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What is the right sequencing approach? Solo VS extended family analysis in co...
Abstract Background Testing strategies is crucial for genetics clinics and testing laboratories. In this study, we tried to compare the hit rate between solo and trio and trio... -
UKCAT and medical student selection in the UK – what has changed since 2006?
Abstract Background The United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) is an aptitude test used since 2006 within selection processes of a consortium of UK medical and dental... -
The association of infant feeding patterns with food allergy symptoms and foo...
Abstract Background The role of infant feeding for food allergy in children is unclear and studies have not addressed simultaneous exposures to different foods. The goal of this... -
Transcriptionally promiscuous "blurry" promoters in Tc1/mariner transposons a...
Abstract Background We have recently described a peculiar feature of the promoters in two Drosophila Tc1-like elements, Bari1 and Bari3. The AT-richness and the presence of weak... -
Sympatric speciation in structureless environments
Abstract Background Darwin and the architects of the Modern Synthesis found sympatric speciation difficult to explain and suggested it is unlikely to occur. Increasingly,... -
Correspondence of D. melanogaster and C. elegans developmental stages reveale...
Abstract Background We report a statistical study to find correspondence of D. melanogaster and C. elegans developmental stages based on alternative splicing (AS)... -
Gut bacterial diversity and physiological traits of Anastrepha fraterculus Br...
Abstract Background The interaction between gut bacterial symbionts and Tephritidae became the focus of several studies that showed that bacteria contributed to the nutritional... -
Characterization of the extra copy of TPOX locus with tri-allelic pattern
Abstract Background An STR locus with tri-allelic pattern is occasionally observed in routine forensic casework. The extra copy of TPOX locus with tri-allelic pattern in... -
Divergent transcriptomic responses underlying the ranaviruses-amphibian inter...
Abstract Background Ranaviruses (family Iridoviridae, nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses) have been reported as promiscuous pathogens of cold-blooded vertebrates. Rana grylio... -
Flying ticks: anciently evolved associations that constitute a risk of infect...
Abstract Ticks are important vectors of emerging zoonotic diseases affecting human and animal health worldwide. Ticks are often found on wild birds, which have been long... -
HIV-1 molecular transmission clusters in nine European countries and Canada: ...
Abstract Background Knowledge of HIV-1 molecular transmission clusters (MTCs) is important, especially in large-scale datasets, for designing prevention programmes and public... -
Establishment of lateral organ asymmetries in the invertebrate chordate, Cion...
Abstract Background The evolutionary emergence and diversification of the chordates appear to involve dramatic changes in organ morphogenesis along the left/right axis. However,... -
The phenotypic signature of adaptation to thermal stress in Escherichia coli
Abstract Background In the short-term, organisms acclimate to stress through phenotypic plasticity, but in the longer term they adapt to stress genetically. The mutations that... -
Draft genome sequences of eight bacteria isolated from the indoor environment...
Abstract We report here the draft genome sequences of eight bacterial strains of the genera Staphylococcus, Microbacterium, Mycobacterium, Plantibacter, and Pseudomonas. These... -
Females of a gift-giving spider do not trade sex for food gifts: a consequenc...
Abstract Background Polyandry is commonly maintained by direct benefits in gift-giving species, so females may remate as an adaptive foraging strategy. However, the assumption... -
A food-grade expression system for d-psicose 3-epimerase production in Bacill...
Abstract Background Food-grade expression systems require that the resultant strains should only contain materials from food-safe microorganisms, and no antibiotic resistance... -
Weekday snacking prevalence, frequency, and energy contribution have increase...
Abstract Background There are limited data on the evolution of eating habits, including snacking, in Australia. This study aimed to understand snacking trends among Australian... -
Subfunctionalization of peroxisome proliferator response elements accounts fo...
Abstract Background In the duplication-degeneration-complementation (DDC) model, a duplicated gene has three possible fates: it may lose functionality through the accumulation... -
Single chip lidar with discrete beam steering by digital micromirror device
A novel method of beam steering enables a large field of view and reliable single chip light detection and ranging (lidar) by utilizing a mass-produced digital micromirror... -
Comprehensive analysis of LDHAP5 pseudogene expression and potential pathogen...
Abstract Background We aimed to identify differentially expressed pseudogenes and explore their potential functions in four types of common gynecological malignancies (e.g.,...
