A genomic comparison of two termites with different social complexity.

abstract：:Tools for genomic island prediction use strategies for genomic comparison analysis and sequence composition analysis. The goal of comparative analysis is to identify unique regions in the genomes of related organisms, whereas sequence composition analysis evaluates and relates the composition of specific regions with ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： da Silva Filho AC,Raittz RT,Guizelini D,De Pierri CR,Augusto DW,Dos Santos-Weiss ICR,Marchaukoski JN

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:It is broadly expected that next generation sequencing will ultimately generate a complete genome as is the latest goat reference genome (ARS1), which is considered to be one of the most continuous assemblies in livestock. However, the rich diversity of worldwide goat breeds indicates that a genome from one individual...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li R,Fu W,Su R,Tian X,Du D,Zhao Y,Zheng Z,Chen Q,Gao S,Cai Y,Wang X,Li J,Jiang Y

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A balanced pericentric inversion is normally without any clinical consequences for its carrier. However, there is a well-known risk of such inversions to lead to unbalanced offspring. Inversion-loop formation is the mechanism which may lead to duplication or deletion of the entire or parts of the inverted segment in t...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Liehr T,Weise A,Mrasek K,Ziegler M,Padutsch N,Wilhelm K,Al-Rikabi A

更新日期：2019-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in mitochondrial (mt) DNA determine important human diseases. The majority of the known pathogenic mutations are located in transfer RNA (tRNA) genes and are responsible for a wide range of currently untreatable disorders. Experimental evidence both in yeast and in human cells has shown that the detrimental ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Giordano C,Morea V,Perli E,d'Amati G

更新日期：2015-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The fragile X premutation (PM) allele contains a CGG expansion of 55-200 repeats in the FMR1 gene's promoter. Male PM carriers have an elevated risk of developing neurological and psychiatric changes, including an approximately 50% risk of the fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). The aim of this study ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Loesch DZ,Trost N,Bui MQ,Hammersley E,Lay ST,Annesley SJ,Sanislav O,Allan CY,Tassone F,Chen ZP,Ngoei KRW,Kemp BE,Francis D,Fisher PR,Storey E

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition is the most important environmental factor that can influence early developmental processes through regulation of epigenetic mechanisms during pregnancy and neonatal periods. Maternal diets or nutritional compositions contribute to the establishment of the epigenetic profiles in the fetus that have a profoun...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li Y

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of bulk RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) data is a valuable tool to understand transcription at the genome scale. Targeted sequencing of RNA has emerged as a practical means of assessing the majority of the transcriptomic space with less reliance on large resources for consumables and bioinformatics. TempO-Seq is a t...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Bushel PR,Ferguson SS,Ramaiahgari SC,Paules RS,Auerbach SS

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-synonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) within the coding regions of genes causing amino acid substitutions (AASs) may have a large impact on protein function. The possibilities to identify nsSNPs across genomes have increased notably with the advent of next-generation sequencing technologies...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li X,Kierczak M,Shen X,Ahsan M,Carlborg O,Marklund S

更新日期：2013-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed strain infection (MSI) refers to the concurrent infection of a susceptible host with multiple strains of a single pathogenic species. Known to occur in humans and animals, MSIs deserve special consideration when studying transmission dynamics, evolution, and treatment of mycobacterial diseases, notably tuberculo...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Byrne AS,Goudreau A,Bissonnette N,Shamputa IC,Tahlan K

更新日期：2020-12-21 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：PURPOSE:Genetic risk assessment is becoming an important component of clinical decision-making. Genetic Risk Scores (GRSs) allow the composite assessment of genetic risk in complex traits. A technically and clinically pertinent question is how to most easily and effectively combine a GRS with an assessment of clinical ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Goldstein BA,Knowles JW,Salfati E,Ioannidis JP,Assimes TL

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：: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

abstract：:Metastasis is a complex process that involved in various genetic and epigenetic alterations during the progression of breast cancer. Recent evidences have indicated that the mutation in the genome sequence may not be the key factor for increasing metastatic potential. Epigenetic changes were revealed to be important f...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhuang J,Huo Q,Yang F,Xie N

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver is the main organ of lipid metabolism in chicken, especially for laying hens. To explore the molecular mechanism of lipid metabolism in chicken, five novel genes discovered in chicken liver tissue were systematically studied. Bioinformatic analysis was used to analyze the gene characteristics. The expression pat...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li H,Li Y,Yang L,Zhang D,Liu Z,Wang Y,Han R,Li G,Li Z,Tian Y,Kang X,Liu X

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast growth is one of the most desired traits for all food animals, which affects the profitability of animal production. The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, is an important aquaculture shellfish around the world with the largest annual production. Growth of the Pacific oyster has been greatly improved by artificia...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhang F,Hu B,Fu H,Jiao Z,Li Q,Liu S

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a rare congenital erythroid aplasia with a highly heterogeneous genetic background; it usually occurs in infancy. Approximately 30-40% of patients have other associated congenital anomalies; in particular, facial anomalies, such as cleft palate, are part of about 10% of the DBA clinica...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Roberti D,Conforti R,Giugliano T,Brogna B,Tartaglione I,Casale M,Piluso G,Perrotta S

更新日期：2018-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: During the last decades a number of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) has identified numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with different complex diseases. However, associations reported in one population are often conflicting and did not replicate when studied in other populatio...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Nikoghosyan M,Hakobyan S,Hovhannisyan A,Loeffler-Wirth H,Binder H,Arakelyan A

更新日期：2019-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbiome is known to have a profound effect on the development, physiology and health of its host. Whether and how it also contributes to evolutionary diversification of the host is, however, unclear. Here we hypothesize that disruption of the microbiome by new stressful environments interferes with host-microbe...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Soen Y

更新日期：2014-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a rare inherited bone dysplasia, which is mainly caused by mutations in genes encoding type I collagen including COL1A1 and COL1A2. It has been well established to identify the classical variants as well as consensus splicing-site-variants in these genes in our previous studies. However...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li L,Cao Y,Zhao F,Mao B,Ren X,Wang Y,Guan Y,You Y,Li S,Yang T,Zhao X

更新日期：2019-10-18 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：: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：:Human malnutrition due to micronutrient deficiencies, particularly with regards to Zinc (Zn) and Selenium (Se), affects millions of people around the world, and the enrichment of staple foods through biofortification has been successfully used to fight hidden hunger. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the staple foods m...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Roda FA,Marques I,Batista-Santos P,Esquível MG,Ndayiragije A,Lidon FC,Swamy BPM,Ramalho JC,Ribeiro-Barros AI

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：Background:SOX2 overlapping transcript (SOX2-OT) produces alternatively spliced long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA). Previous studies of the prognostic role of SOX2-OT expression met with conflicting results. The aim of this study was to properly consider the prognostic role of SOX2-OT expression in several cancers. In addit...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li Y,Du M,Wang S,Zha J,Lei P,Wang X,Wu D,Zhang J,Chen D,Huang D,Lu J,Li H,Sun M

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is the leading cause of cancer-related death among skin tumors, with an increasing incidence worldwide. Few studies have effectively investigated the significance of an immune-related gene (IRG) signature for melanoma prognosis. Here, we constructed an IRGs prognostic signature using bioinformatics methods an...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Liu N,Liu Z,Liu X,Duan X,Huang Y,Jin Z,Niu Y,Zhang L,Chen H

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Specialized cell types of trophoblast cells form the placenta in which each cell type has particular properties of proliferation and invasion. The placenta sustains the growth of the fetus throughout pregnancy and any aberrant trophoblast differentiation or invasion potentially affects the future health of the child a...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Logan PC,Mitchell MD,Lobie PE

更新日期：2013-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in technology have made it convenient to obtain a large amount of single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data. Since that clustering is a very important step in identifying or defining cellular phenotypes, many clustering approaches have been developed recently for these applications. The general methods can ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhu Y,Zhang DX,Zhang XF,Yi M,Ou-Yang L,Wu M

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A complete and compelling evolutionary explanation for the origin of human menopause is wanting. Menopause onset is defined clinically as the final menses, confirmed after 1 year without menstruation. The theory proposed herein explains at multiple levels - ultimately genetic but involving (1) behavioral, (2) life his...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Takahashi M,Singh RS,Stone J

更新日期：2017-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS/HYPOTHESIS:Genome-wide association studies have identified over 50 new genetic loci for type 2 diabetes (T2D). Several studies conclude that higher dietary heme iron intake increases the risk of T2D. Therefore we assessed whether the relation between genetic loci and T2D is modified by dietary heme iron intake. M...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Pasquale LR,Loomis SJ,Aschard H,Kang JH,Cornelis MC,Qi L,Kraft P,Hu FB

更新日期：2013-01-30 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