Background: Calpain 10 (CAPN10) gene is involved in a wide variety of cellular processes, among them the exocytosis of insulin. CAPN10 presents polymorphic variants that have been associated with diabetes mellitus type ...

Novel simple nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) were identified using 454 transcriptome pyrosequencing in the snail Concholepas concholepas. From 2,991 contigs annotated with SNPs from De novo assembly, 7,069 putative polymorphisms ...

Melanoma accounts for the majority of deaths from skin cancer. Women tend to be diagnosed at a younger age and have better survival than men. A tumor-host interaction might be responsible for these gender-specific differences. ...

Breeding techniques and molecular tools, i.e., biotechnology, have increased crop yield over the last century. Marker-assisted selection and, more recently, genome-wide association studies and genomic selection have been ...

Background: Previous genome-wide association analyses identified QTL regions in the X chromosome for percentage of normal sperm and scrotal circumference in Brahman and Tropical Composite cattle. These traits are important ...

The main objectives of this study were to identify and functionally classify SNPs and indels by exome sequencing of animals of the racing line of Quarter Horses. Based on the individual genomic estimated breeding values ...

O alumínio é um metal pesado que causa problemas em 30-40% das terras cultiváveis do planeta, mais comumente nos trópicos, onde os solos são ácidos, e possui efeito tóxico direto sobre o metabolismo vegetal. Estudos recentes ...