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Cystic fibrosis in Uruguay
Authors: Gerardo Luzardo, Isabel Aznarez, Beatriz Crispino, Adriana Mimbacas, Liria MartÃ?Ânez, Rossana Poggio, Julian Zielenski, Lap-Chee Tsui and Horacio Cardoso
We conducted clinical and genetic analyses of 52 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in Uruguay, which is about half of the known affected individuals in the country. A relatively high proportion had a mild presentation, characterized by pancreatic sufficiency (28%), a strong pulmonary component (97%), and borderline sweat electroly.. Read More»
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Evaluation of crosses of Holstein, Jersey or Brown Swiss sires x Holstein-Friesian/Gir dams. 2. Female liveweights
Authors: R.L. Teodoro and F.E. Madalena
The liveweights of 100 females sired by Holstein (H), Jersey (J) or Brown Swiss (BS) bulls out of Holstein-Friesian x Gir dams of 1/2 to 3/4 Holstein-Friesian fraction were compared. The animals were kept in a single herd under the same management. The data were analyzed separately for four age categories by least squares tech.. Read More»
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Detection of stabilizing selection in favor of the Santa Cruz homokaryotype in Drosophila pseudoobscura populations from the high plateau of the Colombian Andes
Authors: Diana Alvarez, Manuel Ruiz-Garcia, Jimena Guerrero and Juan P. Jaramillo
Chromosome 3 rearrangements were studied in five Drosophila pseudoobscura populations from the high plateau of the Colombian Andes. As in previous studies, the Santa Cruz and Tree Line rearrangements were predominant in these populations, but for the first time other rearrangements such as the Olympic, Cuernavaca and a rearran.. Read More»
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