Canids, particularly dogs, constitute the major source of cystic echinococcosis (CE) infection to humans, with the majority of cases being caused by Echinococcus granulosus (G1 genotype). Canine echinococcosis is an ...

Currently, biodiversity is threatened by several factors often associated with human population growth and the extension of areas occupied by human activity. In particular, freshwater fish fauna is affected by overfishing, ...

Objectives: To rescue medical genetics concepts that are necessary to understand the advances in the genetic-molecular characterization of primary immunodeficiencies, to help in the understanding and adequate interpretation ...

The aim of the present study was to compare a model assuming unknown paternity and a model using genetic grouping to indicate the most adequate statistical procedure for the estimation of breeding values for animals with ...

Definitions of genetic polymorphism currently employed in the pharmacological literature have been incorrectly used (Kalow, 1984) and uncritically imported from population genetics [e.g., Weinshilboum (1984), Evans (1977)], ...

Definitions of genetic polymorphism currently employed in the pharmacological literature have been incorrectly used (Kalow, 1984) and uncritically imported from population genetics [e.g., Weinshilboum (1984), Evans (1977)], ...