Associating phenotypes with genotypes is the fundamental aim of genetics. Linkage analysis and association analysis are the two principal experimental strategies commonly used by researchers to ...

Lettuce (L. sativa L., 2n = 2x = 18) is an agricuturally important leafy vegetable cultivated predominantly in temperate climates and produced in large quantities in Korea. The complete decoding of ...

Advancements in whole-genome sequencing have revolutionized plant species characterization, providing a wealth of genotypic data for analysis. The combination of genomic selection and neural networks, ...

Mice and rats are a fundamental component of drug discovery research. Standard outbred stocks and inbred strains of rodents are used extensively for drug safety and pharmacokinetic testing. Our ...

Clinical characteristics at diagnosis of patients who survive more than 5 years after diagnosis of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO Annual ...

A high number of forensic laboratories presently use PCR and capillary electrophoresis (CE)-based techniques to investigate short tandem repeat (STR) markers and alternative polymorphisms. Sequencing ...

Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for breast cancer (BC) risk stratification have been developed primarily in women of European ancestry. Their application to women of non-European ancestry has lagged ...

Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in microRNAs are known to play important roles ...

(Reuters Health) - Many people worry about inheriting health problems from their parents, but a new approach to analyzing genetic contributions to disease risk suggests that for most diseases, ...