Results: 18

The comparative mitogenomics and phylogenetics of the two grouse-grasshoppers (Insecta, Orthoptera, Tetrigoidea)

Biol. Res; 50 (), 2017
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to reveal the mitochondrial genomes (mtgenomes) of Tetrix japonica and Alulatettix yunnanensis, and the phylogenetics of Orthoptera species. METHODS: The mtgenomes of A. yunnanensis and T. japonica were firstly sequenced and assembled through partial sequences amplification, a...

Selective intra-dinucleotide interactions and periodicities of bases separated by K sites: a new vision and tool for phylogeny analyses

Biol. Res; 50 (), 2017
Direct tests of the random or non-random distribution of nucleotides on genomes have been devised to test the hypothesis of neutral, nearly-neutral or selective evolution. These tests are based on the direct base distribution and are independent of the functional (coding or non-coding) or structural (rep...

Caliciviruses in hospitalized children, São Luís, Maranhão, 1997-1999: detection of norovirus GII. 12

Braz. j. microbiol; 47 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Gastroenteritis is one of the most common diseases during childhood, with norovirus (NoV) and sapovirus (SaV) being two of its main causes. This study reports for the first time the incidence of these viruses in hospitalized children with and without gastroenteritis in São Luís, Maranhão. A t...

Morphological, molecular characterization and taxonomic status of Triplophysa marmorata and Triplophysa kashmirensis (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Kashmir valley, India

Rev. biol. trop; 64 (2), 2016
AbstractIn India the distribution of genus Triplophysa has been reported only in the upper drainage of the Indus River in Jammu and Kashmir and Lahul and Spiti area of Himachal Pradesh. There is no study on the taxonomic characterization of this genus from Kashmir Himalaya. Therefore the present study wa...

Olfactomedin-like 2 A and B (OLFML2A and OLFML2B) expression profile in primates (human and baboon)

Biol. Res; 49 (), 2016
BACKGROUND: The olfactomedin-like domain (OLFML) is present in at least four families of proteins, including OLFML2A and OLFML2B, which are expressed in adult rat retina cells. However, no expression of their orthologous has ever been reported in human and baboon. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to ...

Estudos sobre a organização genômica, evolução e expressão de microRNAs

Os microRNAs (miRNAs) são pequenos RNAs não codificadores de proteínas presentes na maioria dos eucariotos. Esses RNAs regulam a expressão gênica em nível pós-transcricional através do silenciamento de mRNAs-alvo que possuem sítios complementares às suas sequências, atuando em praticamente tod...

Molecular evolution and expression profile of the chemerine encoding gene RARRES2 in baboon and chimpanzee

Biol. Res; 48 (), 2015
BACKGROUND: Chemerin, encoded by the retinoic acid receptor responder 2 (RARRES2) gene is an adipocytesecreted protein with autocrine/paracrine functions in adipose tissue, metabolism and inflammation with a recently described function in vascular tone regulation, liver, steatosis, etc. This molecule is ...

Karyotype description of possible new species of the Hypostomus ancistroides complex (Teleostei: Loricariidae) and other Hypostominae

Acta sci., Biol. sci; 34 (2), 2012
Cytogenetic analyses were performed in four species of the Hypostominae subfamily, three from Hypostomus (Hypostomini) genus and Rhinelepis aspera (Rhinelepini). Three populations of Hypostomus ancistroides were analyzed, which had 2n=68 chromosomes, but presented different karyotype formulas. Hypostomus...