objective(s):organic anion transporter polypeptide 1b1 (oatp1b1) encoded by solute carrier organic transporter 1b1 (slco1b1) gene; a transporter involved in the uptake of drugs and endogenous compounds is present in hepatocyte sinusoidal membrane. aim of this study was to investigate the frequencies of functionally significant snps (388a>g and 521t>c) and their haplotypes in 6 ethnic groups of ...

Haplotypes constructed from Y-chromosome markers were used to trace the origins of Native Americans. Our sample consisted of 2,198 males from 60 global populations, including 19 Native American and 15 indigenous North Asian groups. A set of 12 biallelic polymorphisms gave rise to 14 unique Y-chromosome haplotypes that were unevenly distributed among the populations. Combining multiallelic varia...

background: molecular genetic factors regulating hemoglobin f (hb f) expression are important modifiers of the severity of sickle cell anemia (ss).   methods: the prevalence of xmni polymorphic site, the g g: a g ratio and the hb f level were determined using pcr-rflp procedure, hplc and alkaline denaturation method, respectively, in various haplotypes of 52 patients with ss, 18 patients with s...

The fast evolving human KIR gene family encodes variable lymphocyte receptors specific for polymorphic HLA class I determinants. Nucleotide sequences for 24 representative human KIR haplotypes were determined. With three previously defined haplotypes, this gave a set of 12 group A and 15 group B haplotypes for assessment of KIR variation. The seven gene-content haplotypes are all combinations o...

The study of host-parasite relationships involving vector-borne parasites requires understanding interactions between parasites and vectors. The capacity of haemosporidians to infect insects has clear evolutionary consequences for the transmission of diseases. Here, we investigated (i) the associations between blood parasites, biting midges and birds and (ii) the potential specificity between b...

To estimate the maternal effects of dog breeds using mitochondrial DNA(mtDNA) haplotypes in the dogs with several clinical disorders, 600 base pairs of mtDNA D-loop region were amplified from 365 dogs and were determined for mtDNA sequences. The diversity of the 600-bp sequences was classified into 64 haplotypes, including 46 newly discovered haplotypes, and the haplotypes were grouped into fou...