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• A human y-linked DNA polymorphism and its potential for estimating genetic and evolutionary distance

  Author:Myriam CasanovaFrom:Science (Vol. 230) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20, 19851,433 words Article The application of restriction enzyme analysis and DNA recombinant technology to the study of human variation has uncovered a new class of genetic markers that are distributed among families and populations according to...

• Oat chromosomes on display

  Author:Linda CookeFrom:Agricultural Research (Vol. 42, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 1994594 words Article Plant geneticists at the University of Minnesota are using C-banding, a staining technique, to study oat genes. A black-and-white video camera attached to a microscope relays images to a computer monitor and the images...

• Sex and Repression

  Authors:Mitzi I. Kuroda and Richard L. KelleyFrom:Science (Vol. 284, Issue 5421) Peer-Reviewed

  June 11, 19991,260 words Article A recent discovery that subunits of a large protein complex are related to the mitotic chromosome condensation and segregation machinery surprised researchers. The subunits are required for dosage compensation in...

• Maleness pinpointed on Y chromosome

  Author:Gina KolataFrom:Science (Vol. 234) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 28, 19861,591 words Article Maleness Pinpointed on Y Chromosome No one really knows what makes amale a male or a female a female. But researchers thought they at leat had a hint. Their hypothesis was that the mysterious H-Y antigen somehow...

• Convergent evolution of chicken Z and human X chromosomes by expansion and gene acquisition

  Authors:Daniel W. Bellott, Helen Skaletsky, Tatyana Pyntikova, Elaine R. Mardis, Tina Graves, Colin Kremitzki, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 466, Issue 7306) Peer-Reviewed

  July 29, 20105,349 words Report 1460LIn birds, as in mammals, one pair of chromosomes differs between the sexes. In birds, males are ZZ and females ZW. In mammals, males are XY and females XX. Like the mammalian XY pair, the avian ZW pair is believed to...

• The X chromosome is necessary for ovule production in Silene latifolia

  Authors:Paris Veltsos and Lynda F. DelphFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 23, 20193,963 words Report 1470LSex chromosomes stop recombining and accumulate differences over time. In particular, genes on the chromosome restricted to the heterogametic sex degenerate and become non-functional. Here, we investigated whether or...

• Construction of papaya male and female BAC libraries and application in physical mapping of the sex chromosomes

  Authors:Andrea R. Gschwend, Qingyi Yu, Paul Moore, Christopher Saski, Cuixia Chen, Jianping Wang, et al.From:Journal of Biomedicine and BiotechnologyPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20114,987 words Report 1440LPapaya is a major fruit crop in the tropics and has recently evolved sex chromosomes. Towards sequencing the papaya sex chromosomes, two bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) libraries were constructed from papaya male...

• Sex chromosome evolution in amniotes: applications for bacterial artificial chromosome libraries

  Authors:Daniel E. Janes, Nicole Valenzuela, Tariq Ezaz, Chris Amemiya, and Scott V. EdwardsFrom:Journal of Biomedicine and BiotechnologyPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20114,838 words Report 1690LVariability among sex chromosome pairs in amniotes denotes a dynamic history. Since amniotes diverged from a common ancestor, their sex chromosome pairs and, more broadly, sex-determining mechanisms have changed...

• The Roberts Syndrome: A case report of an infant with valvular aortic stenosis and mutation in ESCO2

  From:Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (Vol. 64, Issue 4)

  Apr. 30, 20141,647 words Article 1540LByline: Mustafa Dogan, Fatih Firinci, Yasemin Isik Balci, Funda Ozgurler, Selcan Zeybek, Cavidan Nur Semerci, Ilkay Erdogan and Birgul Varan Abstract Roberts syndrome, which is inherited as an autosomal recessive...

• Correction: A Human Artificial Chromosome Recapitulates the Metabolism of Native Telomeres in Mammalian Cells

  From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 22, 2014426 words Correction notice 1070LAuthor(s): The PLOS ONE Staff Figure 5 is incorrect in the PDF version of this article. The publisher apologizes for this error. The authors have provided a corrected version of Figure 5 here. Figure 5. The...

• Translational challenges of human herpesvirus 6 chromosomal integration

  Authors:Leonardo Potenza, Patrizia Barozzi, Giuseppe Torelli, and Mario LuppiFrom:Future Microbiology (Vol. 5, Issue 7)

  July 20102,086 words Editorial, Report 1610LAuthor(s): Leonardo Potenza 1 , Patrizia Barozzi 1 , Giuseppe Torelli 1 , Mario Luppi [[dagger]â ] 2 Human herpesvirus (HHV) -6, unique among all the herpesviruses, exhibits a form of latency consisting of the...

• In utero origins of childhood leukaemia

  Author:Mel GreavesFrom:Early Human Development (Vol. 81, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20053,072 words Article Abstract Chimaeric fusion genes derived by chromosome translocation are common molecular abnormalities in paediatric leukaemia and provide unique markers for the malignant clone. They have been especially informative in...

• EastEnders

  Author:SMHFrom:Science (Vol. 288, Issue 5465) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 21, 2000181 words Brief article A cell's nucleus represents a miracle of ordered packing, and the giant nuclei of larval Drosophila salivary glands provide a useful model to study chromosomal packing because they must accommodate giant polytene...

• Polyploidy--More Is More or Less

  Authors:Philip Hieter and Tony GriffithsFrom:Science (Vol. 285, Issue 5425) Peer-Reviewed

  July 9, 19991,143 words Article Many plants and animals are polyploid with more than two sets of chromosomes. Bananas are triploid and wheat is hexaploid. More than half of the flowering plant species are polyploid. Fewer animals are polyploid though...

• A common mechanism of chromosomal translocation in T- and B-cell neoplasia

  Authors:Lawrence R. Finger, Richard C. Harvey, Robert C.A. Moore, Louise C. Showe, and Carlo M. CroceFrom:Science (Vol. 234) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 21, 19862,023 words Article A Common Mechanism of Chromosomal Translocation in T- and B-Cell Neoplasia MOST HUMAN T-CELL NEOPLASMS carry specific chromosomal rearrangements, predominantly chromosomal translocations and inversions. These...

• Constitutive fragile sites and cancer

  Authors:Jorge J. Yunis and A. Lee SorengFrom:Science (Vol. 226) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 7, 19841,976 words Article A few specific chromosome sites tend to be expressed as gaps or breaks during routine human metaphase chromosome preparations (320 bands per haploid set). With the exception of sites 3p 14.2, 6q25.3, and 16q23.2, these...

• Chromosomal location of human metallothionein genes: implications for Menkes' disease

  Authors:Carl J. Schmidt, Dean Hamer, and O. Wesley McBrideFrom:Science (Vol. 224) Peer-Reviewed

  June 8, 19841,342 words Article Metallothioneins (MT's) are cysteinerich, low molecular weight proteins that bind heavy metal ions including zinc, copper, cadmium, and mercury(1). They are believed to play a role in both heavy metal homeostasis and...

• An Inducible Fusaric Acid Tripartite Efflux Pump Contributes to the Fusaric Acid Resistance in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

  Authors:Rouh-Mei Hu, Sih-Ting Liao, Chiang-Ching Huang, Yi-Wei Huang, and Tsuey-Ching YangFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 7, 20125,410 words Article 1440LAuthor(s): Rouh-Mei Hu 1 , Sih-Ting Liao 2 , Chiang-Ching Huang 3 , Yi-Wei Huang 4 , Tsuey-Ching Yang 2 , * Introduction Fusarium is a large genus of filamentous fungi widely distributed in soil. The genus...

• Disclosing the Genetic Structure of Brazil through Analysis of Male Lineages with Highly Discriminating Haplotypes

  Authors:Teresinha Palha, Leonor Gusmao, Elzemar Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Joao Farias Guerreiro, Andrea Ribeiro-dos-Santos, and Sidney SantosFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 10, 20124,483 words Article 1610LAuthor(s): Teresinha Palha 1 , * , Leonor Gusmão 1 , 2 , Elzemar Ribeiro-Rodrigues 1 , João Farias Guerreiro 1 ,Ândrea Ribeiro-dos-Santos 1 , Sidney Santos 1 Introduction From the genetic point of view, Brazil is...

• Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Plasma 25-Hydroxy-Vitamin D on Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

  Authors:Evropi Theodoratou, Tom Palmer, Lina Zgaga, Susan M. Farrington, Paul McKeigue, Farhat V. N. Din, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 6, 20126,048 words Article 1550LAuthor(s): Evropi Theodoratou 1 , 2 , * , Tom Palmer 3 , Lina Zgaga 1 , 2 , 4 , Susan M. Farrington 2 , Paul McKeigue 1 , Farhat V. N. Din 2 , Albert Tenesa 2 , 5 , George Davey-Smith 3 , Malcolm G. Dunlop 2 , Harry...