Non-syndromic cleft lip/palate (NSCLP) is a complex genetic trait. Linkage and association studies have suggested that a clefting locus could be located on chromosome 4p. Sixty Chilean families were recruited for this ...

ABSTRACT. We have studied linkage disequilibrium in natural populations of Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas' disease, by analyzing (i) a set of 524 stocks from the whole geographical range of the ...

Linkage disequilibrium (LD) plays an important role in genomic selection and mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL). This study investigated the pattern of LD and effective population size (N-e) in Gir cattle selected ...

The choice of an appropriate study design is a critical first step in any genomic epidemiology research, especially considering the current unprecedented capacity of generating massive information derived from genomics and ...

Balfourodendron riedelianum is a tropical tree endemic to the Atlantic Forest biome that is currently endangered due to forest fragmentation and extensive exploitation. Three populations of the species are conserved ex ...

Copaifera langsdorffii is a Neotropical tree with wide distribution in the Brazilian Atlantic rain forest and savanna. Although eight microsatellite loci (SSR) were developed in 2000 and have been widely used since then, ...