Genotyping for five short tandem repeat (STR) loci HUMvWA, HUMFES, HUMTPO, HUMTH01 and D3S1359 was done in 220 unrelated individuals from the population of Isfahan province of IR Iran. The loci were genotyped using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and silver staining. The data demonstrated that the STR markers were all found informative i...

This paper presents Centre-based clustering approaches for clustering Y-STR data. The main goal is to investigate and observe the performance of the fundamental clustering approaches when partitioning Y-STR data. Two fundamental Centre-based hard clustering approaches, k-Means and k-Modes algorithms, and two fundamental Centre-based soft clustering approaches, fuzzy k-Means and fuzzy k-Modes al...

❆❜str❛❝t ✕ ❆ss❡ss✐♥❣ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ q✉❛❧✐t2 ❛ttr✐❜✉t❡s ✭s✉❝❤ ❛s ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡✱ r❡❧✐❛❜✐❧✐t2✱ ❛♥❞ s❡❝✉r✐t2✮ ❢r♦♠ s♦✉r❝❡ ❝♦❞❡ ✐s ♦❢ t❤❡ ✉t♠♦st ✐♠♣♦rt❛♥❝❡✳ ❚❤❡ ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡ ♦❢ ❛ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ s2st❡♠ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ✐♠♣r♦✈❡❞ ❜2 ✐ts ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥✳ ❚❤❡ ❛✐♠ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥ ✐s t♦ s♣❡❡❞ ✉♣ ❜2 ♣r♦✈✐❞✐♥❣ t❤❡ ♠❛1✐♠✉♠ ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ ❝♦♥❝✉rr❡♥❝2 ✐♥ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ s❡❣♠❡♥ts✳ ■t ✐s ❛...

❆❜str❛❝t ✕ ❆ss❡ss✐♥❣ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ q✉❛❧✐t2 ❛ttr✐❜✉t❡s ✭s✉❝❤ ❛s ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡✱ r❡❧✐❛❜✐❧✐t2✱ ❛♥❞ s❡❝✉r✐t2✮ ❢r♦♠ s♦✉r❝❡ ❝♦❞❡ ✐s ♦❢ t❤❡ ✉t♠♦st ✐♠♣♦rt❛♥❝❡✳ ❚❤❡ ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡ ♦❢ ❛ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ s2st❡♠ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ✐♠♣r♦✈❡❞ ❜2 ✐ts ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥✳ ❚❤❡ ❛✐♠ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥ ✐s t♦ s♣❡❡❞ ✉♣ ❜2 ♣r♦✈✐❞✐♥❣ t❤❡ ♠❛1✐♠✉♠ ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ ❝♦♥❝✉rr❡♥❝2 ✐♥ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ s❡❣♠❡♥ts✳ ■t ✐s ❛...

❆❜str❛❝t ✕ ❆ss❡ss✐♥❣ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ q✉❛❧✐t2 ❛ttr✐❜✉t❡s ✭s✉❝❤ ❛s ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡✱ r❡❧✐❛❜✐❧✐t2✱ ❛♥❞ s❡❝✉r✐t2✮ ❢r♦♠ s♦✉r❝❡ ❝♦❞❡ ✐s ♦❢ t❤❡ ✉t♠♦st ✐♠♣♦rt❛♥❝❡✳ ❚❤❡ ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡ ♦❢ ❛ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ s2st❡♠ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ✐♠♣r♦✈❡❞ ❜2 ✐ts ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥✳ ❚❤❡ ❛✐♠ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥ ✐s t♦ s♣❡❡❞ ✉♣ ❜2 ♣r♦✈✐❞✐♥❣ t❤❡ ♠❛1✐♠✉♠ ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ ❝♦♥❝✉rr❡♥❝2 ✐♥ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ s❡❣♠❡♥ts✳ ■t ✐s ❛...

❆❜str❛❝t ✕ ❆ss❡ss✐♥❣ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ q✉❛❧✐t2 ❛ttr✐❜✉t❡s ✭s✉❝❤ ❛s ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡✱ r❡❧✐❛❜✐❧✐t2✱ ❛♥❞ s❡❝✉r✐t2✮ ❢r♦♠ s♦✉r❝❡ ❝♦❞❡ ✐s ♦❢ t❤❡ ✉t♠♦st ✐♠♣♦rt❛♥❝❡✳ ❚❤❡ ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡ ♦❢ ❛ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ s2st❡♠ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ✐♠♣r♦✈❡❞ ❜2 ✐ts ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥✳ ❚❤❡ ❛✐♠ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❛♥❞ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♦♥ ✐s t♦ s♣❡❡❞ ✉♣ ❜2 ♣r♦✈✐❞✐♥❣ t❤❡ ♠❛1✐♠✉♠ ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ ❝♦♥❝✉rr❡♥❝2 ✐♥ ❡1❡❝✉t✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❞✐str✐❜✉t❡❞ s❡❣♠❡♥ts✳ ■t ✐s ❛...

Microsatellites are multi-allelic and composed of short tandem repeats (STRs) with individual motifs composed of mononucleotides, dinucleotides or higher including hexamers. Next-generation sequencing approaches and other STR assays rely on a limited number of PCR amplicons, typically in the tens. Here, we demonstrate STR-Seq, a next-generation sequencing technology that analyses over 2,000 STR...

Two new species of the cyrtoscydmine ant-like stone beetle genus Syndicus are described: S. (s. str.) birmanicus sp. n. (from Myanmar) and S. (Semisyndicus) chiangmaianus sp. n. (from Thailand). A previously unknown male of S. (s. str.) puncticollis Jałoszyński is described, and for the first time the spermatheca of S. (Semisyndicus) sumatrensis Schaufuss is illustrated. Syndicus puncticollis, ...

Stromelysin-3 (STR-3) is a recently characterized matrix metalloproteinase i MMI'i that was cloned on the basis of differential expression in benign and malignant breast tumors. This M Ml' has a unique processing mechanism and substrate specificity. Unlike previously characterized MMi's that are secreted as inactive zymogens, STR-3 is processed within the constitutive secretory pathway and secr...