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Genes, Volume 10, Issue 8

August 2019 - 75 articles

Cover Story: We investigated the mechanisms explaining the colonisation of Cantabrian sky islands (Spain) in an endemic flightless grasshopper (Chorthippus cazurroi). We evaluated the fitting of two migration models to understand the extant genetic structure in these populations: long-distance dispersal (LDD) and gradual distance dispersal (GDD). We found that GDD fits the real data better than LDD model, with an onset of the expansion matching with postglacial expansions after the retreat of the ice sheets. The gradual expansion process along the Cantabrian sky islands found here seems to be conditioned by the suitability of habitats and the presence of alpine corridors. Our findings shed light on our understanding about how organisms adapted to live in alpine habitats with limited dispersal abilities have faced new and suitable environmental conditions. View this paper.
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Articles (75)

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,047 Views
23 Pages

12 August 2019

Hirudin and its variants, as strong inhibitors against thrombin, are present in the saliva of leeches and are recognized as potent anticoagulants. However, their yield is far from the clinical requirement up to now. In this study, the production of h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,897 Views
16 Pages

12 August 2019

Potassium (K) is one of the most important mineral nutrients for wheat. In this study, the effects of low K (LK) treatments and the quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for K, calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg) use efficiency traits, both at the seedling and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,403 Views
14 Pages

12 August 2019

Identifying associations between lncRNAs and diseases can help understand disease-related lncRNAs and facilitate disease diagnosis and treatment. The dual-network integrated logistic matrix factorization (DNILMF) model has been used for drug–ta...

  • Review
  • Open Access
62 Citations
22,270 Views
22 Pages

12 August 2019

The Ehlers‒Danlos syndromes (EDS) constitute a heterogenous group of connective tissue disorders characterized by joint hypermobility, skin abnormalities, and vascular fragility. The latest nosology recognizes 13 types caused by pathogenic variants i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,810 Views
15 Pages

Identification of Maize CC-Type Glutaredoxins That Are Associated with Response to Drought Stress

  • Shuangcheng Ding,
  • Fengyu He,
  • Wenlin Tang,
  • Hewei Du and
  • Hongwei Wang

12 August 2019

Global maize cultivation is often adversely affected by drought stress. The CC-type glutaredoxin (GRX) genes form a plant-specific subfamily that regulate plant growth and respond to environmental stresses. However, how maize CC-type GRX (ZmGRXCC) ge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,608 Views
21 Pages

10 August 2019

We reported changes in the co-regulated mRNA expression in iron walnut (Juglans sigillata) in response to soil pH treatments and identified mRNAs specific to acidic soil conditions. Phenotypic and physiological analyses revealed that iron walnut grow...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,256 Views
14 Pages

9 August 2019

Salt stress is a major constraint for many crops and trees. A wild species of Goji named Lycium ruthenicum is an important economic halophyte in China and has an extremely high tolerance to salinity. L. ruthenicum grows in saline soil and is known as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,501 Views
10 Pages

9 August 2019

With the advances in different biological networks including gene regulation, gene co-expression, protein–protein interaction networks, and advanced approaches for network reconstruction, analysis, and interpretation, it is possible to discover...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
7,778 Views
30 Pages

Genetic Potential of the Biocontrol Agent Pseudomonas brassicacearum (Formerly P. trivialis) 3Re2-7 Unraveled by Genome Sequencing and Mining, Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics

  • Johanna Nelkner,
  • Gonzalo Torres Tejerizo,
  • Julia Hassa,
  • Timo Wentong Lin,
  • Julian Witte,
  • Bart Verwaaijen,
  • Anika Winkler,
  • Boyke Bunk,
  • Cathrin Spröer and
  • Jörg Overmann
  • + 3 authors

9 August 2019

The genus Pseudomonas comprises many known plant-associated microbes with plant growth promotion and disease suppression properties. Genome-based studies allow the prediction of the underlying mechanisms using genome mining tools and the analysis of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,218 Views
11 Pages

Regulation of KIR3DL3 Expression via miRNA

  • Rungtiwa Nutalai,
  • Silvana Gaudieri,
  • Amonrat Jumnainsong and
  • Chanvit Leelayuwat

9 August 2019

Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) 3DL3 is a framework gene present in all human KIR haplotypes. Although the structure of KIR3DL3 is suggestive of an inhibitory receptor, the function of KIR3DL3 has not been demonstrated and cognate liga...

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