Flow Cytometric DNA Index and Karyotype in Childhood Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Erik Forestier, Gösta Holmgren, Göran Roos

“…A statistically significant correlation existed between modal chromosome number and DIFCM (p = 0.009). DIFCM could reliably identify leukemias with >51 chromosomes, whereas only three out of 12 cases with modal chromosome numbers between 47–51 were classified as aneuploid by DIFCM. …”
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Assembly of the salt-secreting mangrove Avicennia rumphiana. by Jeremy R Shearman, Chaiwat Naktang, Chutima Sonthirod, Wasitthee Kongkachana, Sonicha U-Thoomporn, Nukoon Jomchai, Chatree Maknual, Suchart Yamprasai, Poonsri Wanthongchai, Wirulda Pootakham, Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang

“…Reference based scaffolding produced 32 chromosome-level scaffolds containing 447.3 Mb, with 52.3 Mb of sequence unplaced. …”
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Transcription termination and antitermination are critical for the fitness and function of the integrative and conjugative element Tn916. by Erika S Wirachman, Alan D Grossman

“…Insulating gene expression in conjugative elements that are integrated in the chromosome is likely a key feature of the interplay between mobile genetic elements and their hosts and appears to be critical for the function and evolution of the large family of Tn916-like elements.…”
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Child with Deletion 9p Syndrome Presenting with Craniofacial Dysmorphism, Developmental Delay, and Multiple Congenital Malformations by Nirmala D. Sirisena, U. Kalpani S. Wijetunge, Ramya de Silva, Vajira H. W. Dissanayake

“…Cytogenetic studies confirmed terminal deletion of the short arm of chromosome 9 distal to band p22 [46,XY,del(9)(p22→pter)]. …”
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Nanopore sequencing reveals that DNA replication compartmentalisation dictates genome stability and instability in Trypanosoma brucei by Marija Krasiļņikova, Catarina A. Marques, Emma M. Briggs, Craig Lapsley, Graham Hamilton, Dario Beraldi, Kathryn Crouch, Richard McCulloch

“…Eleven megabase-sized chromosomes each comprise a transcribed core flanked by silent subtelomeres, housing thousands of Variant Surface Glycoprotein (VSG) genes. …”
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Identifying genetic susceptibility loci associated with human coronary artery disease. by Aqsa Zahid, Andleeb Batool, Abdul Wajid, Yurong Wu, Chun Liang, Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Amin Ullah, Kashif Iqbal Sahibzada, Hong Xue

“…In linkage analysis Chromosome 6 (Position 70.810): LOD = 3.16, Chromosome 7 (Position 107.190): LOD = 3.16, and chromosome 19 (Position 31.470): LOD = 3.90 also showed significant association with disease as p < 0.05. …”
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Analysis of significantly associated regions and candidate genes for dwarf stem trait in Brassica napus based on BSA-sequencing by ZHAO Weiguo, TA Na, WANG Hao, YANG Zelin

“…One significantly associated region was identified in the region from 21.78-23.88 Mb on chromosome A06. Five candidate genes within the significantly associated regions were identified and involved in the regulation of plant auxin synthesis and gibberellin signal transduction.…”
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USING <i> AVENA MACROSTACHYA </i> FOR IMPROVEMENT OF OAT WINTERHARDINESS IN POLAND by B. . Lapinski, A. . Rachwalska

“…The B1F or F2 generation consisted of plants with chromosome numbers between 40 and 49, octoploids (2n=56) and plants carrying 60 to 70 chromosomes. …”
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Cryoimmobilized anther analysis reveals new ultrastructural insights into Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) asymmetrical microsporogenesis by Danilo M. Rocha, Ulla Neumann, Fernanda M. Nogueira, Georgios Tsipas, André L. L. Vanzela, André Marques

“…IntroductionThe Cyperaceae family is distinguished by holocentric chromosomes and a distinctive microsporogenesis process, which includes inverted meiosis, asymmetric tetrad formation, selective cell death, and the formation of pseudomonad pollen. …”
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A breeding method for Ogura CMS restorer line independent of restorer source in Brassica napus by Xuesong Wang, Xingyu Liang, Rui Wang, Yuan Gao, Yun Li, Haoran Shi, Wanzhuo Gong, Saira Saleem, Qiong Zou, Lanrong Tao, Zeming Kang, Jin Yang, Qin Yu, Qiaobo Wu, Hailan Liu, Shaohong Fu

“…As a result, the restorer gene was mapped to three positions: A09 chromosome 10.99–17.20 Mb, C03 chromosome 5.07–5.34 Mb, and C09 chromosome 18.78–36.60 Mb. …”
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Diabetes Mellitus Secondary to Acute Pancreatitis in a Child with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome by Asma Deeb

“…Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome (WHS) is a rare genetic disease caused by deletion in the short arm of chromosome 4. It is characterized by typical fascial features and a varying degree of intellectual disabilities and multiple systemic involvement. …”
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DiGeorge Syndrome Presenting as Hypocalcaemia-Induced Seizures in Adulthood by Adrian Zammit, Deborah Grech Marguerat, Josephine Psaila, Alexander Attard

“…DiGeorge syndrome is a developmental defect commonly caused by a microdeletion on the long arm of chromosome 22 or less frequently by a deletion of the short arm of chromosome 10. …”
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IS IT POSSIBLE TO PREDICT TUMOR PROGRESSION THROUGH GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHY AND SMOLDERING MULTIPLE MYELOMA? by Ugo Testa, Giuseppe Leone, Elvira Pelosi, Germana Castelli, Valerio De Stefano

“…Primary molecular events, chromosome translocations, and chromosome number alterations resulting in hyperploidy, required for multiple myeloma development, are already observed in myeloma precursors. …”
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Extra Copies of der(21)t(12;21) plus Deletion of ETV6 Gene due to dic(12;18) in B-Cell Precursor ALL with Poor Outcome by Marina Araújo Fonzar Hernandes, Terezinha de Jesus Marques-Salles, Hasmik Mkrtchyan, Eliane Maria Soares-Ventura, Edinalva Pereira Leite, Maria Tereza Cartaxo Muniz, Maria Teresa Marquim Nogueira Cornélio, Thomas Liehr, Neide Santos, Maria Luiza Macedo Silva

“…Some relapse cases and unfavorable prognosis in ALL CD10+ are associated with t(12;21) bearing additional aberrations as extra copies of chromosome 21 and ETV6 gene loss. This report describes the case of a 15 month-year old girl, who displayed a karyotype with addition on chromosome 12p plus trisomy 10 and tetrasomy of chromosome 21. …”
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A genome-wide association study identifies genetic variants associated with hip pain in the UK Biobank cohort (N = 221,127) by Qi Pan, Yiwen Tao, Tengda Cai, Abi Veluchamy, Harry L. Hebert, Peixi Zhu, Mainul Haque, Tania Dottorini, Lesley A. Colvin, Blair H. Smith, Weihua Meng

“…Sex-stratified GWAS analyses revealed a unique locus within the CUL1 gene (rs4726995, p = 2.56 × 10–9) in males, and three unique loci in females: rs1651359966 on chromosome 7 (p = 1.15 × 10–8), rs552965738 on chromosome 9 (p = 2.72 × 10–8), and rs1978969 on chromosome 13 (p = 2.87 × 10–9). …”
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Assessment of the predictive power the radiation-induced lymphocyte apoptosis method in prostate cancer patients by Gyöngyvér Orsolya Sándor, Gyöngyi Farkas, Gábor Székely, Péter Ágoston, Kliton Jorgo, László Gesztesi, Tibor Major, Csilla Pesznyák, András Herein, Gábor Stelczer, Dalma Mihály, Georgina Fröhlich, Zsolt Jurányi, Zoltán Takácsi-Nagy, Csaba Polgár, Zsuzsa S. Kocsis

“…The negative predictive value for severe urinary side effects according to the IPSS questionnaire was 87.9% at the lower tertile of RILA values. Chromosome aberrations also correlated with side effects, but when we built models including variables of baseline and treatment characteristics of the patients, RILA, and chromosome aberrations, only RILA predicted a late increase in IPSS score (p < 0.0001, adjusted R2 = 68%). …”
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Movements of the Glandirana Frogs in Japan and South Korea: A Strategy for Defining Geographical Movements of Amphibians by Akira Oike, Koji Tojo, Yoriko Nakamura, Etsuro Ito, Masahisa Nakamura

“…To address the issue, we selected Glandirana rugosa as a representative of Japanese amphibians because this frog is the only species among amphibians in which nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial genes and sex chromosome evolution have been deeply investigated. …”
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The role of HEPCAM in Jacobsen syndrome: A pediatric case report highlighting white matter abnormalities by Ghazaleh Ghorbannezhad, Reza Nejad Shahrokh Abadi, Farrokh Seilanian Toosi, Shima Shekari, Saeedeh Sadat Mirtooni, Narges Hashemi

“…Furthermore, deletion mutations in the long arm of chromosome 11 can also give rise to Megalocephalic Leukoencephalopathy (MLC), affecting the HEPCAM gene. …”
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Molecular mapping of the grain iron and zinc concentration, protein content and thousand kernel weight in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). by Gopalareddy Krishnappa, Anju Mahendru Singh, Swati Chaudhary, Arvind Kumar Ahlawat, Santosh Kumar Singh, Ram Bihari Shukla, Jai Prakash Jaiswal, Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Ishwar Singh Solanki

“…A common region in the interval of Xgwm359-Xwmc407 on chromosome 2A was associated with Fe, Zn, and PC. One more QTL for TKW was identified on chromosome 2A but in a different chromosomal region (Xgwm382-Xgwm359). …”
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Genetic parameters and parental and early-life effects of boar semen traits by Pedro Sá, Rodrigo M. Godinho, Marta Gòdia, Claudia A. Sevillano, Barbara Harlizius, Ole Madsen, Henk Bovenhuis

“…Mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome inheritances showed no effect on semen traits. …”
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