunctional in a variety of cancers and are closely related to the occurrence and progression of cancers. However, the biological function and clinical significance of RBPs in clear cell renal carcinoma (c...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wu Y,Wei X,Feng H,Hu B,Liu B,Luan Y,Ruan Y,Liu X,Liu Z,Wang S,Liu J,Wang T

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Anther extrusion (AE) is the most important male floral trait for hybrid wheat seed production. AE is a complex quantitative trait that is difficult to phenotype reliably in field experiments not only due to high genotype-by-environment effects but also due to the short expression window in the field condition. In thi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Adhikari A,Basnet BR,Crossa J,Dreisigacker S,Camarillo F,Bhati PK,Jarquin D,Manes Y,Ibrahim AMH

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Recessive genetic diseases impose physical and psychological impacts to both newborns and parents who may not be aware of being carriers. Expanded carrier screening (ECS) allows screening for multiple genetic conditions at the same time. Whether or not such non-targeted panethnic approach of genetic carrier s...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Cheng HYH,Wong GCY,Chan YK,Lee CP,Tang MHY,Ng EH,Kan AS

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolutionary dynamics and tissue specificity of protein-coding genes are well documented in plants. However, the evolutionary consequences of small RNAs (sRNAs) on tissue-specific functions remain poorly understood. Here, we performed integrated analysis of 195 deeply sequenced sRNA libraries of maize B73, represe...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Xu Y,Zhang T,Li Y,Miao Z

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of vertebrae, especially thoracic vertebrae, is an important economic trait that may influence carcass length and meat production in animals. However, the genetic basis of vertebrae number in sheep is still poorly understood. To detect the candidate genes, 400 increased number of thoracic vertebrae (T14L6) ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li C,Li M,Li X,Ni W,Xu Y,Yao R,Wei B,Zhang M,Li H,Zhao Y,Liu L,Ullah Y,Jiang Y,Hu S

更新日期：2019-07-18 00:00:00