This study was carried out on 11 Chinese and 12 Japanese silkworm strains maintained by the Center for the Technological Development of Sericulture (CDTS) germplasm bank, located in Pereira, Colombia. The goals were to determine the genetic population structure of the two groups and the association between molecular markers (AFLPs) and important productivity characters. Group analysis showed th...

This review describes the social and ethical responses to the history of innovations in forensic genetics and their application to criminal investigations. Following an outline of the three recurrent social perspectives that have informed these responses (crime management, due process, and genetic surveillance), it goes on to introduce the repertoire of ethical considerations by describing a se...

The problem of proper "controls" has been a topic of central interest to researchers in clinical and experimental hypertension for many years. In this issue of Hypertension, two groups of investigators examine this question using DNA typing techniques,with regard to the comparability of commonly used genetically hypertensive rat strains and their normotensive controls. Confirming earlier data i...

We elaborate our theoretical framework to treat low-energy electron scattering from helical macromolecules. A model of simple scatterers organized into a helical structure is proposed with application to base-pair arrangements in DNA. We extend our analysis to A-type DNA as well as nonperiodic arrangements in B-type DNA. Diffraction patterns due to base-pair spacing are observed under all condi...

ABSTRACT First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors selection papers published in Journal Cell Science, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Vaishna Vamadevan author on ‘ Ubiquitin-assisted phase separation dishevelled-2 promotes Wnt signalling’, JCS. PhD student lab Dr Subbareddy Maddika at Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, T...

DNA profiling (also called DNA testing, DNA typing, or genetic fingerprinting) is a technique employed by forensic scientists to assist in the identification of individuals by their respective DNA profiles. DNA profiles are encrypted sets of numbers that reflect a person's DNA makeup, which can also be used as the person's identifier. DNA profiling should not be confused with full genome sequen...