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Open AccessVariation and plasticity in life-history traits and fitness of wild Arabidopsis thaliana populations are not related to their genotypic and ecological diversity
Despite its implications for population dynamics and evolution, the relationship between genetic and phenotypic variation in wild populations remains unclear. Here, we estimated variation and plasticity in lif...
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Association of TLR4 gene polymorphisms with sepsis after a burn injury: findings of the functional role of rs2737190 SNP
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction condition caused by a dysregulated response to an infection that is common among patients with moderate to severe burn injury. Previously, genomic variants in Tol...
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Julio S. Rufas: A true chromosome lover
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Open AccessWhat do you really want to do? Towards a Theory of Intentions for Human-Robot Collaboration
The architecture described in this paper encodes a theory of intentions based on the key principles of non-procrastination, persistence, and automatically limiting reasoning to relevant knowledge and observati...
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Towards a Theory of Intentions for Human-Robot Collaboration
The architecture described in this paper encodes a theory of intentions based on the principles of non-procrastination, persistence, and relevance. The architecture reasons with transition diagrams at two dif...
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Open AccessMitotic activity patterns and cytoskeletal changes throughout the progression of diapause developmental program in Daphnia
Diapause is a form of dormancy that is genetically predetermined to allow animals to overcome harsh environmental conditions. It is induced by predictive environmental cues bringing cellular activity levels in...
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MYB Transcription Factors and a Putative Flavonoid Transporter ABCC-Like are Differentially Expressed in Radiata Pine Seedlings Exposed to Inclination
The response to inclination in plants is a well-studied biological process where hormones have been implicated in the modulation of vertical growth restoration. Studies on the involvement of auxins in differen...
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Open AccessMps1 kinase-dependent Sgo2 centromere localisation mediates cohesin protection in mouse oocyte meiosis I
A key feature of meiosis is the step-wise removal of cohesin, the protein complex holding sister chromatids together, first from arms in meiosis I and then from the centromere region in meiosis II. Centromeric...
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Comparison of extractants used for the assessment of mercury availability in a soil from the Almadén mining district (Spain)
Single extraction methods have been extensively used to assess the availability of metals in polluted soils. This work focused on checking the feasibility of several chemicals, i.e. CaCl2, EDTA, diethylenetriamin...
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Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Geographic population structure analysis of worldwide human populations infers their biogeographical origins
Nature Communications 5: Article number: 3513 (2014); Published: 29 April 2016; Updated: 31 October 2016 This article was published without any competing financial interests statement. A revised declaration th...
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Open AccessMale meiosis in Crustacea: synapsis, recombination, epigenetics and fertility in Daphnia magna
We present the first detailed cytological study of male meiosis in Daphnia (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Cladocera)—an aquatic microcrustacean with a cyclical parthenogenetic life cycle. Using immunostaining of the t...
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Chemical and plant tests to assess the viability of amendments to reduce metal availability in mine soils and tailings
The goal of this research was to assess the potential of several industrial wastes to immobilise metals in two polluted soils deriving from an old Pb/Zn mine. Two different approaches were used to assess the p...
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CEP63 deficiency promotes p53-dependent microcephaly and reveals a role for the centrosome in meiotic recombination
CEP63 is a centrosomal protein that facilitates centriole duplication and is regulated by the DNA damage response. Mutations in CEP63 cause Seckel syndrome, a human disease characterized by microcephaly and dwarf...
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Open AccessGeographic population structure analysis of worldwide human populations infers their biogeographical origins
The search for a method that utilizes biological information to predict humans’ place of origin has occupied scientists for millennia. Over the past four decades, scientists have employed genetic data in an ef...
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Cohesin removal precedes topoisomerase IIα-dependent decatenation at centromeres in male mammalian meiosis II
Sister chromatid cohesion is regulated by cohesin complexes and topoisomerase IIα. Although relevant studies have shed some light on the relationship between these two mechanisms of cohesion during mammalian m...
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Benzo-[a]-pyrene induces FAK activation and cell migration in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells
Benzo-[a]-pyrene (B[a]P) is a family member of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and a widespread environmental pollutant. It is a mammary carcinogen in rodents and contributes to the development of human breast c...
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Mexican mestizo population sub-structure: effects on genetic and forensic statistical parameters
Since Mexican mestizos are an admixed population, it is necessary to determine the effects that the substructure of the population has on genetic and forensic parameters. With this aim, a study was performed w...
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Isolation and characterization of eight polymorphic microsatellite loci in the land snail Humboldtiana durangoensis (Solem, 1954)
Eight polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci were isolated for the three banded land snail (Humboldtiana durangoensis). Genetic diversity was assessed using 29 individuals. The number of alleles per locus ranged fro...
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Sp1 polymorphism in collagen I α1 gene is associated with osteoporosis in lumbar spine of Mexican women
The Sp1 binding site polymorphism in collagen type I alpha 1 gene (COLIA1) has been associated with osteoporosis (OP) and bone mineral density (BMD). The aim of this study was to explore the association of thi...
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Cohesin axis maturation and presence of RAD51 during first meiotic prophase in a true bug
We have analyzed in a true bug, Graphosoma italicum (Pentatomidae, Hemiptera), the temporal and functional relationships between recombination events, synapsis progression, and SMC1α and SMC3 cohesin axis maturat...
