• 제목/요약/키워드: Genetic variations

검색결과 677건 처리시간 0.04초

마이크로 유전자 알고리즘을 이용한 복합재 적층 구조물의 최적설계 (Optimal Design of Composite Laminated Stiffened Structures Using micro Genetic Algorithm)

  • 이무근;김천곤
    • 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 한국복합재료학회 2005년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
    • /
    • pp.268-271
    • /
    • 2005
  • Researches based on genetic algorithms have been performed in composite laminated structures optimization since 1990. However, conventional genetic algorithms have a disadvantage that its augmentation of calculation costs. A lot of variations have been proposed to improve the performance and efficiency, and micro genetic algorithm is one of them. In this paper, micro Genetic Algorithm was employed in the optimization of laminated stiffened composite structures to maximize the linear critical buckling load and the results from both conventional genetic algorithm and micro genetic algorithm were compared.

  • PDF

Morphometric and Genetic Variability Among Tylenchulus semipenetrans Populations from Citrus Growing Area in Korea

  • Park, Byeong-Yong;Park, Sun-Nam;Lee, Jae-Kook;Bae, Chang-Hwan
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
    • /
    • 제25권3호
    • /
    • pp.236-240
    • /
    • 2009
  • Tylenchulus semipenetrans, citrus nematode is an important phytopathogenic nematode and responsible for serious damage on citrus. However, little information is available about genetic variability of T. semipenetrans among different populations with variation of conventional diagnostic characteristics. In this study, we compared the morphometric and genetic characteristics among different populations. The mature female of T. semipenetrans collected in this study had thicker cuticle than those in the previous studies. In comparative sequence analysis of T. semipenetrans populations obtained from Jeju in Korea, we observed genetic variations within clones generated from single individuals. To determine whether variability among copies of nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences exists in the genome of T. semipenetrans, PCR-RFLP technique from individuals of Korean isolates with MseI and MspI restriction enzymes was used to prove experimentally that all populations have intra-specific variations. Restriction enzyme digestion created several fragments on 3.0% agarose gel corresponding to several haplotypes in all populations, though some populations displayed fragment deletion. The total length of fragments was larger than before digestion, indicating sequence heterogeneity within the genome of T. semipenetrans.

Common Genetic Variations in the MUC5AC Gene are Not Related to Helicobacter pylori Serologic Status

  • Zhou, Cheng-Jiang;Zhang, Liu-Wei;Gao, Fang;Zhang, Bin;Wang, Ying;Chen, Da-Fang;Jia, Yan-Bin
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
    • /
    • 제15권24호
    • /
    • pp.10719-10722
    • /
    • 2015
  • Several lines of evidence suggest that MUC5AC genetic polymorphisms might confer susceptibility to H. pylori infection and therefore gastric cancer risk. We here assessed the association of common polymorphisms in the MUC5AC gene with H. pylori seroprevalence using an LD-based tagSNP approach in a north-western Chinese Han population. A total of 12 tagSNPs were successfully genotyped among 281 unrelated ethnic Han Chinese who had no cancer history, and no identifiable gastric disease or genetic disease. No significant association between any alleles, genotypes or haplotypes and H. pylori seroprevalence was observed. Our results suggest that common genetic variations in MUC5AC gene might not make a major contribution to the risk of H. pylori infection.

Future Directions of Pharmacovigilance Studies Using Electronic Medical Recording and Human Genetic Databases

  • Choi, Young Hee;Han, Chang Yeob;Kim, Kwi Suk;Kim, Sang Geon
    • Toxicological Research
    • /
    • 제35권4호
    • /
    • pp.319-330
    • /
    • 2019
  • Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) constitute key factors in determining successful medication therapy in clinical situations. Integrative analysis of electronic medical record (EMR) data and use of proper analytical tools are requisite to conduct retrospective surveillance of clinical decisions on medications. Thus, we suggest that electronic medical recording and human genetic databases are considered together in future directions of pharmacovigilance. We analyzed EMR-based ADR studies indexed on PubMed during the period from 2005 to 2017 and retrospectively acquired 1161 (29.6%) articles describing drug-induced adverse reactions (e.g., liver, kidney, nervous system, immune system, and inflammatory responses). Of them, only 102 (8.79%) articles contained useful information to detect or predict ADRs in the context of clinical medication alerts. Since insufficiency of EMR datasets and their improper analyses may provide false warnings on clinical decision, efforts should be made to overcome possible problems on data-mining, analysis, statistics, and standardization. Thus, we address the characteristics and limitations on retrospective EMR database studies in hospital settings. Since gene expression and genetic variations among individuals impact ADRs, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics, appropriate paths for pharmacovigilance may be optimized using suitable databases available in public domain (e.g., genome-wide association studies (GWAS), non-coding RNAs, microRNAs, proteomics, and genetic variations), novel targets, and biomarkers. These efforts with new validated biomarker analyses would be of help to repurpose clinical and translational research infrastructure and ultimately future personalized therapy considering ADRs.

Identification of DNA Variations Using AFLP and SSR Markers in Soybean Somaclonal Variants

  • Lee, Suk-Ha;Jung, Hyun-Soo;Kyujung Van;Kim, Moon-Young
    • 한국작물학회지
    • /
    • 제49권1호
    • /
    • pp.69-72
    • /
    • 2004
  • Somaclonal variation, defined as phenotypic and genetic variations among regenerated plants from a parental plant, could be caused by changes in chromosome structure, single gene mutation, cytoplasm genetic mutation, insertion of transposable elements, and DNA methylation during plant regeneration. The objective of this study was to evaluate DNA variations among somaclonal variants from the cotyledonary node culture in soybean. A total of 61 soybean somaclones including seven $\textrm{R}_1$ lines and seven $\textrm{R}_2$ lines from Iksannamulkong as well as 27 $\textrm{R}_1$ lines and 20 $\textrm{R}_2$ lines from Jinju 1 were regenerated by organogenesis from the soybean cotyledonary node culture system. Field evaluation revealed no phenotypic difference in major agronomic traits between somaclonal variants and their wild types. AFLP and SSR analyses were performed to detect variations at the DNA level among somaclonal variants of two varieties. Based on AFLP analysis using 36 primer sets, 17 of 892 bands were polymorphic between Iksannamulkong and its somaclonal variants and 11 of 887 bands were polymorphic between Jinju 1 and its somaclonal variants, indicating the presence of DNA sequence change during plant regeneration. Using 36 SSR markers, two polymorphic SSR markers were detected between Iksannamulkong and its somaclonal variants. Sequence comparison amplified with the primers flanking Satt545 showed four additional stretches of ATT repeat in the variant. This suggests that variation at the DNA level between somaclonal variants and their wild types could provide basis for inducing mutation via plant regeneration and broadening crop genetic diversity.

Association Analysis of Common Genetic Variations in MUC5AC Gene with the Risk of Non-cardia Gastric Cancer in a Chinese Population

  • Zhou, Cheng-Jiang;Zhang, Liu-Wei;Gao, Fang;Zhang, Bin;Wang, Ying;Chen, Da-Fang;Jia, Yan-Bin
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
    • /
    • 제15권10호
    • /
    • pp.4207-4210
    • /
    • 2014
  • Several lines of evidence suggest that genetic variation in MUC5AC gene might contribute to the risk of gastric cancer. We conducted a case-control study to evaluate the relationship between common genetic variations in MUC5AC gene and non-cardia gastric cancer using an LD-based tagSNP approach in Baotou, north-western China. We genotyped 12 tagSNPs by TaqMan method among 288 cases with non-cardia gastric cancer and 281 normal controls. Unconditional logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for non-cardia gastric cancer risk in association with alleles, genotypes and haplotypes. We observed that the frequencies of rs3793964 C allele and rs11040869 A allele were significantly lower in cases than in controls. Meanwhile, minor allele homozygotes of rs3793964 and rs11040869 were significantly associated with a decreased risk of non-cardia gastric cancer when compared with their major allele homozygotes. Furthermore, a statistically significantly protective effect of rs885454 genotypes on non-cardia gastric cancer was also observed (for CT vs. CC: OR=0.581, 95%CI=0.408-0.829; for CT/TT vs. CC: OR=0.623, 95%CI=0.451-0.884). Our results indicated that some common genetic variations in the MUC5AC gene might have effects on the risk of non-cardia gastric cancer in our studied population.