BACKGROUND Cultivated ginseng is often introduced as a substitute and adulterant of Russian wild ginseng due to its lower cost or misidentification caused by similarity in appearance with wild ginseng. The aim of this study is to develop a simple and reliable method to differentiate Russian wild ginseng from cultivated ginseng. METHODS The mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 7 (nad7) int...

Self-incompatibility (SI) is a genetic mechanism in many flowering plants by which generative reproduction prevented. The self-incompatibility caused the functions of cell controlled genes called S or genes. results decreased pollination and ultimately yield loss. In apple (Malus domestica L.), multi-allelic S-locus. Approaches S-glycoprotein profiles allele-specific PCR methods using gene for ...

objective: bipolar i disorder is a common disorder with a complex etiology. a genetic approach is gaining increasing importance in this disorder. the dysbindin gene, located at 6p22.3 is considered a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia. certain genotypes of dysbindin are thought to be associated with other psychoses such as bipolar disorders. this study intends to assess the association in pr...

Objective(s): The population in Iran is a genetic admixture of the ancestral Aryan and other populations neighboring Iran. Different ethnic groups in Iran show wide regional distributions for many human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles. Therefore, it is necessary and sensible to study the differences in HLA allele distribution in different area. We studied the HLA class I and II allele frequenci...

This study was conducted to assess the possible association between polymorphisms of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene and obese Iraqi adults. DNA obtained from 158 subjects 142 controls. Two specific PCR fragments were designed incorporate two highly frequent single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)s within TCF7L2, rs11196208 rs7908486. Both amplified loci genotyped by PCR-single-strand ...