Fast pyrolysis has been identified as one of the biorenewable conversion platforms that could be a part of an alternative energy future, but it has not yet received the same attention as cellulosic ethanol in the analysis of genetic inheritance within potential feedstocks such as maize. Ten bio-oil compounds were measured via pyrolysis/gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py/GC-MS) in maize co...

Sir, HbA1c testing is mainly used for monitoring glycaemic control in patients with diabetes. However, the World Health Organization now recommends that HbA1c can be used as a diagnostic test for diabetes, provided that stringent quality assurance procedures are in place and assays are standardised to criteria aligned to the international reference values. Laboratories use many different method...

Variability of terry flowers in buttercup Ranunculus acris from different populations demonstrates the anthropogenic impact on environment. Schoolchildren carried out training works analyzing frequency occurrence trait double a flower North-West Region Russia. The data obtained made it possible to discuss questions about mechanisms action environmental pollution by surfactants and unsaturated h...

As a great potential bio-fuel feedstock, the genus Miscanthus has been widely studied around the world, especially Miscanthus × giganteus owing to its high biomass yield in Europe and North America. However, the narrow genetic basis and sterile characteristics of M. × giganteus have become a limitation for utilization and adaptation to extreme climate conditions. In this study, we focused on on...

Although powerful bioinformatics tools are available for free on the web and are used by neuroscience professionals on a daily basis, neuroscience students are largely ignorant of them. This Neuroinformatics module weaves together several bioinformatics tools to make a comprehensive unit. This unit encompasses quantifying a phenotype through a Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) analysis, which link...

Functional genomics is as powerful as the diversity of phenotypes that are associated with the databases of DNA sequences and their expression patterns. A special bioinformatics challenge is to include detailed information in genomic databases about subtle phenoptypic differences that show continuous distribution in segregating populations. The objective of Real Time QTL (RTQ) is to present in ...

phenotypic similarities within a group of 103 S cerevisiae strains that belong to the above mentioned strain Computational analysis Phenotypic tests Phenotyping included the evaluation of 19 traits used in yeast taxonomy [8] or for wine yeast strain selection. Yeast cells were withdrawn from frozen aliquots (glycerol, 30%, v/v, at -80oC) and were pre-inoculated in 10 ml of the culture medium to...

Genomics is revolutionising the speed with which biological information can be accumulated thanks to the use of high throughput molecular and bioinformatics technologies. The complete DNA sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome is helping plant biologists to unravel the remarkable “machinery” of how plants grow and develop. This article describes a genomic research project focusing on the study of...

Milk fat globules memebrane (MFGM)-enriched proteomes from Holstein, Jersey, yak, buffalo, goat, camel, horse, and human were extracted and identified by an iTRAQ quantification proteomic approach. Proteomes data were analyzed by bioinformatic and multivariate statistical analysis and used to present the characteristic traits of the MFGM proteins among the studied mammals. The data of this stud...

1 Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, Haren, The Netherlands, 2 Department of Human Genetics, Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, 3 Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America, 4 School of Pharmacy,...