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The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Littoraria ardouiniana (Heude, 1885) (Gastropoda, Littorininae): Sequence, Structure, and Phylogenetic Analyses
AbstractThe genus Littoraria plays a significant role in the ecology of intertidal communities and is one of the very few molluscan groups that are...
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Omic-Based Biomarkers Discovery in Alzheimer’s Disease: High-Throughput Approaches
The discovery of novel metabolomic, proteomic, lipidomic, and transcriptomic (mRNA and miRNA) biomarkers in serum, plasma, brain, and CSF is a...
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Omic-Based Biomarkers Discovery in Alzheimer’s Disease: High-Throughput Approaches
The discovery of novel metabolomic, proteomic, lipidomic, and transcriptomic (mRNA and miRNA) biomarkers in serum, plasma, brain, and CSF is a...
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History of Human Schistosomiasis (bilharziasis) in China: From Discovery to Elimination
PurposeFor the evolution of schistosomiasis in China, a systematic review was provided about the history of the disease and its public health...
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Morphological and molecular criteria allow the identification of putative germ stem cells in a lophotrochozoan, the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas
While our knowledge of bivalve gametogenesis recently progressed, data on early stages of gametogenesis remain to be developed, especially when...
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Composition and Structure of Gut Microbiome in Adolescents with Obesity and Different Breastfeeding Duration
Gut microbiome of adolescents with obesity and different duration of breastfeeding was analyzed by metagenomic analysis of V3-V4 variable domains of...
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Longitudinal associations of DNA methylation and sleep in children: a meta-analysis
BackgroundSleep is important for healthy functioning in children. Numerous genetic and environmental factors, from conception onwards, may influence...
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Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of blood DNA methylation in newborns and children identifies numerous loci related to gestational age
BackgroundPreterm birth and shorter duration of pregnancy are associated with increased morbidity in neonatal and later life. As the epigenome is...
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Association between immunoreactivity to Anisakis spp. antigens and high-risk pregnancy
Numerous factors contribute to perinatal risk, many of which remain undefined. This study sought to determine the frequency of fish intake in...
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Association of the insulin-like growth factor II (IGF2) gene with human cognitive functions
Active search for candidate genes whose polymorphisms are associated with human cognitive functions has been in progress in the past years. The study...
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Masticatory Muscle Response to Neuromuscular Diseases and Specific Pathologies
The masticatory muscles are a complex bilateral set of four muscles (masseter, temporalis, medial, and lateral pterygoid muscles) that control...
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Head Muscle Development
Vertebrate movement depends on trunk skeletal muscles, which are derived from the segmented paraxial mesoderm known as somites (Christ and Ordahl...
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The Genetic Determinants of Common Obesity-Susceptibility
Despite a relatively high heritability, the search for obesity-susceptibility genes has been challenging. While over the past 15 years, candidate...
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Functional role of VNTR polymorphism of human genes
A brief overview of the current views on the functional role of genetic VNTR polymorphism in humans is given. Data on the involvement of VNTRs in the...
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Proliferating cell nuclear antigen in gonad and associated storage tissue of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas: seasonal immunodetection and expression in laser microdissected tissues
To understand the processes involved in tissue remodeling associated with the seasonal reproductive cycle of the oyster Crassostrea gigas , we used...
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Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases
A lingering question in the field of infectious diseases is that of the considerable clinical variability between individuals in the course of...
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Two Sympatric Phylogroups of the Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis) Identified by Mitochondrial DNA Control Region and Cytochrome b Gene Analyses
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region (927 bp) and cytochrome b gene (1,140 bp) sequences of the Chinese water deer ( Hydropotes inermis ) from...
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Common polymorphic variation in the genetically diverse African insulin gene and its association with size at birth
The insulin variable number of tandem repeats ( INS VNTR) has been variably associated with size at birth in non-African populations. Small size at...
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Diet, Brain Lipids, and Brain Functions: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Mainly Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Fatty acids are directly involved in the structure of most lipids, including those in the nervous system, providing their chemical and biological...