Citations with the tag: PHENOTYPE
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- Acetylator Phenotypes: Allele Frequency in Northwestern Argentina and Review of Acetylator...
Dipierri, Jose Edgardo; Alfaro, Emma // Human Biology; Oct98, Vol. 70 Issue 5, p959Presents information on a study which determined acetylator phenotypes and allele frequency in northwestern Argentina. How the acetylator phenotypes were determined; Details on the estimation of frequency of the allele controlling acetylation; In-depth look at the results of the study.
- An essential function of a phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C is relieved by inhibiton of...
Flick, Jeffrey S.; Thorner, Jeremy // Genetics; Jan98, Vol. 148 Issue 1, p33Focuses on the findings of a study which suggests that pleiotropic phenotypes (Plclp) deficiency causes defects in nutritional and stress-related responses as seen in the PH081 and the SPL2 genes. Materials and methods used to conduct the study; Identification of Plclp role in cellular...
- Evolution of the Kunkel phenotype.
Thoburn, R // Lupus; 2003, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p231The original Kunkel phenotype was that of an immunologist in pursuit of excellence with broad interests. The Kunkel Society members are perpetuating this legacy. Genetic factors and the environmentdetermine the phenotype. Education has a major impact on thedirection taken. Creativity and...
- Highlights from the August 2010 Issue of DNA and Cell Biology.
Handelsman, Jo // DNA & Cell Biology; Aug2010, Vol. 29 Issue 8, p397An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses several articles, such as one Tetz and Tetz on bacterial biofilms and one by Lu and colleagues on the function of host genetic background to the phenotypes of mouse.
- Diallel crosses reveal patterns of variation in fruit-set, seed mass, and seed number in Asclepias incarnata.
Lipow, Sara R.; Wyatt, Robert // Heredity; Sep99, Vol. 83 Issue 3, p310Plants from each of two populations of Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata were hand-pollinated in diallel crosses and seed number per fruit, mean individual seed mass per fruit and fruit-set were determined for the parental plants. Two diallels were performed on the glasshouse-grown plants, one...
- Chromosomal regions involved in hybrid performance and heterosis: their AFLPs�-based identification and practical use in prediction models.
VUYLSTEKE; KUIPER; STAM // Heredity; Sep2000, Vol. 85 Issue 3, p208In this paper, a novel approach towards the prediction of hybrid performance and heterosis is presented. Here, we describe an approach based on: (i) the assessment of associations between AFLP� markers and hybrid performance and specific combining ability (SCA) across a set of hybrids; and...
- Insertion of Inhbb into the Inhba locus rescues the Inhba-null phenotype and reveals new activin functions.
Brown, Chester W.; Houston-Hawkins, Dianne E.; Woodruff, Teresa K.; Matzuk, Martin M. // Nature Genetics; Aug2000, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p453The activins (dimers of �A or �B subunits, encoded by the genes Inhba and Inhbb, respectively) are TGF-� superfamily members that have roles in reproduction and development. Whereas mice homozygous for the Inhba-null allele demonstrate disruption of whisker, palate and tooth development,...
- Molecular Phenotyping of Mouse Mutant Resources by RNA Expression Profiling.
Beckers, J.; Hoheisel, J.; Mewes, W.; Vingron, M.; de Angelis, M. Hrabé // Current Genomics; Jun2002, Vol. 3 Issue 3, p121Microarray-based techniques allow us to visualize and quantify the expression of every single gene in any population of cells. In yeast the true potential of large-scale transcriptome analysis in identifying regulatory units and understanding gene function has already been demonstrated by...
- Understanding the Tumor Metabolic Phenotype in the Genomic Era.
Stubbs, M.; Bashford, C.L.; Griffiths, J.R. // Current Molecular Medicine; Feb2003, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p49Now, at the beginning of a new century, 80 years after Warburg's Nobel prize winning discoveries, we are beginning to make sense of the underlying causes of the well known metabolic phenotype of tumor cells. Building on decades of research to understand the interrelationships between respiration...
- Different Age-Specific Demographic Profiles Are Generated in the Same Normal-Lived Drosophila Strain by Different Longevity Stimuli.
Arking, Robert; Novoseltseva, Janna; Dae-Sung Hwangbo; Novoseltsev, Vassily; Lane, Mark // Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical ; Nov2002, Vol. 57A Issue 11, pB390Explores empirical data obtained with normal-lived Ra control strain of Drosophila and shows its capability of invoking different responses to external stimuli that induce the animal to express one of three different extended longevity phenotypes. Experiments used designed to modulate...
- Phenotypic variation and stress resistance in core and peripheral populations of Hordeum spontaneum.
Volis, Sergei; Mendlinger, Samuel; Olsvig-Whittaker, Linda; Safriel, Uriel N.; Orlovsky, Nikolay // Biodiversity & Conservation; Jun1998, Vol. 7 Issue 6, p799Studies the phenotypic variation and response of plants of water stress in populations of wild barley, Hordeum spontaneum Koch from Israel and Turkmenistan. Association of water-stress resistance with high phenotype variability; Phenytypic variation in several phenological and morphological traits.
- PHENOTYPIC VARIABILITY WITHIN AND BETWEEN LITTERS OF NINE-BRANDED ARMADILLOS.
Loughry, W.J.; McDonough, Colleen M. // Southeastern Naturalist; 2002, Vol. 1 Issue 3, p287Presents a study that examined phenotypic variability within and among nine-banded armadillos born in litters of genetically identical quadruplets. Review of related literature; Analysis of the extent to which the extreme genetic uniformity of armadillo siblings translate into phenotypic...
- Editorial.
Elgar, Greg // Briefings in Functional Genomics & Proteomics; Jun2007, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p79The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one by Ivana Barbaric and colleagues on how making gene knockouts in mouse often does not produce the expected phenotype and another by Michael Osborn and Ross Miller on how yeast have been, and are contemporarily being...
- Bimodal Distribution.
Elgar, Greg // Encyclopedic Reference of Molecular Pharmacology; 2004, p178A definition of the term "bimodal distribution," which refers to a frequency distribution of certain phenotype, is presented.
- Genotype.
Elgar, Greg // Encyclopedic Reference of Molecular Pharmacology; 2004, p403A definition of the term "genotype" which refers to the form of a genetic polymorphism measured by molecular genetic methods, is presented.
- Phenotype.
Elgar, Greg // Encyclopedic Reference of Molecular Pharmacology; 2004, p728A definition of the term "phenotype," which refers to the form of a polymorphism measurable as a function or structure, is presented.
- Trimodal Distribution.
Elgar, Greg // Encyclopedic Reference of Molecular Pharmacology; 2004, p927An encyclopedia entry for the term trimodal distribution is presented, which refers to a frequency distribution of a certain phenotype with three peaks separated by two antinodes.
- Identification of phenotypes in patient microarrays.
Vass, J. Keith; Kalna, Gabriela; Higham, Des J. // BMC Systems Biology; 2007 Supplement 1, Vol. 1, pP75An abstract of the article "Identification of phenotypes in patient microarrays," by J. Keith Vass, Gabriela Kalna and Des J. Higham is presented.
- Epigenetics: Now you see it ... now you don't!
Baxter, Catherine // Nature Reviews Genetics; Feb2003, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p81Discusses a study which provided evidence for an epigenetic mechanism, with reference to a study by V. Sollars and colleagues published in the 2003 issue of 'Nature Genetics' journal. Effect of epigenetic alterations on phenotype fixation; Details of the experimental methods; Implications of...
- Expanding the Phenotype of Greig Cephalopolysyndactyly Syndrome: A Case of Severe Trigonocephaly, Post-Axial Polydactyly of Fingers and Pre-axial Polydactyly of Toes With Mutation in GLI3.
Vasudevan, Pradeep C.; Quarrell, O. W. J.; Parker, M. J. // Journal of Medical Genetics; Sep2005, Vol. 42, pS57Presents an abstract of the article " Expanding the Phenotype of Greig Cephalopolysyndactyly Syndrome: A Case of Severe Trigonocephaly, Post-Axial Polydactyly of Fingers and Pre-axial Polydactyly of Toes With Mutation in GLI3," by Pradeep C. Vasudevan, O. W. J. Quarrell, and M. J. Parker.
- A Small Deletion Involving the ELN Gene in Three Generation of a Family With Variable Phenotypes.
Connell, Lyndsey; Halliday, D.; Stewart, H.; Katumba, J.; Smith, K. // Journal of Medical Genetics; Sep2005, Vol. 42, pS77Presents an abstract of the article "A Small Deletion Involving the ELN Gene in Three Generation of a Family With Variable Phenotypes," by Lyndsey Connell, D. Halliday, H. Stewart, J. Katumba, and K. Smith.
- Expansion of the Fragile X Phenotype.
Donohoe, Elizabeth; Lambert, D. M.; Barton, D. E.; Clabby, C. // Journal of Medical Genetics; Sep2005, Vol. 42, pS109Presents an abstract of the article "Expansion of the Fragile X Phenotype," by Elizabeth Donohoe, D. M. Lambert, D. E. Barton and C. Clabby.
- The meanings of evolution.
Thomson, Keith Stewart // American Scientist; Sep/Oct82, Vol. 70 Issue 5, p529Explores the meanings of evolution. Important features of the first meaning of evolution; Explanatory mechanism for the pattern described in the first and second meanings; Problems with hypothetical schemes capable of producing rapid, large, coherent changes in phenotypes.
- The persistence of founders.
Peng, Wayne // Nature Genetics; Mar2012, Vol. 44 Issue 3, p241The article focuses on the evidence for founder effects and the genetic drift's contribution to phenotype diversity.
- Machines learn phenotypes.
de Souza, Natalie // Nature Methods; Jan2013, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p38The article offers information on the development and detection of automated biological phenotyping.
- Expanding the Phenotype of Rimmed Vacuoles in Muscle diseases.
Sundaram, C.; Mahadevan, A.; Uppin, Megha S.; Meena, A. K. // Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology; 2007 Supplement 2, Vol. 10, p27Background: Rimmed vacuoles are considered a pathological hallmark of distal myopathy, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD), and inclusion body myositis (IBM). The pathogenetic mechanism of its formation is uncertain. Objective: To determine if rimmed vacuoles occur in other forms of...
- ecophene:.
Schlegel, Rolf H. J. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Plant Breeding & Related Subjects; 2003, p144The term "ecophene" means the range of different phenotypes produced by one genotype within a specific environment.
- environmental variance (VE):.
Schlegel, Rolf H. J. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Plant Breeding & Related Subjects; 2003, p151A definition of the term "environmental variance," which refers to the portion of the phenotypic variance caused by differences in the environments to which the individuals in a population have been exposed, is presented.
- fecundity selection:.
Schlegel, Rolf H. J. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Plant Breeding & Related Subjects; 2003, p164An encyclopedia entry for the term "fecundity selection," which refers to the forces acting to cause one genotype to be more fertile than another genotype, is presented.
- phene:.
Schlegel, Rolf H. J. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Plant Breeding & Related Subjects; 2003, p315A definition of the term "phene" is presented, which refers to the phenotype of the plant.
- phenocopy:.
Schlegel, Rolf H. J. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Plant Breeding & Related Subjects; 2003, p315A definition of the term "phenocopy" is presented, which refers to the nonhereditary phenotypic change that is environmentally induced during a limited developmental phase of an organism.
- phenotype:.
Schlegel, Rolf H. J. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Plant Breeding & Related Subjects; 2003, p315A definition of the term "phenotype" is presented, which refers to the observable manifestation of a specific genotype.
- phenotypic expression:.
Schlegel, Rolf H. J. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Plant Breeding & Related Subjects; 2003, p315A definition of the term "phenotypic expression," which refers to the manifestation of a particular gene resulting in a particular phenotype, is presented.
- phenotypic plasticity:.
Schlegel, Rolf H. J. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Plant Breeding & Related Subjects; 2003, p316A definition of the term "phenotypic plasticity," which refer to the capability of a genotype to assume different phenotypes, is presented.
- phenotypic segregation:.
Schlegel, Rolf H. J. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Plant Breeding & Related Subjects; 2003, p316A definition of the term "phenotypic segregation," which refers to the phenotypic differentiation patterns of cells or individuals in segregating populations, is presented.
- phenotypic selection:.
Schlegel, Rolf H. J. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Plant Breeding & Related Subjects; 2003, p316A definition of the term "phenotypic selection," which refers to the development of a variety based on its physical appearance without regard to its genetic constitution, is presented.
- survival index:.
Schlegel, Rolf H. J. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Plant Breeding & Related Subjects; 2003, p404A definition of the term "survival index," which refers to the degree of effectiveness of a given phenotype in promoting the ability of that organism to contribute offspring to the future population, is presented.
- variability:.
Schlegel, Rolf H. J. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Plant Breeding & Related Subjects; 2003, p427A definition of the term "variability" is presented. It refers to the sum of different genetic or phenotypic characters within different taxa.
- wild type:.
Schlegel, Rolf H. J. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Plant Breeding & Related Subjects; 2003, p434A definition of the term "wild type," which refers to the most frequently observed phenotype, is presented.
- Bioinformatics: Personalized omics profiling.
Casci, Tanita // Nature Reviews Genetics; May2012, Vol. 13 Issue 5, p298The article discusses research being done on integrative personal omics profile (iPOP) of a healthy person, which references the study "Personal omics profiling reveals dynamic molecular and medical phenotypes" by R. Chen and colleagues in the 2012 issue of "Cell."
- phenotype.
Casci, Tanita // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2009); 2009, Issue 21, p1770A definition of the term "phenotype," which refers to the expression of the genes present in an individual, is presented.
- Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in the Midas cichlid fish pharyngeal jaw and its relevance in adaptive radiation.
Muschick, Moritz; Barluenga, Marta; Salzburger, Walter; Meyer, Axel // BMC Evolutionary Biology; 2011, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p114Background: Phenotypic evolution and its role in the diversification of organisms is a central topic in evolutionary biology. A neglected factor during the modern evolutionary synthesis, adaptive phenotypic plasticity, more recently attracted the attention of many evolutionary biologists and is...
- Adaptive Transgenerational Plasticity in an Annual Plant: Grandparental and Parental Drought Stress Enhance Performance of Seedlings in Dry Soil.
Herman, Jacob J.; Sultan, Sonia E.; Horgan-Kobelski, Tim; Riggs, Charlotte // Integrative & Comparative Biology; Jul2012, Vol. 52 Issue 1, p77Stressful parental (usually maternal) environments can dramatically influence expression of traits in offspring, in some cases resulting in phenotypes that are adaptive to the inducing stress. The ecological and evolutionary impact of such transgenerational plasticity depends on both its...
- Quantitative comparison of mapping methods between Human and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology.
Oellrich, Anika; Gkoutos, Georgios V.; Hoehndorf, Robert; Rebholz-Schuhmann, Dietrich // Journal of Biomedical Semantics; 2012 Supplement, Vol. 3 Issue Suppl 2, p1Researchers use animal studies to better understand human diseases. In recent years, large-scale phenotype studies such as Phenoscape and EuroPhenome have been initiated to identify genetic causes of a species' phenome. Species-specific phenotype ontologies are required to capture and report...
- Will Temperature Effects or Phenotypic Plasticity Determine the Thermal Response of a Heterothermic Tropical Bat to Climate Change?
Stawski, Clare; Geiser, Fritz // PLoS ONE; Jul2012, Vol. 7 Issue 7, p1The proportion of organisms exposed to warm conditions is predicted to increase during global warming. To better understand how bats might respond to climate change, we aimed to obtain the first data on how use of torpor, a crucial survival strategy of small bats, is affected by temperature in...
- Rapid Activation of an Effector Phenotype in Human V?2/Vs2 T Cells Stimulated With a Toll-Like Receptor 2 (Tlr2) Agonist.
Deetz, Carl; Hebbeler, Andrew; Tikhonov, Ilia; Cairo, Cristiana; Cummings, Jean-Saville; Pauza, C. David // Retrovirology; 2005 Supplement 1, Vol. 2, p1An abstract of the article "Rapid Activation of an Effector Phenotype in Human V?2/Vd2 T Cells Stimulated With a Toll-Like Receptor 2 (Tlr2) Agonist," by Carl Deetz, Andrew Hebbeler, Ilia Tikhonov, Cristiana Cairo, Jean-Saville Cummings and C. David Pauza is presented.
- Dietary differences between phenotypes with symmetrical and asymmetrical pelvis in the stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus.
Reimchen, T.E.; Nosil, P. // Canadian Journal of Zoology; Mar2001, Vol. 79 Issue 3, p533Differential parasitism among phenotypes within populations can result from intrinsic factors such as immunocompetence or extrinsic factors such as ecological overlap with pathogens. In a recent study of a population of sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from Boulton Lake, British Columbia,...
- Tarsal asymmetry, trait size, and extreme phenotypes in a sexually size-dimorphic water boatman Callicorixa vulnerata.
Nosil, P. // Canadian Journal of Zoology; Jun2001, Vol. 79 Issue 6, p1114Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in morphological traits can vary with the size of characters and the mode of selection acting on them. In a previous study, mid-leg tarsal FA (tarsal spine number and tarsal length) in the water boatman Callicorixa vulnerata was inversely related to fitness in both...
- Late Pleistocene northward-dispersing Bison antiquus from the Bighill Creek Formation, Gallelli Gravel Pit, Alberta, Canada, and the fate of Bison occidentalis.
Wilson, Michael C.; Hills, Leonard V.; Shapiro, Beth // Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; Jul2008, Vol. 45 Issue 7, p827Late Pleistocene bison skeletal remains from the Gallelli Gravel Pit in the Bighill Creek Formation at Calgary, Alberta, document at least two individuals, including the largest postglacial bison reported from North America south of Beringia. Two partial crania, dated to 11 290 and 10 100 14C...
- GM-CSF production from human airway smooth muscle cells is potentiated by human serum.
Sukkar, Maria B.; Hughes, J. Margaret; Johnson, Peter R. A.; Armour, Carol L. // Mediators of Inflammation; Aug2000, Vol. 9 Issue 3/4, p161Recent evidence suggests that airway smooth muscle cells (ASMC) actively participate in the airway inflammatory process in asthma. Interleukin-1� (IL-1�) and tumour necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) induce ASMC to release inflammatory mediators in vitro. ASMC mediator release in vivo, however, may...
