CHAMP1 premature termination codon mutations found in individuals with intellectual disability cause a homologous recombination defect through haploinsufficiency by Yujiro Yoshizaki, Yunosuke Ouchi, Dicky Kurniawan, Eisuke Yumoto, Yuki Yoneyama, Faiza Ramadhani Rizqullah, Hiyori Sato, Mirjam Hanako Sarholz, Toyoaki Natsume, Masato T. Kanemaki, Masanori Ikeda, Ayako Ui, Kenji Iemura, Kozo Tanaka

“…Abstract CHAMP1 (chromosome alignment-maintaining phosphoprotein 1) plays a role in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by homologous recombination (HR). …”
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Assessment of diversity of Indian aromatic rice germplasm collections for morphological, agronomical, quality traits and molecular characters to identify a core set for crop improv... by G. S. V. Prasad, G. Padmavathi, K. Suneetha, M. S. Madhav, K. Muralidharan

“…The markers are informative in analyzing the diversity as the PIC values estimated varied from 0.17 (RM577 on chromosome 1) to 0.72 (RM276 on chromosome 6) with an average of 0.54 per locus. …”
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Contribution of Cytogenetics to the Debate on the Paraphyly of Pachycondyla spp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae) by Cléa dos Santos Ferreira Mariano, Silvia das Graças Pompolo, Janisete Gomes Silva, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie

“…It is likely that karyotypes with a large number of chromosomes and comprising mostly small acrocentric chromosomes in species within the Pachycondyla stricto sensu group resulted from a succession of centric fission events. …”
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IDENTIFICATION OF A (1B)1R SUBSTITUTION AND 1BL.1RS TRANSLOCATION IN WINTER WHEAT INTROGRESSION LINES BY CYTOGENETIC AND MOLECULAR METHODS by I. I. Motsnyy, S. V. Chebotar, L. V. Sudarchuk, A. V. Galaev, Yu. M. Sivolap

“…The pairing between short arms of chromosomes 1BL.1RS and bread wheat chromosome 1B is observed at a very low frequency (in 0,2–0,3 % of pollen mother cells). …”
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The first insight into Acanthocephalus (Palaeacanthocephala) satellitome: species-specific satellites as potential cytogenetic markers by Anna Marková, Martina Orosová, Pablo Mora, Michal Benovics, Pedro Lorite

“…These newly identified satellites proved to be useful chromosomal markers for the accurate identification of homologous chromosome pairs. …”
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Recent Advances in DNA Systems for In Situ Telomerase Activity Detection and Imaging by Shiyi Zhang, Wenjing Xiong, Shuyue Xu, Ruocan Qian

“…Telomeres play a key role in maintaining chromosome stability and cellular aging. They consist of repetitive DNA sequences that protect chromosome ends and regulate cell division. …”
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Embryo Mosaicism Rate in National Referral Hospital of Indonesia Detected Using Next-Generation Sequencing: A Retrospective Study by Achmad Kemal Harzif, Muhammad Ikhsan, Pritta Ameilia Iffanolida, Kresna Mutia, Budi Wiweko, R Muharam, Kanadi Sumapraja, Gita Pratama, Mila Maidarti, Vita Silvana, Amalia Shadrina, Irene Sinta Febriana, Nafi'atul Ummah, Aisyah Retno Puspawardani, Andon Hestiantoro

“…Notably, low-level mosaicism predominated in chromosome 9 (n=10,5.1%), whereas abnormality prevalence was highest in chromosome 21 (n=20, 10.2%). …”
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Genome-wide association study reveals major loci for resistance to septoria tritici blotch in a Tunisian durum wheat collection. by Maroua Ouaja, Bikash Ghimire, Bochra Amina Bahri, Medini Maher, Sahbi Ferjaoui, Sripada Udupa, Sonia Hamza

“…A major QTL was identified on each of chromosomes 1B, 4B, 5A, and 7B, respectively. The QTL on 7B chromosome colocalized with Stb8 identified in bread wheat. …”
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The unconventional Xer recombination machinery of Streptococci/Lactococci. by Pascal Le Bourgeois, Marie Bugarel, Nathalie Campo, Marie-Line Daveran-Mingot, Jessica Labonté, Daniel Lanfranchi, Thomas Lautier, Carine Pagès, Paul Ritzenthaler

“…Homologous recombination between circular sister chromosomes during DNA replication in bacteria can generate chromosome dimers that must be resolved into monomers prior to cell division. …”
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INLUENCE OF ALIEN GENETIC MATERIAL ON THE MANIFESTATION OF AGRONOMICALLY IMPORTANT TRAITS OF COMMON WHEAT (T. aestivum L.) by I. N. Leonova

“…Additionally, alien gene introgression from wild relatives occurs through whole chromosome or chromosome arm substitutions, or long translocated fragments that, together with target loci, may contain genetic material that afects other agronomically important traits. …”
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Extracting and analyzing micronuclei from mouse two-cell embryos fertilized with freeze-dried spermatozoa by Ikue Shibasaki, Hinata Sugiyama, Yuko Kamada, Hiroaki Nagatomo, Daiyu Ito, Sayaka Wakayama, Masatoshi Ooga, Tsuyoshi Kasai, Takashi Kohda, Teruhiko Wakayama

“…Abstract Abnormal chromosome segregation (ACS) in preimplantation embryos causes miscarriages. …”
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FOX DOMESTICATION: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN SELECTION FOR BEHAVIOR by L. N. Trut, Yu. E. Herbeck, A. V. Kharlamova, R. G. Gulevich, A. V. Kukekova

“…The most important result is that the region most closely associated with tame behavior was identified on fox chromosome 12 by QTL interval mapping. The result is the more so significant that the region is similar to the region on canine chromosome 5 presumed to be responsible for early domestication of wolves and their evolutionary transformation to primitive dogs.…”
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Regulatory logic of endogenous RNAi in silencing de novo genomic conflicts. by Jeffrey Vedanayagam, Ching-Jung Lin, Ranjith Papareddy, Michael Nodine, Alex S Flynt, Jiayu Wen, Eric C Lai

“…These data suggest that endo-RNAi are especially critical during incipient stages of intrinsic sex chromosome conflicts, and that continual cycles of distortion and resolution may contribute to speciation.…”
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Comparative Studies on Cellular Behaviour of Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus Linn. cv. Grenadin) Grown In Vivo and In Vitro for Early Detection of Somaclonal Variation by Jamilah Syafawati Yaacob, Rosna Mat Taha, Arash Khorasani Esmaeili

“…Cellular parameters including the mitotic index (MI), chromosome count, ploidy level (nuclear DNA content), mean cell and nuclear areas, and cell doubling time (Cdt) were determined from the 2 mm root tip segments of this species. …”
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A Novel 2.3 Mb Microduplication of 9q34.3 Inserted into 19q13.4 in a Patient with Learning Disabilities by Shalinder Singh, Fern Ashton, Renate Marquis-Nicholson, Jennifer M. Love, Chuan-Ching Lan, Salim Aftimos, Alice M. George, Donald R. Love

“…Insertional translocations in which a duplicated region of one chromosome is inserted into another chromosome are very rare. …”
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ANDROGENESIS ABILITY IN COMMON WHEAT EUPLASMIC LINES AND ALLOPLASMIC RECOMBINANT LINES (H. VULGARE)-T. AESTIVUM POSSESSING 1RS.1BL AND 7DL-7AI TRANSLOCATIONS AND PRODUCTION OF DOUB... by T. S. Osadchaya, L. A. Pershina, N. V. Trubacheeva, I. A. Belan, L. P. Rosseeva, E. P. Devyatkina

“…The inducing reciprocal influence of barley cytoplasm and rye chromosome 1RS on the androgenesis ability of lines (H. vulgare)-T. aestivum with 1RS.1BL and 7DL-7Ai translocations is discussed. …”
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RECQ4-MUS81 interaction contributes to telomere maintenance with implications to Rothmund-Thomson syndrome by Raghib Ashraf, Hana Polasek-Sedlackova, Victoria Marini, Jana Prochazkova, Zdenka Hasanova, Magdalena Zacpalova, Michala Boudova, Lumir Krejci

“…Loss of this interaction, results in significant chromosomal segregation defects, including the accumulation of micronuclei, anaphase bridges, and ultrafine bridges (UFBs). …”
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Evolution of CpG-islands by means of tandem duplications by V. N. Babenko, Y. L. Orlov, Zh. T. Isakova, D. A. Antonov, M. I. Voevoda

“…One of the most pronounced tandems are located in chromosome 19, known for its abundance of segment duplications and gene expansion. …”
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FABIO: TWAS fine-mapping to prioritize causal genes for binary traits. by Haihan Zhang, Kevin He, Zheng Li, Lam C Tsoi, Xiang Zhou

“…Here, we present FABIO, a TWAS fine-mapping method specifically designed for binary traits that is capable of modeling all genes jointly on an entire chromosome. FABIO employs a probit model to directly link the genetically regulated expression (GReX) of genes to binary outcomes while taking into account the GReX correlation among all genes residing on a chromosome. …”
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SHOX and sex difference in height: a hypothesis by Tsutomu Ogata, Atsushi Hattori, Maki Fukami

“…In this regard, previous studies have revealed that (1) distribution of the mean adult heights in subjects with disorders accompanied by discordance between sex chromosome complement and bioactive sex steroids and in control subjects (the British height standards) indicates that, of the ~12.5 cm of sex difference in the mean adult height, ~9 cm is accounted for by the difference in the sex chromosome complement and the remaining ~3.5 cm is explained by the dimorphism in sex steroids (primarily due to the growth-promoting effect of gonadal androgens); (2) according to the infancy-childhood-puberty growth model, the sex difference in the childhood growth function produces height differences of ~1 cm in childhood and 8–10 cm at 18–20 years of age, whereas the sex difference in the pubertal growth function yields height difference of ~4.5 cm at 18–20 years of age; and (3) SHOX expression and methylation analyses using knee cartilage tissues and cultured chondrocytes have shown lower SHOX expression levels in female samples than in male samples and methylation patterns consistent with partial spreading of X-inactivation affecting SHOX in female samples. …”
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