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Male-benefit sexually antagonistic genotypes show elevated vulnerability to i...
Abstract Background There is theoretical and empirical evidence for strong sexual selection in males having positive effects on population viability by serving to purify the... -
Correction to: Isolation and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in...
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. -
The impact of genomic selection on genetic diversity and genetic gain in thre...
Abstract Background In France, implementation of genomic evaluations in dairy cattle breeds started in 2009 and this has modified the breeding schemes drastically. In this... -
MRI of trunk muscles and motor and respiratory function in patients with myot...
Abstract Background Myotonic Dystrophy 1 (DM1) causes progressive myopathy of extremity muscles. DM1 may also affect muscles of the trunk. The aim of this study was to... -
DiNAR: revealing hidden patterns of plant signalling dynamics using Different...
Abstract Background Progress in high-throughput molecular methods accompanied by more complex experimental designs demands novel data visualisation solutions. To specifically... -
Perioperative cerebrospinal fluid and plasma inflammatory markers after ortho...
Abstract Background Postoperative delirium is prevalent in older patients and associated with worse outcomes. Recent data in animal studies demonstrate increases in inflammatory... -
Development of a promoter shutoff system in <i>Aspergillus oryzae</i> using a...
Promoter shutoff is a general method for analyzing essential genes, but in the fungus Aspergillus oryzae, no tightly repressed promoters have been reported. To overcome the... -
Investigation of sex-specific effects of apolipoprotein E on severity of EAE ...
Abstract Background Despite pleiotropic immunomodulatory effects of apolipoprotein E (apoE) in vitro, its effects on the clinical course of experimental autoimmune... -
Evaluation of breeding strategies for polledness in dairy cattle using a newl...
Abstract Background Intensified selection of polled individuals has recently gained importance in predominantly horned dairy cattle breeds as an alternative to routine... -
Advanced paternal age as a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders: a tr...
Abstract Advanced paternal age (APA) is a risk factor for several neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and schizophrenia. The potential mechanisms conferring this risk... -
Erratum to: Pain management strategies for neuropathic pain in Fabry disease ...
Erratum to: Pain management strategies for neuropathic pain in Fabry disease - a systematic review -
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... -
Acute severe paediatric asthma: study protocol for the development of a core ...
Abstract Background Acute severe childhood asthma is an infrequent, but potentially life-threatening emergency condition. There is a wide range of different approaches to this... -
Genetic diversity and structure of Chinese grass shrimp, Palaemonetes sinensi...
Abstract Background The Chinese grass shrimp, Palaemonetes sinensis, is an economically important freshwater shrimp in China, and the study of genetic diversity and structure... -
Organic solar cells as high-speed data detectors for visible light communication
We show that solar cells, widely used in portable devices for power generation, can simultaneously extract a high-speed data signal in an optical wireless communication link.... -
Sedentary behavior patterns and adiposity in children: a study based on compo...
Abstract Background Between-person differences in sedentary patterns should be considered to understand the role of sedentary behavior (SB) in the development of childhood... -
s·nr: a visual analytics framework for contextual analyses of private and pub...
Abstract Background Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) has been widely accepted as an essential tool in molecular biology. Reduced costs and automated analysis pipelines make the... -
Condition-specific promoter activities in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Abstract Background Saccharomyces cerevisiae is widely studied for production of biofuels and biochemicals. To improve production efficiency under industrially relevant... -
Eye Biometry Using Quantitatve 3-D OCT
Cataracts cause the crystalline lens of the eye to progressively lose its transparency, which decreases vision. It is one of the major causes of vision loss in our aging... -
Golgi tethering factor golgin-97 suppresses breast cancer cell invasiveness b...
Abstract Background Golgin-97 is a tethering factor in the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and is crucial for vesicular trafficking and maintaining cell polarity. However, the...
