
Authors: Montse Bernat, Esther Titos and Joan Cl� ria
We describe the application of two different fluorescence- based techniques (ddNTP primer extension and single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP)) to the detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) by capillary electrophoresis. The ddNTP primer extension technique is based on the extension, in the presence of fluo.. Read More»
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»
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»
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»