Lettuce (L. sativa L., 2n = 2x = 18) is an agricuturally important leafy vegetable cultivated predominantly in temperate climates and produced in large quantities in Korea. The complete decoding of ...

Associating phenotypes with genotypes is the fundamental aim of genetics. Linkage analysis and association analysis are the two principal experimental strategies commonly used by researchers to ...

Recently, a genome-wide biallelic linkage map of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been constructed based on the direct hybridization of whole genomic DNA from two polymorphic strains to high-density ...

Advancements in whole-genome sequencing have revolutionized plant species characterization, providing a wealth of genotypic data for analysis. The combination of genomic selection and neural networks, ...

Sequenom, Inc. has announced new data showing the discovery of DNA methylation markers for Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), Trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) and Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome) and identification ...

Mice and rats are a fundamental component of drug discovery research. Standard outbred stocks and inbred strains of rodents are used extensively for drug safety and pharmacokinetic testing. Our ...

Clinical characteristics at diagnosis of patients who survive more than 5 years after diagnosis of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO Annual ...

Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in microRNAs are known to play important roles ...

New research reveals that sodium nitroprusside (SNP) treatment significantly reduces decay and maintains the appearance of walnuts, enhancing both disease resistance and overall quality. This ...

(Reuters Health) - Many people worry about inheriting health problems from their parents, but a new approach to analyzing genetic contributions to disease risk suggests that for most diseases, ...