Hemoglobin variants in Cyprus.
Abstract Cyprus, located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean region, has been a place of eastern and western civilizations, and the presence of various hemoglobin (Hb) variants can be…
Abstract Cyprus, located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean region, has been a place of eastern and western civilizations, and the presence of various hemoglobin (Hb) variants can be…
Abstract Heterozygous mutations in the COL4A3/ COL4A4 genes are currently thought to be responsible for familial benign microscopic haematuria and maintenance of normal long-term kidney function. We report on 11…
Abstract The use of epigenetic differences between maternal whole blood and fetal (placental) DNA is one of the main areas of interest for the development of noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of…
Abstract OBJECTIVES. To define the incidence and prevalence of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) TTRVal30Met on the island of Cyprus. To study the clinical phenotype and genetic features of FAP TTRVal30Met…
Abstract During ventral spinal cord (vSC) development, the p3 and pMN progenitor domain boundary is thought to be maintained by cross-repressive interactions between NKX2.2 and PAX6. Using loss-of-function analysis during…
Author information: Department of Zoology and Physiology, Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA. cbenkman@uwyo.edu Abstract Studies of predator-prey interactions have found that geographically structured coevolution has played…
Abstract A real-time PCR assay based on TaqMan technology was developed and evaluated for the rapid detection of the B and Q biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). A…
Abstract Serum samples from 3315 pigs from 363 farms located throughout all nine Korean provinces were tested for the presence of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) antibodies using the virus neutralization test.…
Abstract Many social scientists and bioethicists have argued that genetic screening is a new form of eugenics. Examination of the development of the quasi-mandated screening program for beta-thalassemia in the…
Abstract Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is a rare neurodegenerative disease that affects the upper motor neurons of the CNS. Juvenile-onset PLS (JPLS) is inherited in an autosomal recessive mode and…