De Novo Transcriptome Assembly of Cedar ( L.) and Differential Gene Expression Involved in Herbivore Resistance.

Timber trees are targets of herbivorous attacks. The identification of genes associated with pest resistance can be accomplished through differential expression analysis using transcriptomes. We reported the de novo assembly of cedar ( L.

Expression of heat shock protein genes in Simmental cattle exposed to heat stress.

Objective: In tropical, subtropical and arid zones, heat stress is the main cause of productivity reduction in cattle. When climate stressors occur, animals become thermal adapted through differential expression of some genes, including heat shock proteins (HSP) family. The aim of this study was to determine levels of expression of HSP60, HSP70, and HSP90 genes in Simmental cattle raised in tropical environments of Mexico.

Transcriptome Analysis of Soursop ( L.) Fruit under Postharvest Storage Identifies Genes Families Involved in Ripening.

Soursop ( L.) is climacteric fruit with a short ripening period and postharvest shelf life, leading to a rapid softening. In this study, transcriptome analysis of soursop fruits was performed to identify key gene families involved in ripening under postharvest storage conditions (Day 0, Day 3 stored at 28 ± 2 °C, Day 6 at 28 ± 2 °C, Day 3 at 15 ± 2 °C, Day 6 at 15 ± 2 °C, Day 9 at 15 ± 2 °C).

Genetic Structure and Selection of a Core Collection for Long Term Conservation of Avocado in Mexico.

Mexico, as the center of origin of avocado ( Mill.), harbors a wide genetic diversity of this species, whose identification may provide the grounds to not only understand its unique population structure and domestication history, but also inform the efforts aimed at its conservation. Although molecular characterization of cultivated avocado germplasm has been studied by several research groups, this had not been the case in Mexico.

Characterization of the 5' and 3' breakpoints of the Spanish (δβ)0-thalassemia deletion in Mexican patients.

We studied five unrelated Mexican carriers of the Spanish (δβ)(0)-thalassemia [(δβ)(0)-thal] mutation to characterize the size of the deletion, the 5' and 3' breakpoints and the 5' β-globin haplotype. Sequence analysis revealed the presence of an 89,548 bp deletion. The δ- and β-globin genes, two olfactory receptor genes (OR51V1 and OR52A1) and two pseudogenes (OR52Z1P and OR51A1P) were deleted.

Hb S [β6(A3)Glu→Val, GAG>GTG] in Mexican Mestizos: frequency and analysis of the 5' β-globin haplotype.

Between 1978 and 2009, we studied 1,863 Mexican Mestizo patients with clinical data compatible with a hemoglobinopathy. Of these patients, 382 had some hemoglobin (Hb) abnormality (20.5%), 128 had a sickle cell hemoglobinopathy, representing a general frequency of 6.