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| | National Psoriasis Foundation: The role of genetics in psoriasis |
 | | If a marker exists in families with a genetic disease, the marker and the disease gene are said to be "linked," meaning they are located quite close to each other in the genetic sequence. | | | This is thought to be because only 2 percent to 3 percent of people encounter the "right" mix of genetics and triggers that lead to the development of psoriasis. | | | Those who have a genetic disease but don't have a family history of it, for example, may have "inherited" two genes from their father and two from their mother–neither of whom had all four and therefore never developed the disease. |
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http://www.psoriasis.org/research/known/genetics.php
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| | The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods: News Center |
| | Biobarcodes can be inserted into the gene sequence of a genetically altered organism when it's created. | | | U.S. farmers complain they have lost hundreds of millions of dollars in annual sales because of the EU's four-year-old moratorium on approvals of genetically modified goods, ranging from corn and soybeans to pharmaceuticals. | | | Scientists in Japan have genetically engineered silkworms to produce the substance collagen, which is widely used in cosmetic surgery. |
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http://www.thecampaign.org/News/dec02o.php
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| | Linking brain to mind in a common genetic disease |
| | Certain genetic diseases affect children's educational abilities in a distinctive pattern: impairing their numerical abilities more than their verbal skills. | | | In the early 1980s, geneticists at Children's Hospital were among the researchers that identified deletions in chromosome 22 as responsible for the syndrome, and later developed a diagnostic test for the syndrome that is now used around the world. | | | Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is one of the most common genetic sources of developmental disability. |
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-03/chop-lbt030205.php
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| | Nat' Academies Press, (NAS Colloquium) Links Between Recombination and Replication: Vital Roles of Recombination (2002) |
| | In humans, deletion or duplication between repeated DNA sequences contributes to human genetic disease, both of nuclear genes and in the mitochondrial genome (4, 6, 7). | | | These observations are consistent with the notion that conditions that stall polymerization or increase the amount of ssDNA in the fork increase the probability of tandem sequence rearrangements. | | | A large subset of mutations that inactivate genes are deletion events between two short regions of sequence homology, both in bacteria and in humans (3–5). |
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http://www.nap.edu/books/030907424X/html/148.html
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| | The Pregnancy Institute - PUCP |
| | A short cord may be due to reduced fetal activity (such as with twinning; monoamniotic and conjoined), as a primary failure of elongation (genetic ?), and in association with Sirenomelia (lack of adequate fetal blood pressure), Shisis, Anencephaly (lack of hypothalamic hormones?), Acardia (cardiac output?) and adhesions (Early Amniotic Rupture Sequence -EARS). | | | There are genetic syndromes associated with long and short umbilical cord formation which have been mentioned previously. | | | In the United States this would be 4,000 to 8,000 deaths per year of genetically normal fetuses. |
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http://www.preginst.com/pucp.html
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| | Marker Analysis |
| | Marker analysis is a genetic technique whereby the sequence of the gene is not directly analyzed, but the mutant copy (allele) of the gene is inferred through analysis of a genetic marker. | | | Genetic markers are polymorphic genetic sequences, such as microsatellites or RFLPs, which allow differentiation of the chromosomal alleles. | | | Inheritance patterns within a family are traced and the mutant allele identified by comparing the alleles of affected and unaffected individuals. |
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http://www.uvm.edu/~cgep/Education/Marker.html
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| | DNA AND PATERNITY TESTING |
| | DNA is a long polymer of nucleotides and encodes the sequence of the amino acid residues in proteins using the genetic code, a triplet code of nucleotides. | | | The genetic code is made up of three-letter 'words' (termed a codon) formed from a sequence of three nucleotides (e.g. | | | DNA is often referred to as the molecule of heredity, as it is responsible for the genetic propagation of most inherited traits. |
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http://dnatesting-paternitytesting.com/dnatechnology
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| | Allelic variants of bovine somatotropin gene:genetic marker for superior milk production in bovine |
| | The marker involves the presence of a polymorphism adjacent to the bovine prolactin gene sequence and a means for determining the presence of such polymorphism in bovine genetic material is described in U.S. Pat. | | | A technique utilized in genetic analysis known as restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis has been shown to be useful in identifying differences or polymorphisms in genetic material in a population. | | | The marker is the heterogeneous nature of the somatotropin gene which is a result of a polymorphism in the somatotropin gene sequence that causes two forms of somatotropin to exist in the bovine population. |
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http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/BST/Patents/1994/05374523.pat.html
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| | Future Human Evolution - Genetic Engineering News |
| | As many as 40 of 374 genes showed alteration in genetic activity that could be related to changes in DNA sequence called SNPs. | | | TWO antibodies that enabled the severed spinal nerves of rats to be regenerated are to be tested in humans. | | | There has been a lack of communication between the NSC and the nation's research institutes, and there remains a lack of awareness among research institutes of the gravity of the issues involved. |
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http://www.human-evolution.org/newsgenetic.php
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| | Integrated Genetic Map Service (IGMS) |
| | genetic map locations, genetic disorders, sequence homologies, tissue type profiles on a specific chromosomal region | | | short definition, corresponding 3' or 5' EST, gene expression profiles, Affymetrix GeneChip probe set numbers, genetic map locations, genetic disorders, sequence homologies, alternative splice forms, NCBI-link | | | tissue: library / type / histology / preparation, corresponding 3' or 5' ESTs, Affymetrix GeneChip probe set numbers, create your own tissue type specific sequence database |
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http://medseq.bioinf.mdc-berlin.de/imap
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| | Computational Genetics Laboratory |
| | We have demonstrated that this approach routinely identifies biochemical network models that are consistent with a variety of genetic models in which disease susceptibility is determined by nonlinear interactions between two or more DNA sequence variations. | | | This study will capitalize on expertise in trauma medicine, biochemical and molecular genetics, statistical genetics, and bioinformatics to provide a comprehensive approach to the identification of genetic predictors of trauma recovery and rehabilitation. | | | Coffey, C.S., Hebert, P.R., Krumholz, H.M., Morgan, T.M., Williams, S.M., Moore, J.H. Reporting of model validation procedures in human studies of genetic interactions. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Genetic programming |
| | A particular subset of genetic programming wherein computer programs are represented as a single sequence of instructions and data, as opposed to binary tree representations, for example. | | | While genetic programming has achieved results that are as good as and sometimes better than human-generated results, more work needs to be done on the theory in order to bring the technique into more widespread use. | | | Genetic Programming techniques have now been applied to evolvable hardware as well as computer programs. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Genetic-programming
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| | Multicellular eukarya genome sequencing projects |
| | The orangutan's genome sequence will complement the projects to sequence the genetic codes of fellow primates the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), both of which are nearing completion. | | | Decoding the sequence of our comrade in apehood may help to answer the age-old question of what makes us human. | | | Nearly 6% of the sequences analysed from one of their animal samples belonged to ancient bear: an unexpectedly large amount. |
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http://focosi.altervista.org/sequencing.htm
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| | The Human Genome Map, the Death of Genetic Determinism and Beyond |
| | The dog is 85% identical to a human in terms of genetic sequence and many of the 380 inherited diseases in dogs are similar to those in humans. | | | Nevertheless, arch genetic determinists and other prominent scientists as well as ‘bioethicists’ are advocating human germline gene therapy and human cloning. | | | Genetic determinism is dead, and has been dead at least for close to twenty years [3]. |
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http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HumangenTWN-pr.php
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| | Biotechnology: Genetic Engineering for Crop Plant Improvement |
| | Abstract: To effectively use transposable elements for the genetic manipulation of plant species lacking well characterized endogenous elements, it is important to evaluate the behavior of known transposable elements following their introduction into heterologous host species. | | | Abstract: A plant selectable marker gene consisting of cauliflower mosaic virus expression signals and the proteincoding sequence of bacterial neomycin phosphotransferase was modified by insertion of an intron sequence from a storage protein gene, phaseolin. | | | The genetic manipulation of fatty acid unsaturation is known to alter the chilling sensitivity of prokaryotes, and we have now demonstrated that it can also do so in higher plants. |
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http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/Biblios/qb9324.html
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| | Genetic Testing, S0 |
| | Individuals at risk for Huntington’s disease (HD) have the option of undergoing genetic testing, which detects the presence or absence of the genetic sequence that causes HD. | | | The science and practice of genetic testing for Huntington’s disease | | | The decision of whether or not to undergo genetic testing is intensely personal, with many factors to consider. |
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http://www.stanford.edu/group/hopes/diagnsis/gentest/s0.html
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Linear genetic programming |
| | Linear Genetic Programming is a particular subset of genetic programming wherein computer programs are represented as a single sequence of instructions and data, as opposed to binary tree representations, for example. | | | Linear genetic programming is unrelated to linear programming. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/L/LI/LIN/Linear_genetic_programming
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| | Species Differences: Natural Selection? Genetic Drift? |
| | The other 55% of differences seem to be relatively neutral in their effect and are probably due to random genetic drift. | | | A central problem for evolutionary biologists has been to determine what proportion of this very large number of amino acid differences came about as a result of natural selection and how many are the result of random genetic drift. | | | The DNA sequences of humans and chimpanzees differ by less than 2% but this adds up to about 350,000 amino acid differences. |
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http://unisci.com/stories/20021/0228023.htm
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| | ARS Publication request: Genetic Marker Analysis of a Global Collection of Isolates of Citrus Tristeza Virus: Characterization and Distribution of Ctv |
| | Citation: Hilf, M.E., Mavrodieva, V.A., Garnsey, S.M. Genetic Marker Analysis of a Global Collection of Isolates of Citrus Tristeza Virus: Characterization and Distribution of Ctv Genotypes and Association with Symptoms. | | | An analysis of the sequence of markers amplified from a small group of isolates by distance and maximum parsimony procedures supported the grouping of isolates based upon the marker patters. | | | Individual isolates within a group showed a wide spectrum of gain or loss of symptom type and symptom severity. |
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http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=159693&pf=1
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| | MGI 3.43 - Chronology of MGI Database Releases |
| | A "mini-map" display, showing the approximate location of a marker on a genetic map, was added to the detailed record display for a genetic marker. | | | MGI marker records also link to computationally derived transcript assemblies from the Database of Transcribed Sequence (DoTS) as well as from the Mouse Gene Index developed at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR).. | | | By the late 1980s a number of databases had been developed to fill specific research needs and were used in-house for data analysis and to produce periodic publications. |
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http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/mgicron.shtml
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| | Gene Expression: Against the "genetic determinism" strawman |
| | If you are going to claim that IQ may be measured by MRI then you presume that it is close to 100% genetically determined. | | | This is of course a strawman, and typical of the attacks on "genetic determinists". | | | It happens to be a fact - not "our claim" - that IQ can be statistically predicted from MRIs, but that doesn't mean that one's IQ is determined solely by the sequence of basepairs in your genome. |
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http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/002631.html
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| | Fingerprinting - Genetic fingerprinting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Genetic fingerprinting, DNA testing and DNA profiling are techniques used to Genetic fingerprinting exploits highly variable repeating sequences called | | | Bacteria are characterized by Rep-PCR fingerprinting using primers corresponding to naturally occurring repetitive sequences in the interspersed regions. | | | On some human chromosomes, a short sequence of DNA has been repeated a number of times. |
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http://listvista.com/lsvs/fingerprinting.htm
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| | Oryza sativa |
| | The sequence data are integrated with the genetic map, a YAC-based physical map, transcript map, PAC/BAC contigs for each sequenced clone. | | | This system provides a reliable and up-to-date analysis of the genome sequence as well as to store and retrieve the results of annotation. | | | The collected and analysed sequences include both japonica, mainly from the cultivar Nipponbare being sequenced by the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project (IRGSP), and indica sequences submitted to GenBank. |
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http://bioresearch.ac.uk/browse/mesh/D012275.html
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| | Rose Jagus |
| | Based on sequence homologies and our knowledge of the 3-D structure of mouse/human eIF4E-1, three classes of eIF4E have been recognized by the Jagus laboratory; Class I (prototypical eIF4E and subtypes), Class II (eIF4ELP/HP), and Class III (eIF4E-3) which is found only in vertebrates. | | | However, recently, through the analysis of whole genome sequences and ESTs, it has become apparent that genes producing many different eIF4E related proteins exist in higher eukaryotes. | | | Until recently, it was believed, through extrapolation from genetic studies in the yeast, that eIF4E was encoded by a single gene in higher eukaryotes. |
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http://www.umbi.umd.edu/~comb/faculty/jagus/jagus.html
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| | The identification of many expected cis-regulatory elements, together with the expression-class specificity of many novel motifs, makes this combination approach promising for the rapid elucidation of regulatory network architecture in the myriad of organisms which are now completely described at the DNA sequence level. | | | A systematic, upstream DNA motif search identified many known and putative cis-regulatory elements, highly specific to each expression class. | | | We present a systematic approach for determining the higher order organization of the transcriptional regulatory network from whole-genome mRNA expression data. |
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| | Leading Edge Journal 1994 |
| | Mapping the Sequence of Disease Resistance: A study of disease progression on the level of plant genetics that may give a clue to other biological processes, especially genetic protection from disease. | | | Weather Control Operations by the Knights of Malta and the OSJ: Interesting material finally reprinted after several months of delay which indicates that these folks may be responsible for some of the alteration in planetary weather patterns - activity which may not be in the best interests of humanity, however motivated. | | | Odors, Oscillations and Waves: A very interesting discussion of neural oscillatory activity, waveforms and historical research in this area. |
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http://www.trufax.org/catalog/1994.html
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| | A genetic sequence is interpreted as an executable sequence of instructions, or genetic program. | | | Mutations are performed on a single genetic sequence to produce offspring. | | | Each genetic sequence is a program that consists of a sequence of statements. |
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http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mjmcguff/csc2521/project/report
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| | Each genetic sequence is a program that consists of a sequence of statements. | | | A genetic sequence is interpreted as an executable sequence of instructions, or genetic program. | | | Mutations are performed on a single genetic sequence to produce offspring. |
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http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mjmcguff/csc2521/project/report
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