rhizoctonia disease of potato is one of the main causes of yield loss in this crop world- wide. in order to survey the importance of causal agent spread by seed tubers, 36 isolates of rhizoctonia solani were obtained from stored seed tubers and infected subterranean potato plant in the main potato production areas of hamedan and kurdistan provinces in the west of iran. the examination of anasto...

inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) is a chronic disease of unknown etiology, in which genetic factors, seem to play an important role in the disease predisposition and course. assessment of tumor necrosis factor (tnf-α) gene polymorphisms in many populations showed a possible association with ibd. considering the genetic variety in different ethnic groups, the aim of the present study was to inve...

Paecilomyces variotii is one of the most important causal agents of dieback disease in pistachio (Pistacia vera) gardens. The disease affects different parts of the tree, such as branch and trunk. Assessment of genetic structure in different populations of this species will lead to more useful management of pistachio dieback disease. In this study, genetic variation within samples of P. varioti...

the molecular mechanisms of the fact that more than 50% of the individuals with the same genetic make up (e.g. identical twins in schizophrenia) do not show the same psychiatric phenotype remained undefined in psychiatry. this along with the failure to find responsible genes with major effects in psychiatric disorders and lack of consistency of genetic association studies led to the current una...

The clinical practice of neuromuscular disease is currently undergoing enormous change as a direct result of the wealth of recent molecular genetic discoveries. Indeed, the majority of gene discoveries in the area of neurological disease relate to neuromuscular disorders. The immediate impact of these discoveries is that a precise DNA based diagnosis is possible. This often gives patients accur...

Indians, representing about one-sixth of the world population, consist of several thousands of endogamous groups with strong potential for excess of recessive diseases. However, no database is available on Indian population with comprehensive information on the diseases common in the country. To address this issue, we present Indian Genetic Disease Database (IGDD) release 1.0 (http://www.igdd.i...