An improved Raphanus sativus cv. WK10039 genome localizes centromeres, uncovers variation of DNA methylation and resolves arrangement of the ancestral Brassica genome blocks in radish chromosomes.

This study presents an improved genome of Raphanus sativus cv. WK10039 uncovering centromeres and differentially methylated regions of radish chromosomes. Comprehensive genome comparison of radish and diploid Brassica species of U's triangle reveals that R.

The Formation and Invariance of Canine Nose Pattern of Beagle Dogs from Early Puppy to Young Adult Periods.

The formation and invariance of the canine nose pattern is studied. Nose images of ten beagle dogs were collected for ten months from month two to month eleven. The nose patterns in these images are examined visually and by a biometric algorithm.

Seeded Ising Model and Distributed Biometric Template Storage and Matching.

It is known that a variant of Ising model, called , can be used to recover the information content of a biometric template from a fraction of information therein. The method consists in reconstructing the whole template, which is called the in this paper, using only a small portion of the given template, a . This reconstruction method may pose a security threat to the integrity of a biometric identity management system.