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Comparison of Methods for Detecting and Quantifying Variation in Copy Numbers of Duplicated Genes

  • Jeon, Jin-Tae;Ahn, Sung-Jin
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • 제16권6호
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    • pp.1037-1046
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    • 2009
  • Copy number variations(CNVs) are known as one of the most important factors in susceptibility to genetic disorders because they affect expression levels of genes. In previous studies, pyrosequencing, mini-sequencing real-time polymerase chain reaction(PCR), invader assays and other techniques have been used to detect CNVs. However, the higher the copy number in a genome, the more difficult it is to resolve the copies, so a more accurate method for measuring CNVs and assigning genotype is needed. PCR followed by a quantitative oligonucleotide ligation assay(qOLA) was developed for quantifying CNVs. The aim of this study was to compare the two methods for detecting and quantifying the CNVs of duplicated gene: the published pyrosequencing assay(pyro_CNV) and the newly developed qOLA_CNV. The accuracy and precision of the assay were evaluated for porcine KIT, which was selected as a model locus. Overall, the root mean squares(RMSs) of bias and standard deviation of qOLA_CNV were 2.09 and 0.45, respectively. These values are less than half of those of pyro CNV.

Variation of Plant and Fruit Characteristics in Capsicum frutescens.

  • Ro, Na-young;Hur, Onsook;Lee, Jeaeun;Hwang, Aejin;Kim, Bitsam;Yi, JungYoon;Geum, Bora;Lee, Hosun;Noh, Jaejong;Rhee, Juhee
    • 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국자원식물학회 2019년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.38-38
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    • 2019
  • Among the 6500 accessions of the pepper germplasm which conserved at RDA Genebank, 319 accessions were investigated charateristics such as their growth habit, flowering and fruit shape in Capsicum frutescens. All accessions were characterized for their 14 qualitative and 16 quantitative characters. Results revealed that both qualitative and quantitative characters exhibited wide variation among the studied germplasm. The hypocotyl color, which investigated in juvenile stage, was divided in three types such as green, purple, and purple with green, and most of the accessions showed in purple. Flowering starts from 7 May, and most accessions were starting to flower from 27 May to 25 June. The fresh color of the mature pepper were red, yellow, orange, Etc. Fruit shape were mostly elongated, while exhibited ball shape and round shape were a few. The fresh weight of fruits ranged from 0.2 to 42.3, and the diameter of fruit showed from 4.2 to 45.1 mm, respectively. The phenotypic diversity exists in Capsicum frutescens. provide valuable information to improve agronomic traits in pepper breeding program.

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Perceived Dark Rim Artifact in First-Pass Myocardial Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Due to Visual Illusion

  • Taehoon Shin;Krishna S. Nayak
    • Korean Journal of Radiology
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.462-470
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    • 2020
  • Objective: To demonstrate that human visual illusion can contribute to sub-endocardial dark rim artifact in contrast-enhanced myocardial perfusion magnetic resonance images. Materials and Methods: Numerical phantoms were generated to simulate the first-passage of contrast agent in the heart, and rendered in conventional gray scale as well as in color scale with reduced luminance variation. Cardiac perfusion images were acquired from two healthy volunteers, and were displayed by the same gray and color scales used in the numerical study. Before and after k-space windowing, the left ventricle (LV)-myocardium boarders were analyzed visually and quantitatively through intensity profiles perpendicular the boarders. Results: k-space windowing yielded monotonically decreasing signal intensity near the LV-myocardium boarder in the phantom images, as confirmed by negative finite difference values near the board ranging -1.07 to -0.14. However, the dark band still appears, which is perceived by visual illusion. Dark rim is perceived in the in-vivo images after k-space windowing that removed the quantitative signal dip, suggesting that the perceived dark rim is a visual illusion. The perceived dark rim is stronger at peak LV enhancement than the peak myocardial enhancement, due to the larger intensity difference between LV and myocardium. In both numerical phantom and in-vivo images, the illusory dark band is not visible in the color map due to reduced luminance variation. Conclusion: Visual illusion is another potential cause of dark rim artifact in contrast-enhanced myocardial perfusion MRI as demonstrated by illusory rim perceived in the absence of quantitative intensity undershoot.

영양소 섭취의 주요급원식품과 주요변이식품들을 이용한 간소화된 반정량 빈도 조사 도구의 개발 및 평가 (The Development and Evaluation of a Simple Semi-Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire Using the Contribution of Specific Foods to Absolute Intake and Between-Person Variation of Nutrient Consumption)

  • 김미양;서일;남정모;윤지영;심지선;오경원
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • 제35권2호
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    • pp.250-262
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    • 2002
  • This study was conducted to develop a simple flood frequency questionnaire (FFQ) based on the results of contributions of specific floods to absolute intake and between-person variance in nutrients using semi-quantitative FFQ with 93 flood items. The subjects were 554 healthy adults for development of a simple FFQ, and 37 students for a validation test of a developed simple FFQ. The contribution of specific floods to 80% absolute nutrient intake was measured by assessing their percentage in total consumption of a nutrient. To assess the contributions of floods to the between-person variance in the intake of each specific nutrient, stepwise multiple regressions were performed. The number of floods necessary to account for the respective 80% of absolute intake was 11-36, depending on the nutrient, while flower floods (5-16 floods) were required for the corresponding percentage of between-person variation for all nutrients. Important floods for between-person variance include Tangsuyuk (pork) and snacks for energy and fat, fish for protein and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and snacks for carbohydrates. Spearman correlation coefficients between 93-itemed FFQ and 63-itemed FFQ ranged from 0.91 for vitamin A to 0.99 for fat in the population data used in developing a simple FFQ. Also, the correlation coefficients between the two FFQs were 0.82-7.92 in the population for the validation test. This study suggests that useful information on dietary intake could be obtained using a simple semi-quantitative FFQ in a large-scale dietary survey in Korea.

The Quantitative Evaluation of Aging State of Field Composite Insulators Based on Trap Characteristics and Volume Resistivity-Temperature Characteristics

  • Liang, Ying;Gao, Li-Juan;Dong, Ping-Ping;Gao, Ting
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • 제13권3호
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    • pp.1355-1362
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    • 2018
  • In order to obtain a better understanding of the ageing process of the field composite insulators, it is necessary to explore a quantitative-valuation method for the aging state evaluation. And the linear relationship between volume resistivity and temperature is proposed. In this paper, the composite insulators with different lengths of operating lives from two manufacturers were tested. The relationship between trap characteristics and volume resistivity-temperature characteristics were analyzed based on Thermal Stimulated Current (TSC), volume resistivity-temperature test, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Furthermore, the application of trap characteristics in the quantitative evaluation of aging state of composite insulators was discussed. The results showed that there was a general negative correlation between the relative variation ratio of trap charges and the volume resistivity-temperature characteristics. Meanwhile, the physicochemical properties would change with the aging time, which would result in the increasing of electron traps. Combined with the TSC and volume resistivity test results, the trap characteristic thresholds which indicated the serious age of the composite insulators had been proposed.

Landsat 영상을 이용한 국내 경지면적 변화에 따른 요인분석 및 추정방법에 관한 연구 (A Study of the Primary Factor Analysis and Estimated Methods According to Domestic Agricultural Area Variations Using Landsat Images)

  • 허준;김우선;손홍규;조형식
    • 한국측량학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국측량학회 2007년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.459-462
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    • 2007
  • Long time ago, Korea region based on the agriculture society has been changed in terms of a variety of factors, differently a metropolis. Specially the region located nearby urban area generates a number of variations by the environmental, economic and social factors, these variations have appeared with the similar characteristics in other areas. On that score, if we classify variation factors by means of analyzing quantitative or assign the standards or weights to apply as a agent concept, will anticipate mote accurate information of the land-use ratio, squares related of agriculture region in the future. In this study, we estimated applicable possibilities and extract the variation factor between annual surveying images and real values which estimated local products, variation factors related of attributes through Landsat images of Korea for the 5 years.

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Quantitative Assessment of Variation in Poroelastic Properties of Composite Materials Using Micromechanical RVE Models

  • Han, Su Yeon;Kim, Sung Jun;Shin, Eui Sup
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.175-183
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    • 2016
  • A poroelastic composite material, containing different material phases and filled with fluids, serves as a model to formulate the overall ablative behaviors of such materials. This article deals with the assessment of variation in nondeterministic poroelastic properties of two-phase composite materials using micromechanical representative volume element (RVE) models. Considering the configuration and arrangement of pores in a matrix phase, various RVEs are modeled and analyzed according to their porosity. In order to quantitatively investigate the effects of microstructure, changes in effective elastic moduli and poroelastic parameters are measured via finite element (FE) analysis. The poroelastic parameters are calculated from the effective elastic moduli and the pore-pressure-induced strains. The reliability of the numerical results is verified through image-based FE models with the actual shape of pores in carbon-phenolic ablative materials. Additionally, the variation of strain energy density is measured, which can possibly be used to evaluate microstress concentrations.

비선형 혼합효과모형에서의 로버스트 능형회귀 방법과 정량적 고속 대량 스크리닝 자료에의 응용 (Robust ridge regression for nonlinear mixed effects models with applications to quantitative high throughput screening assay data)

  • 유지선;임창원
    • 응용통계연구
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    • 제31권1호
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    • pp.123-137
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    • 2018
  • 비선형 혼합효과 모형은 다양한 분야에서 반복 측정 자료를 분석할 때 주로 사용된다. 비선형 혼합효과 모형은 개체 내 변동(intra-individual variation)에 대해 고려하는 제 1단계 개별수준모델(individual-level model)과 개체간 변동(inter-individual variation)에 대해 고려하는 제 2단계 개체군모델(population model)의 두 단계로 구성되어 있다. 비선형 혼합효과 모형의 첫 번째 단계인 개별수준모델은 비선형 회귀모형의 모수를 추정하는 것으로 일반적인 비선형 회귀모형과 같고, 주로 보통최소제곱추정 방법을 사용하여 모수를 추정한다. 그러나 최소제곱추정방법은 가정된 비선형 함수가 자료에 의해 명시적으로 드러나지 않는 경우 모수의 추정값과 그 표준오차가 극단적으로 커지는 문제가 발생할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 최근에 비선형 회귀모형에서 제안된 능형회귀(ridge regression) 방법을 비선형 혼합효과 모형의 제 1단계 개별수준모델에 도입함으로써 이러한 문제를 해결할 수 있는 새로운 추정방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 추정량은 모의실험 연구를 통하여 기존의 표준적인 추정량과 그 성능을 비교하였다. 또한 미국의 National Toxicology Program으로부터 얻어진 정량적 대량고속 스크리닝(quantitative high throughput screening) 실제 자료를 사용하여 추정 방법들을 비교하였다.

Variation in Phenotypic Characteristics and Contents of Sesquiterpene Lactones in Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) Germplasm

  • Sung, Jung-Sook;Hur, On-Sook;Ryu, Kyoung-Yul;Baek, Hyung-Jin;Choi, Susanna;Kim, Sang-Gyu;Luitel, Binod Prasad;Ko, Ho-Cheol;Gwak, Jae-Gyun;Rhee, Ju-Hee
    • 한국자원식물학회지
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    • 제29권6호
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    • pp.679-689
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    • 2016
  • Lettuce is an important annual leafy vegetable and bitterness is its potent flavor character. Lettuce germplasm differ their phenotypic characters and sesquiterpene lactones (SLs) contents which are important for consumer's acceptance. This study was carried out to evaluate the phenotypic characters and SLs contents in one hundred lettuce germplasm in Jeonju, Korea. Twenty-three agro-morphological (16 qualitative and 7 quantitative) traits and two SLs (lactucin and lactucopicrin) contents were studied in these germplasm. Germplasm exhibited the variation in qualitative and quantitative characters. Average plant weight was 423.9 g with a range from 116.0 to 905.0 g. Lactucin content was varied from 19.7 (IT 294226) to $194.4{\mu}g/g$ (IT 294298) with an average concentration of $84.7{\mu}g/g$. Lactucopicrin ranged from 82.5 (IT 300134) to $2228.6{\mu}g/g$ (IT 294210) with an average concentration of $586.3{\mu}g/g$. Total SLs content was ranged from 120.1 (IT 300134) to 2286.6 (IT 294210)${\mu}g/g$ with the average concentration of $671.0{\mu}g/g$. Significant ($p{\leq}0.05$) differences were found between crisp head and butter head germplasm for lactucin, lactucopicrin and total SLs content. Crisp head germplasm revealed the highest average lactucin ($112.9{\mu}g/g$), lactucopicrin ($734.8{\mu}g/g$) and total SLs content ($847.7{\mu}g/g$). Crisp head and leafy type germplasm exhibited more total SLs content (847.7 and $744.7{\mu}g/g$, respectively) than cos ($524.9{\mu}g/g$) and butter head type ($519.4{\mu}g/g$). Principal component analyses of the quantitative traits indicated that the first principal component axis accounted more than 91% of the total variation. This study revealed the ample genetic variation in the agro-morphological traits and SLs contents to support the selection for improved lettuce varieties.

Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Seed Size and Weight in Soybean

  • Kim, Hong-Sik;Lee, Suk-Ha;Park, Keum-Yong;Lee, Yeong-Ho
    • 한국작물학회지
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    • 제45권4호
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    • pp.227-231
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    • 2000
  • Small seed size is one of the major traits of soybean cultivars for sprouts with regard to high sprout yield. This study was conducted to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for seed size and weight in a set of F 6 seeds of 89 lines derived from a cross between 'Pureunkong', a soybean cultivar developed for sprouts and 'Jinpumkong 2', a soybean cultivar with no beany taste in seed due to the lack of lipoxygenases. The genetic map of 25 linkage groups with a total of 98 markers including RFLP, RAPD, SSR and classical markers was constructed from this F/sbu 5/-derived population and was used for QTL analysis. 'Pureunkong' was significantly smaller (P<0.01) than 'Jinpumkong 2' in seed size and seed weight. Genetic variation was detected and transgressive segregation was common in the population for these traits. Seven DNA markers including opT14-1600 in LG A2, opF02-400 in LG B2, Satt100, opC09-700, opG04-730 and opQll-650 in LG C2, and opY07-1100 & 1000 in LG(unknown) were significantly associated and accounted for 4.7 to 10.9% and 5.1 to 10.1 % of the phenotypic variation in seed size and seed weight, respectively. 'Pureunkong' alleles increased seed size and seed weight at the all four significant marker loci on the LG C2. These marker loci in LG C2 were closely linked and were presumed to be a single QTL. Overall, at least three independent QTLs from 3 linkage groups (A2, B2, and C2) were putatively involved in the control of seed size and seed weight.

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