Population sizes of the Japanese red coral Corallium japonicum have been severely affected by poaching and overfishing. Although genetic structure connectivity patterns are considered important parameters for conservation strategies, there few studies focusing on population genetics C. in Northwest Pacific. We examined , used restriction-site-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq), which can be to...

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have become popular as an approach for the identification of large numbers of phenotype-associated variants. However, differences in genetic architecture and environmental factors mean that the effect of variants can vary across populations. Understanding population genetic diversity is valuable for the investigation of possible population specific and ind...

Recent large-scale studies of European populations have demonstrated the existence of population genetic structure within Europe and the potential to accurately infer individual ancestry when information from hundreds of thousands of genetic markers is used. In fact, when genomewide genetic variation of European populations is projected down to a two-dimensional Principal Components Analysis pl...

Patterns of genetic variation in human populations across the African continent are still not well studied in comparison with Eurasia and America, despite the high genetic and cultural diversity among African populations. In population and forensic genetic studies a single sample is often used to represent a complete African region. In such a scenario, inappropriate sampling strategies and/or t...

Invasive species are classically thought to suffer from reduced within-population genetic variation compared to their native-range sources due to founder effects and population bottlenecks during introduction. Reduction in genetic variation in introduced species may limit population growth, increase the risk of extinction, and constrain adaptation, hindering the successful establishment and spr...

Insertion/deletion polymorphisms (InDels) are ubiquitous diallelic genetic markers that have drawn increasing attention from forensic researchers. Here, we investigated 30 InDel loci in Vietnamese and Nigerian populations and evaluated their usefulness in forensic genetics. The polymorphic information content of these populations ranged, respectively, from 0.164 to 0.375 and from 0.090 to 0.375...

1 Department of Genetics, University of Szczecin, Poland. 2 Department of Physical Culture and Health Promotion, University of Szczecin, Poland. 3 Galen Medical Center, Bieruń, Poland. 4 Academy of Physical Culture and Sport, Gdańsk, Poland. Authors submitted their contribution of the article to the editorial board. Accepted for printing in Journal of Human Kinetics vol. 31/2012 on March 2012....

Human population have large genetic variation. Genetic variations are usually characterized by Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP). These are the location of variation in the genome sequence of two individuals. Identification of SNPs affecting human phenotype, especially leading to risks of complex disorders, is one of the key problems of medical genetics. In this project we build a probabilis...

Global climate change has made heat stress tolerance an important trait to be considered in breeding programs improve the resistance of productive animals unfavorable environmental conditions. The aim this study was know association between single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and through a genome-wide (GWAS). Where 95 Brown Swiss dairy cows have measured body temperatures, respiratory ...

The orangeback flying squid, Sthenoteuthis pteropus, is a species of significant potential value that widely distributed in the tropical and temperate waters Atlantic Ocean. There have been no reports population genetics effective molecular markers for this due to lack reliable information regarding its genetic structure many individual differences, as well complex changeable life history. Ther...