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2021

Bioinformatics

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A Method For Identifying Ancient Introgression Between Caballine And Non-Caballine Equids Using Whole Genome High Throughput Data., Kalpani De Silva Dec 2021

A Method For Identifying Ancient Introgression Between Caballine And Non-Caballine Equids Using Whole Genome High Throughput Data., Kalpani De Silva

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Introgression is one of the main mechanisms that transfer adapted alleles between species. The advantageous variants will get positively selected and retained in the recipient population while rest of the variants undergo negative selection. When analyzing horse genome, two alleles were found in CXCL16 gene, one associated with susceptibility and one with resistance to developing persistent shedding of the Equine Arteritis Virus. The two alleles differ by 4 non-synonymous variants in exon 1 of the gene. Comparison with 3 non-caballine equids (zebras, asses and hemiones) revealed that one haplotype was almost identical to the haplotype found in non-caballines while the …


Computational Frameworks For Microrna Functional Analysis Of Inter-Kingdom And Indirect Targeting., Mohammed Sayed May 2021

Computational Frameworks For Microrna Functional Analysis Of Inter-Kingdom And Indirect Targeting., Mohammed Sayed

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Genes are DNA sequences that encode the information needed to synthesize molecules necessary for the function of the cell. Some genes are called protein-coding genes because they have the code required to manufacture proteins. The expression of a certain gene means its product (protein) is produced. Although some genes are not protein-coding, they regulate the gene expression of other protein-coding genes. Of these, microRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNA molecules that inhibit the expression of other genes by binding to their mRNA transcripts. miRNAs have been shown to be linked to several biological processes like development and diseases like cancer. Recently, …