Academic Articles & Research Papers

Monogenic obesity due to MC4R deficiency: lessons from a multigenerational case

Abstract Background Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency is the most common monogenic cause of obesity, yet remains underdiagnosed. Patients with monogenic obesity often undergo a frustrating diagnostic and therapeutic odyssey of years...

Abnormal X : autosome ratio, but normal X chromosome inactivation in human triploid cultures

Abstract Background X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is that aspect of mammalian dosage compensation that brings about equivalence of X-linked gene expression between females and males by inactivating one of the two X chromosomes (Xi) in nor...

Genetics of MDS

Our knowledge about the genetics of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and related myeloid disorders has been dramatically improved during the past decade, in which revolutionized sequencing technologies have played a major role. Through inten...

Introduction to Quantitative Genetics

Falconer, D. S., Introduction to Quantitative Genetics , The Ronald Press Company, New York. 364 pp. $6.00. The author’s aim is, “to provide an introductory textbook of quantitative genetics, with emphasis on general principles rather than ...

[Genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans].

Principles of Population Genetics.

Genetic and Phenotypic Variation.- Organisation of Genetic Variation.- Random Genetic Drift.- Mutation and the Neutral Theory.- Darwinian Selection.- Inbreeding, Population Subdivision, and Migration.- Molecular Population Genetics.- Evolut...

Genetics : a conceptual approach

Introduction to Genetics Genetics Is Important to Us Individually, to Society, and to the Study of Biology Humans Have Been Using Genetics for Thousands of Years A Few Fundamental Concepts Are Important for the Start of Our Journey into Gen...

New Patterns in Genetics and Development

Looks at the impact of advances in genetics on our understanding of the development of multi-cellular organisms and also the older problem of morphogenesis -the appearance of organized structure within a range of sizes from the cellular org...

Landscape Genetics

Landscape genetics is a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field that integrates approaches from population genetics and landscape ecology. In the context of habitat fragmentation, the current focus of landscape genetics is on assessing the...

The Genetics of Eating Disorders

Over the past decade, considerable advances have been made in understanding genetic influences on eating pathology. Eating disorders aggregate in families, and twin studies reveal that additive genetic factors account for approximately 40% ...

Genetics of populations

The Fourth Edition of Genetics of Populations is the most current, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the field for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers in genetics, evolution, conservation, and related f...

Concepts of Genetics

Part 1 Heredity and the phenotype: cell division - mitosis and meosis Mendalian genetics modification of Mendelian ratios linkage and chromosome mapping in eukaryotes recombination and mapping in bacteria and bacteriophages extensions of ge...

Embryology and Genetics

Embryology and genetics , Embryology and genetics , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی...

Genetics and Philosophy

In the past century, nearly all of the biological sciences have been directly affected by discoveries and developments in genetics, a fast-evolving subject with important theoretical dimensions. In this rich and accessible book, Paul Griffi...

Hegemonía hotelera. El rol del Estado en la reactivación de la tasa de beneficio hotelera tras la crisis de 2008

Se analiza el ejercicio de la hegemonía empresarial hotelera para reactivar su tasa de beneficios tras la crisis de 2008. El Estado –la administración autonómica- apoyó normativamente obras y reformas hoteleras antes prohibidas, abandonando...

Long-term farmland abandonments remarkably increased the phytolith carbon sequestration in soil

Abstract Background Phytolith-occluded organic carbon (PhytOC) is an important mechanism of long-term stable carbon sinks in terrestrial ecosystems. Farmland abandonment is a widespread land use change in the process of urbanization and ind...

Urban Aboriginal Creation Stories and History: contesting the past and the present. The Eleventh Doireann MacDermott Lecture

This paper is based on the 11th annual Doireann MacDermott public lecture presented at the Universitat de Barcelona in November, 2010. It is a critique of discourses and representations in Australian society, and indeed, embedded in all w...

The impact of intelligent technology progress on skill matching in labor market—evidence from China

Through mathematical deduction, this paper reveals the impact of intelligent technology progress on skill matching in labor market. This paper constructs a provincial-level comprehensive index of industrial intelligence from three dimension...

Uso público y capacidad de carga perceptual en espacios naturales protegidos

Este trabajo muestra algunos de los resultados de la investigación realizada en el Proyecto «Las áreas de uso público en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Monfragüe. Accesibilidad y capacidad de carga» (Plan Nacional de Investigación Científica,...

Anthropology Art and Aesthetics

Abstract This collection of essays on anthropological approaches to art and aesthetics is the first in its field to be published for some time. In recent years a number of new galleries of non-Western art have been opened, many exhibitions ...