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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Species specificity"”.
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Sensitivity and Species Specificity of Bisulfite Modification and Pyrosequencing Technology Used to Identify Tissue-Specific DNA Methylation Patterns in Common Biofluids Foudn in Crime Scenes
… mentioned markers were studied for their species specificity. After bisulfite modification, PCR amplification, and pyrosequencing, it was concluded that these three markers were sensitive enougn for . forensic casework in varying degrees. The USP49 and DDX4 marker produced adequate …
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Quantitative characterization of the microstructure of selected Brazilian hardwood species using stereological methods
… sections of 22 Brazilian tropical hardwood species. A minimum of 4 different trees, one slide per tree and 20 or 30 sampling fields per slide for each species were studied. Simple point fractions (P<sub>p</sub>), intersection counts (P<sub>L</sub>), and number of anatomical elements per unit …
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Genital warts
… were all unsuitable, probably owing to the species specificity of the virus.
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Temporal Analysis of Bacteriophage Felix O1 Gene Expression
… applications. It has extremely high intra-species specificity and is strictly virulent in nature, unable to undergo lysogeny. To facilitate the development of the bacteriophage for use in these areas, the full sequence of the genome had been elucidated previously. In this work, …
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Identification of Saliva Using DNA Methylation Analysis for Forensic Use
… Two additional studies were completed: a species-specific test and mixture study.</p> <p>Five loci, cg-9652652, cg-11536474, cg-3867465, cg-10781408, and cg-10122865 along with several adjacent CpG sites were found to be hypermethylated in saliva. The methylation data of saliva was …
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Characterization and Development of a Novel Cytomegalovirus for Evaluation as an HIV Vaccine Viral Vector in a Non-Human Primate Model
… genes involved in pathogenesis, immune evasion, species-specificity, and more. In order to maximize the ability to manipulate the virus for vaccine purposes, I cloned CyCMV as a Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC). The cloning of CyCMV-BAC enabled the virus to be transformed into a bacterial …
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The interaction between NS1B protein of influenza B virus and the ubiquitin-like modifier ISG15 : insights into a unique species specific property of the virus
… lines. This result led to the discovery of the species specific nature of the interaction between NS1B and ISG15. Specifically, NS1B was found to bind ISG15 homologs from human and old world monkeys like Rhesus macaques and African green monkeys but not those from mouse or canines. These …
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THE EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY OF HOST-MICROBIOME SYMBIOSIS IN ONTHOPHAGUS DUNG BEETLES
… exchange of gut microbiota between Onthophagus species. Using this technique, I was able to first show that different species have diverged to make use of non-interchangeable gut microbiota, and that disruption of these specific host-microbiota relationships has potentially long-term …
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Atmospheric Impact of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds: Improving Measurement and Modeling Capabilities
… respectively to disentangle the time- and species-specificity of light dependency for various BVOC (α-pinene, camphene, and α-fenchene are completely light-independent and limonene, β-thujene, sabinene, and γ-terpinene are seasonally light-dependent). Finally, we examine these models deeper …
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The nocturnal flight calls of migratory songbirds: interspecific variation in the “zeep” complex and intraspecific variation across North America
… into many aspects of these calls, such as the species-specificity of the calls of closely related taxa, or variation in calls associated with age, sex, or geography. The objective of my thesis research was to investigate acoustic variation within the flight calls of songbirds to expand our …
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Analysis of the role of outer surface protein C (OspC) in Borrelia burgdorferi pathogenesis
… OspC is thought to be involved in reservoir host specificity/association and in tissue dissemination. In order to better understand the functional domains of OspC, the different conserved and variable portions of this protein were investigated. Three conserved portions of OspC were investigated: …
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The ecological, behavioral, and genetic factors influencing the diversification of Lake Malawi's rock -dwelling cichlids
… into the fundamental processes involved in species formation. Here I examine the diversification of one such group, the rock-dwelling cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi (mbuna), which have radiated from a single ancestor into more than 200 species over the past 700,000 years. Through the …
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Production of antimicrobials and antioxidants from filamentous fungi
… significance. In the present study, ten species of filamentous fungi were explored on the basis of their curative potential. Submerged liquid fermentation (SLF) was employed and proved to be a promising method for the production of bioactive functional compounds. Crude aqueous mycelial …
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Molecular signalling in Lupinus albus-Rhizobium lupini symbiosis
… (LCOs) are known to act as modulators of species-specificity in the early stages of infection. Of the several known Rhizobium -legume symbioses, signalling in Lupinus remains to be determined. Using a screening method based on the in vitro ability of the flavonoid inducer to adsorb onto …
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Ethnobotanical survey of problem weeds, alien invasive plant species and their roles in Nzhelele, Makhado Local Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… Problem plants and alien invasive weed species are part of today‟s ecological transformation. Ethnobotanical literature on ecological prominence and ethical values of problem alien weeds is scant and should be documented to avoid loss of valuable species. Aim: The study was aimed at …
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Marine invertebrate sperm: assessment of sperm quality using computer-aided sperm analysis
… marine broadcast spawners. In this study, five species of marine invertebrates, namely Parechinus angulosus (Echinoidea), Choromytilus meridionalis (Bivalvia), Crassostrea gigas (Bivalvia), Donax serra (Bivalvia) and Haliotis midae (Gastropoda) were investigated. The sperm morphology and …
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Parapoxvirus: basi genomiche della patogenesi
… poxviridae which currently encompasses four species: the prototype orf virus (OV), bovine papular stomatitis virus (BPSV), pseudocowpox virus (PCPV) and parapoxvirus of New Zealand red deer (PVNZ). PPVs cause widespread, but localized diseases of small and large ruminants and they can also be …
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Characterisation of open reading frames m29 and m29.1 in murine cytomegalovirus
… between the viruses, for example their species specificity and immune evasion genes, MCMV unique ORFs need to be examined. Here the role of m29 and m29.1 ORFs in the MCMV (Smith strain), which have no homology with ORFs of any other cytomegalovirus, have been examined. The m29 and m29.1 …
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Selenium uptake, trophic transfer, and toxicity in boreal lake ecosystems
… and the United States. Due to the high site- and species-specificity of Se bioaccumulation, site-specific biodynamic modelling is the accepted approach to predict Se accumulation in aquatic systems, and fish tissue-based guidelines for the protection of aquatic life are preferred over water …
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Assessment and prediction of the potential threats of temperature change and invasive species to the sustainability of Northern Irish sea fisheries
Understanding and predicting the way in which species interactions may change under the uncertain climatic future is imperative if the management of important resources is to be successful. Consumer – resource interactions underlie population dynamics and distribution, yet there is little known …
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