Phylogenetic analyses of the 19 STR loci in X chromosome revealed discriminant forensic characteristics for Chinese Daur and Oroqen minorities.

In respect of forensic genetics, X-STRs are widely applied for deficiency paternity cases. Given the popularization of AGCU-X19 STR Kit in China, there has been investigation conducted into the genetic data and forensic parameters of 19 X-STR loci in many of the Chinese ethnic groups, which makes it possible to perform nationwide phylogenetic comparation. To evaluate the allele and haplotype diversity of 19 X-STR loci and to explore their forensic efficiency in the Daur and Oroqen minorities, unrelated healthy Daur (n = 86) and Oroqen (n = 165) individuals were recruited from Heilongjiang province, so as to reveal the phylogenetic relationship between the two minorities and other Chinese ethnic groups.

Sweet Sorghum Originated through Selection of , a Plant-Specific NAC Transcription Factor Gene.

Sorghum () is the fifth most popular crop worldwide and a C model plant. Domesticated sorghum comes in many forms, including sweet cultivars with juicy stems and grain sorghum with dry, pithy stems at maturity. The locus, which controls the pithy/juicy stem trait, was discovered over a century ago.

Genome-wide patterns of large-size presence/absence variants in sorghum.

The presence/absence variants (PAVs) are a major source of genome structural variation and have profound effects on phenotypic and genomic variation in animals and humans. However, little is understood about PAVs in plant genomes. Our previous resequencing effort on three sorghum (Sorghum bicolour L.

Early transcriptomic adaptation to Na₂CO₃ stress altered the expression of a quarter of the total genes in the maize genome and exhibited shared and distinctive profiles with NaCl and high pH stresses.

Sodium carbonate (Na₂CO₃) presents a huge challenge to plants by the combined damaging effects of Na⁺, high pH, and CO₃²⁻. Little is known about the cellular responses to Na₂CO₃ stress. In this study, the transcriptome of maize (Zea mays L.

A cost-effective high-resolution melting approach using the EvaGreen dye for DNA polymorphism detection and genotyping in plants.

High-resolution melting (HRM) analysis relies on the use of fluorescent dyes, such as LCGreen, ResoLight, and SYTO9, which bind in a saturated manner to the double-stranded DNAs. These dyes are expensive in use and may not be affordable when dealing with a large quantity of samples. EvaGreen is a much cheaper DNA helix intercalating dye and has been used in quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and post-PCR DNA melt curve analysis.

Ca2+-binding protein S100A11: a novel diagnostic marker for breast carcinoma.

To evaluate whether S100A11 could be considered to be a novel diagnostic marker in breast carcinoma, the method of differential proteomics, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry were used to detect the expression pattern and subcellular localization of S100A11. Statistical analyses indicated that specific up-regulated of A100A11 did not correlate with other prognostic factors such as age, tumor size, grade and stage, ER, PR, HER-2 and nodal status. Our data support that S100A11 is a novel diagnostic marker in breast carcinoma.