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Sexual Differences of Cocoon weight, Cocoon Shell Weight, and Cocoon Shell Percentage in the Sex- limited Silkworm Strains, Bombyx mori L., (한성계통의 전견중, 견층중, 견층비율에 대한 성차)

  • 이상몽;김삼은
    • Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.31-36
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    • 1985
  • Using sexual differences between female and male as the indication of the degree of the physiological distrubance in the sex-limited larval marking strains or sex-limited egg colour strains, it was investigated whether the physiological distrubance caused y the translocated autosome fragment on the W-sex determination chromosome, have an effect on expression of the three quantitative characters; cocoon weight, cocoon shell weight, and cocoon shell percentage in the female silkworm. The mean values of the ratios of female to male the above two experimental groups were 127%, 107%, 85%, in cocoon shell weight, and cocoon shell percentage, respectively. On the other hand, those from the three normal stains, namely the basic stock strains, white egg strains, and hybrids were 129% for cocoon weight, 110% for cocoon shell weight, and 85% for cocoon shell percentage, respectively. From the results, it comes to the conclusion that the translocated autosome fragment on the W-chromosome has no influences on the expression of the quantitative characters of the female silkworm because sexual differences of the sex-limited strains were very similar to those of the three normal strains.

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Linkage Mapping and QTL on Chromosome 6 in Hanwoo (Korean Cattle)

  • Kim, J.W.;Park, S.I.;Yeo, J.S.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.16 no.10
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    • pp.1402-1405
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    • 2003
  • The QTL(quantitative traits loci) linkage mapping of Hanwoo (Korean Cattle) chromosome 6 for daily gain and marbling score was performed using 378 individuals from 18 paternal half-sib families in Hanwoo. Hanwoo chromosome 6 were mapped to total length of 394.2 cM between 28 microsatellite loci using 36 microsatellite primers of BTA 6 linkage group. The QTL analysis for daily gain in Hanwoo showed 8 microsatellite loci (BM3026-5.66, EL03-5.58, BM4311-5.29, ILSTS035-4.50, BMS1242-4.37, BM1329-3.67, BM415-3.11, BMS2460-3.03) in larger than LOD score 3.0. Based on the QTL analysis for marbling score, LOD scores of 12 microsatellite loci (BM415-8.88, BM3026-7.15, ILSTS093-5.45, ILSTS035-4.91, EL03-4.69, BMS690-4.52, BM1329-4.43, BMS511-3.74, BMS1242-3.66, BMS518-3.65, BM4311-3.41, BMC4203-3.36) were found larger than 3.0.

Establishment and Identification of a Debao Pony Ear Marginal Tissue Fibroblast Cell Line

  • Zhou, X.M.;Ma, Y.H.;Guan, W.J.;Zhao, D.M.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.17 no.10
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    • pp.1338-1343
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    • 2004
  • The Debao pony ear marginal tissue fibroblast cell line (NDPEM 2/2) was uccessfully established using either primary explant technique or collagenase technique. The characterizations of the cell line were identified as following: the cells were adherent and of density limitation; population doubling time (PDT) of cells made with the two techniques were 35.9 h and 48 h, respectively; chromosome analysis showed that the frequency of cell chromosome number to be 2n=64 was 91.3%-92.8%. Confirmed by isoenzyme analysis, this cell line had no cross- contamination. Tests for microbial contamination from bacteria, fungi, virus or mycoplasma were negative. This newly established cell line meets all the standard quality controls of ATCC. It will provide a precious genetic resource for the conservation of the Debao pony breed, as well as effective experimental material for genetic studies on Debao ponies.

Karyological Study of Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) (일본산 메추리(Coturnix coturnix japonica)의 핵형연구)

  • ;;N. S. Fechheimerlr
    • Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.269-274
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    • 1990
  • Chromosome complements of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) were studied using several tissues which involving testis, leukocytes and embryos. The diploid count was estimated to be 2n=78. Analyzing the metaphase of secondary meiosis in spermatocytes, the haploid count estimated to be n=39. Morphometric analysis were studied by the centromeric index and relative length of 8 macro-chromosomes and Z, W chromosomes The differences of morphological feature were not significant among tissues. Exceptionally the chromosome 4 shelved a considerable variety in the presence of it's short arm.

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Expression of Cytochrome $b_{5}$ Retropseudogenes in Hunam Blood

  • Hwang, Mi-Sun;Alan W.Steggles;Yoo, Min
    • Biomedical Science Letters
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.167-170
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    • 2003
  • Cytochrome $b_{5}$($b_{5}$) can be found in a variety of tissues and plays a role in the electron transfer pathways. Several retropseudogenes (numbered as I, II, II, IV, V) have been identified and well investigated for their structures. However, retropseudogene I is not clear in terms of its location on the chromosome. In addition the structure and the exression of retropseudogene V have not been confirmed. To examine the structure of bs retropseudogenes V and to see whether it is expressed in human blood we applied recombinant DNA technologies including polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing. Retropseudogene V turned out to contain open reading frame (ORF) within its structure, however, no evidence of its expression was detected. Retropseudogene I was also found on the chromosome V. This study should contribute to the understanding of the structure of bs gene family.

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Acquisition of Fuzzy Control Rules using Genetic Algorithm for a Ball & Beam System

  • S.B. Cho;Park, K.H.;Lee, Y.W.
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.40.6-40
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    • 2001
  • Fuzzy controls are widely used in industrial fields using experts knowledge base for its high degree of performance. Genetic Algorithm(GA) is one of the numerical method that has an advantage of optimization. In this paper, we present an acquisition method of fuzzy rules using genetic algorithm. Knowledge of the system is the key to generating the control rules. As these rules, a system can be more stable and it reaches the control goal the faster. To get the optimal fuzzy control rules and the membership functions, we use the GA instead of the experts knowledge base. Information of the system is coded the chromosome with suitable phenotype. Then, it is operated by genetic operator, and evaluated by evaluation function. Passing by the decoding process with the fittest chromosome, the genetic algorithm can tune the fuzzy rules and the membership functions automatically ...

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Physiological Response of Escherichia coli W3110 and BL21 to the Aerobic Expression of Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin

  • Lara, Alvaro R.;Galindo, Janet;Jaen, Karim E.;Juarez, Mariana;Sigala, Juan-Carlos
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.30 no.10
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    • pp.1592-1596
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    • 2020
  • The aerobic growth and metabolic performance of Escherichia coli strains BL21 and W3110 were studied when the Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) was constitutively expressed in the chromosome. When VHb was expressed, acetate production decreased in both strains and was nearly eliminated in BL21. Transcriptional levels of the glyoxylate shunt genes decreased in both strains when VHb was expressed. However, higher transcription of the α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase genes were observed for W3110, while for BL21 transcription levels decreased. VHb expression reduced the transcription of the cytochrome bo3 genes only in BL21. These results are useful for better selecting a production host.

Identification and Phylogeny of the Human Endogenous Retrovirus HERV-W LTR Family in Schizophrenia

  • Huh, Jae-Won;Yi, Joo-Mi;Kim, Heui-Soo
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.83-86
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    • 2001
  • The long terminal repeat (LTR) elements of human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) have been found to be coexpressed with genes located nearby. It has been suggested that the LTR elements have contributed to the genetic variation of human genome connected to various diseases. Recently, HERV-W family was identified in the cerebrospinal fluids and brains of individuals with schizophrenia. Using genomic DNAs derived from schizophrenia, we performed PCR amplification and identified six HERV-W LTR elements. Those LTR elements showed a high degree of sequence similarity (87.7-99.5%) with HERV-W LTR (AF072500). Sequence analysis of the HERV-W LTR elements revealed that clone W-sch1 showed identical sequence with the AC003014 (PAC clone RP1-290B4) derived from human Xq23. Clone W-sch2 was closely related to the AC0072442 derived from human Y chromosome by phylogenetic analysis. Our data suggest that new HERV-W LTR elements in schizophrenia may be very useful for further studies to understand neuropsychiatric diseases.

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Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci on Porcine Chromosome 7 Using Combined Data Analysis

  • Zuo, B.;Xiong, Y.Z.;Su, Y.H.;Deng, C.Y.;Lei, M.G.;Zheng, R.;Jiang, S.W.;Li, F.E.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.17 no.10
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    • pp.1350-1353
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    • 2004
  • To further investigate the regions on porcine chromosome 7 that are responsible for economically important traits, phenotypic data from a total of 287 F2 individuals were collected and analyzed from 1998 to 2000. All animals were genotyped for eight microsatellite loci spanning the length of chromosome 7. QTL analysis was performed using interval mapping under the line-cross model. A permutation test was used to establish significance levels associated with QTL effects. Observed QTL effects were (chromosomewide significance, position of maximum significance in centimorgans): Birth weight (<0.01, 3); Carcass length (<0.05, 80); Longissimus muscle area (<0.01, 69); Skin percentage (<0.01, 69); Bone percentage (<0.01, 74); Fat depths at shoulder (<0.05, 54);Mean fat depth (<0.05, 81); Moisture in m. Longissimus Dorsi (<0.05, 88). Additional evidence was also found which suggested QTL for dressing percentage and fat depths at buttock. This study offers confirmation of several QTL affecting growth and carcass traits on SSC7 and provides an important step in the search for the actual major genes involved in the traits of economic interest.

The Effect of 5-FU and Radiation on A549 Cells In Vitro (시험관내의 인체폐암 세포 A549의 방사선 및 5-Fluorouracil에 대한 효과)

  • Lee, Myung-Za;Chun, Ha-Chong;Lee, Won-Young
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 1989
  • Effects of ionizing radiation alone and combined with chemotherapy on tumor growth and it's clonal specificity monitored by changes in distribution of chromosome number were studies in A549 ceil line originated from human adenocarcinoma of the lung. Radiation (300 rad, 600 rad and 900 rad) were delivered with or without 5-FU. Forty eight hours later, 57.5% of growth inhibition of cell w8s seen in cells treated with 5-FU concentration of $0.4{\mu}g/ml$ for 24hr exposure. Cell survival curves after radiation with and without 5-FU were made. Chromosomal analysis of cells in metaphase in control, and in cells treated with 300 rad of radiation, or $0.4{\mu}g/ml$ of 5-FU treatment, and combined treatment of both were done to examine the changes in ploidy and number of chromosome. Radiation combined with S-FU enhanced growth inhibition of A549 cells. However, no evidence of synergegic effects in growth. inhibition was observed in the cells treated with the combination therapy. Pattern of chromosomal distribution of survived cells were shifted from hyperploidy to hypoploidy by single dose of radiation (300 rad). As radiation dose increased a large number of hypoploidy cells were observed. Following treatment of cells with 5-FU, chomosomal distribution of survived cells were also shifted to hypodiploidy which were seen in cells treated with radiation, The ceil treated with 5-FU and fellowed by radiation within 24 hrs had cell with increased number of hypodiploidy cells. Almost same type of chromosomal changes were reproduced in cells treated with combined treatment with radiation and 5-FU. Minor differences were that cells with fewer number of chromosome were more frequent in cells treated with combined therapy. Further increase in cells of hypoploidy (93%) having 1-10 chromosome were induced by additional radiation. Therefore, the enhanced therapeutic effect of 5-FU combined with radiation of A549 cells appeared to be additive rather than synergistic.

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