Search Results - "Genetics"

Genetic association studies the candidate gene approach /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Background of genetic studies -- Structure of a gene -- Simple association -- Linkage disequilibrium and haplotypes -- Multi-marker association -- Family-based association -- Practicalities of programs and power.…”
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Genetic defects and calcium

Table of Contents: “…Contents: General concepts of calcium signaling -- Mechanisms of calcium extrusion/uptake -- Mechanisms of calcium release from the ER/SR -- General concepts about plasma membrane calcium channels -- Genetic defects of calcium release channels -- Genetic defects of plasma membrane calcium channels -- Genetic defects of calcium pumps -- Novel findings on genetic defects of store dependent calcium channels.…”
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Chloroplast genetic engineering

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Human population genetics lifespan /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Human lifespan as a heritable trait -- Lifespan phenotypes -- Genetic epidemiology of human lifespan -- The genetic architecture of human longevity -- Genetic study designs in longevity research.…”
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Race in genetics and medicine

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Questions about race -- Fundamentals of DNA and the genome -- Human genome sequence -- DNA sequence variation -- Three essential features of human genome diversity -- Expected nucleotide diversity -- STR analysis -- Relationships among human populations -- Major long-range human migrations -- Definition of race -- Allocation of individuals to genetic clusters -- Principal pathway of ethanol metabolism -- Allele frequencies at ALDH2 locus -- European ancestry and diabetes risk.…”
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Evolutionary genetic epidemiology

Table of Contents: “…Contents: What is 'evolutionary genetics'? -- Evolution, genetic variation and association analyses -- Withinspecies diversity and population genetics -- Human genetic diversity and phenotypic variation -- Human community 'metagenomics'…”
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The genetics of French Canadians

Subjects: “…Genetics, Population. 111957…”
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The genetic component to diabetes

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Diabetes mellitus: definition, classification and its use as a model for genetic studies of complex disorders -- Genetic forms of diabetes mellitus: monogenic and polygenic -- Identification of diabetes genes -- Monogenic forms of diabetes: human HNF-1-alpha/MODY3 gene -- Polygenic forms of diabetes -- HLA and ISN in type 1 diabetes -- Genes for type 2 diabetes and linkage mapping -- TCF7L2 in type 2 diabetes -- Genome wide association studies and gene loci implicated in these studies -- Allelic variation in human gene expression -- Ancestral susceptibility models.…”
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Genetics of chemosensory transduction taste and smell /

Subjects: “…Drosophila genetics. 113132…”
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Genetics of cardiovascular disease

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Conventional CVHD risk factors -- Multifactorial nature of CVD -- Gene-environment interaction and how to test for it -- Candidate gene approach to CVD genetics vs. genome-wide scans -- Examples of the candidate gene approach and gene-environment interaction, APOE and smoking interaction, LPL and smoking -- Mechanisms for these effects -- Novel genes identified by genome-wide scans for CHD and lipid traits.…”
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Genetic association studies

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Linkage vs. association -- Common variants for common diseases -- Genealogy -- Linkage disequilibrium -- Founder haplotypes -- Genetic heterogeneity -- Hardy Weinberg equilibrium -- Principal component analysis -- Single SNP tests of association for case-control data -- Armitage trend test -- Logistic regression -- Quantitative traits -- Bayesian analyses -- Multiple testing -- Haplotype-based analyses -- Inferring phase -- Problems with haplotype analyses -- Imputation -- Genetic association studies -- Family-based tests of linkage and association -- Software.…”
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Legacy of Drosophila genetics female germline stem cells /

Subjects: “…Drosophila melanogaster genetics. 86478…”
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Genetics of animal health

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Importance of genetic of animal health -- Heritability -- Phenotype as a function of genetics & environment -- Genetic gain -- Health traits -- Viral diseases -- Udder traits: genetic variation across species -- Lameness (cattle & sheep) -- Bacterial diseases -- Fertility traits (dairy cows) -- Metabolic diseases -- Parasites -- Genetic trends -- Somatic cell score -- Mastitis and other diseases -- Genetic correlations between traits -- Increase accuracy of selection -- Predictor traits -- Indirect selection -- New technologies (genomics and others) -- Genome wide association studies and enabled selection.…”
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The genetics of frontotemporal dementia

Subjects: “…Frontotemporal Dementia genetics. 103635…”
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Animal behavioral genetics

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Nature vs. nurture behaviors -- Epigenetics -- Innate vs. learned behaviors -- Emotional drivers in the brain -- The seek/fear switch -- Emotional traits have a heritable component -- New things are scary and attractive -- Different types of fear -- Measuring temperament in animals -- Animal welfare and genetics -- Biological systems overload -- An animal is like a country -- Future research -- Don't let bad become normal!.…”
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The genetic basis of dystonia

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Genetic epidemiology of obesity part 1 of 2 /

Subjects: “…Genetic epidemiology. 100277…”
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Genetics of tumor metastasis part 1 of 2 /

Subjects: “…Breast Cancer Genetic aspects. 100461…”
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Genetics of monogenic obesity part 1 of 2 /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Twin, family, and adoption studies -- Central mechanisms involved in eating behavior -- Genetic variation relevant for body weight regulation -- Molecular synopsis -- Parabiosis experiments -- Cloning of the obese gene -- Obesity syndromes -- Monogenic forms of obesity -- Leptin deficiency -- Leptin signaling: adaptation to semi-starvation -- Leptin and hypothalamic amenorrhea -- Semi starvation induced hyperactivity "anorexia based hyperactivity" -- POMC mutations in humans.…”
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Genetics of tumor metastasis part 2 of 2 /

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