Loss of pollen-S function in Prunus self-compatible cultivars has been mostly associated with deletions or insertions in the S-haplotype-specific F-box (SFB) genes. However, self-compatible pollen-part mutants defective for non-S-locus factors have also been found, for instance, in the apricot (Prunus armeniaca) cv. 'Canino'. In the present study, we report the genetic and molecular analysis of...

In this study, to reproduce natural chestnut genotypes, the fruit characteristics of Düzce region determined by local people are good in a healthy way, compatible with Marigoule (C. sativa × C. crenata) hybrid varieties resistant branch cancer and root rot was investigated. 24 different genotypes were used. As grafting method, most commonly used tongue grafting, split chip budding side method A...

A growing number of Internet sites provide patients with an opportunity to share experiences about their illness. Unfortunately, it depends on the luck of the draw whether patients find compatible others for mutual support. To improve this situation, this paper demonstrates how tools from Information Retrieval can be deployed to discover patients with compatible stories more systematically. We ...

The population haplotype inference problem based on the pure parsimony criterion (HIPP) infers an m genotype matrix for a population by a 2 haplotype matrix with the minimum number of distinct haplotypes. Previous integer programming based HIPP solution methods are time-consuming, and their practical effectiveness remains unevaluated. On the other hand, previous heuristic HIPP algorithms are ef...

Self-incompatibility S-locus-encoded F-box (SLF) proteins have been identified in Antirrhinum and several Prunus species. Although they appear to play an important role in self-incompatible reaction, functional evidence is lacking. Here, we provide several lines of evidence directly implicating a role of AhSLF-S(2) in self-incompatibility in Antirrhinum. First, a nonallelic physical interaction...

Persistent infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV) is a necessary step in the development of cervical cancer. The incorporation of HPV detection into cervical screening programs may improve the ability to identify women at risk of cervical cancer. We recently evaluated the performance characteristics of a newly developed HPV detection assay, the GenoArray (GA) genotyping as...