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Two species of true fruit flies (taxonomic family Tephritidae) are considered pests of fruit and vegetable production in Argentina: the cosmopolitan Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann) and the new worl...

Studies in genetics and breeding of sheep in Brazil have increased significantly in recent years. These involve research in characterization, breeding and crossing sheep using new technologies available incorporating bot...

Genetics, the study of heredity and genetic variation, is vital to biology education. Genome sequencing (GS), which decodes an organism’s entire DNA, represents a major advance in the field yet remains difficult for st...

Finite mixture models are helpful for uncovering heterogeneity due to hidden structure; for example, unknown major genes. The first part of this article gives examples and reviews quantitative genetics issues of continuo...

Abstract A key factor contributing to the success of Darwin and Wallace’s theory of biological evolution by natural selection was its population-level perspective. This conceptual framework was not immediately adopted,...

Purpose of Review: The genetic structure of insect vectors offers valuable insights for identifying panmictic units, reinfestation sources, and minimal intervention units in vector control programs. This review highlight...

The Middle Pleistocene hominin fossil record is taxonomically diverse, with Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalesis, Homo naledi, and Homo erectus, all existing at various times during this period. These species are generally...

BackgroundEuschistus heros and Piezodorus guildinii are major soybean pests across the Americas. Gut-associated bacteria influence insect nutrition, detoxification, and stress tolerance, potentially enhancing adaptation ...

Marine reserves (areas closed to fishing) have been advocated for the management of many species, including the rock scallop Spondylus calcifer in the northern Gulf of California (NGC), Mexico. We developed an explicit c...

Background Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic metabolic disorder with high comorbidity with mental disorders. The genetic links between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and T2D have yet to be elucidated.Ai...

Fil: Casanueva, Mario. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Unidad Cuajimalpa. Departamento de Humanidades; México. Fil: Méndez, Diego. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Unidad Cuajimalpa. Departamento de Humanidade...

Environmental conditions exert major selective pressures on local plants and are one of the main drivers of local adaptation patterns. Identifying specific effects of individual environmental factors including temperatur...

Abstract Transcriptome sequencing data offer a valuable resource for inferring genetic variants, yet their application in forensic individual identification and kinship analysis remains insufficiently explored. This stud...

Background: Most research in genomics of Parkinson’s disease (PD) has been done in subjects of European ancestry, leading to sampling bias and leaving Latin American populations underrepresented. We sought to clinica...

Abstract Effective management decisions rely on accurate insights into species’ population structure, with high-quality genetic material being essential. Stranded cetaceans are an important source of samples, but meeti...

Together with the environment, genetic factors can significantly influence sleep and its architecture. Monozygotic twins have greater similarity in terms of latency and duration of sleep cycles than dizygotic twins, in a...

Through the study of human genetic diversity, it can be predicted that complex traits, such as height and obesity, will be demonstrated. With the development of a new design technique using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR...

The increasing complexity of forensic genetic samples has driven the development and implementation of probabilistic genotyping software (PGS) to assist experts in quantifying the weight of evidence. A common challenge l...

IntroductionKabuki syndrome (KS) is a rare, complex, multisystem, neurodevelopmental congenital disorder with characteristic phenotypic anomalies and pathogenic genetic variants of the KMT2D or KDM6A genes. KS is highly ...

BackgroundPrimary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) management relies on mucociliary clearance to prevent bronchiectasis. While humoral immunodeficiencies have been reported in PCD, their clinical significance remains under-defin...

Background Chimaerism is a rare genetic condition where an individual possesses two or more distinct cell lines originating from different zygotes. This case report highlights the diagnostic challenge presented by pseudo...

Partially clonal plants are common and often act as ecological foundation species. Patterns of clonal genotypes (genets) and their vegetative modules (ramets) in natural populations remain poorly documented. Knowledge ga...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb.) infection leads to over 1.5 million deaths annually, despite widespread vaccination with BCG at birth. Causes for the ongoing tuberculosis endemic are complex and include the failure of...