Three predisposition genes have been identified for cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM), but they account for only ∼25% of melanoma clusters/pedigrees. Linkage analyses of melanoma pedigrees from many countries have failed to identify significant linkage evidence for the remaining predisposition genes that must exist. The Utah linkage analysis approach of using singly informative extended high-r...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the genetic diversity sour cherries using SSR markers, correlate data with phenotypic traits, and investigate suitability Prunus-specific microsatellite markers in species. Nineteen cherry genotypes from Fruit Research Institute Érd, Hungary, were analyzed twelve primer pairs. number alleles ranged two ten, a mean value 4.67 per locus. highest generated BPP...

Transposed elements constitute an attractive, useful source of phylogenetic markers to elucidate the evolutionary history of their hosts. Frequent and successive amplifications over evolutionary time are important requirements for utilizing their presence or absence as landmarks of evolution. Although transposed elements are well distributed in rodent taxa, the generally high degree of genomic ...

Downregulation of betaglycan (β-glycan) [transforming growth factor β receptor type III (TGFβR3)], which belongs to co-receptors of the TGFβ pathway, occurs in a broad spectrum of primary human malignancies. However, in the case of endometrial cancer (EC), the mechanisms responsible for genetic alterations are still unknown. Therefore, we investigated allelic imbalance at the TGFBR3 locus (1p33...