• Genetic information and biobanking : a Brazilian perspective on biological and biographical issues 

      Fernandes, Márcia Santana; Prolla, Patrícia Ashton; Moraes, Leonardo Stoll de; Matte, Ursula da Silveira; Goldim, José Roberto; Martins-Costa, Judith Hofmeister (2015) [Artigo de periódico]
      This paper aims to discuss the duties of biological resource centres and their administrators concerning the protection of the privacy of the research subjects. Our aim is to discuss the interfaces between biological and ...
    • Genetic polymorphism and relationships among several swine populations of landrace, large white and duroc breeds 

      Tagliari, Claudia Helena; Franco, Maria Helena Lartigau Pereira; Weimer, Tania de Azevedo (1997) [Artigo de periódico]
    • Genetic relatedness, virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance of C. difficile strains from hospitalized patients in a multicentric study in Brazil 

      Saldanha, Gabriele Zvir; Pires, Renata Neto; Rauber, Ana Paula Erhart; Morales, Daiana de Lima; Falci, Diego Rodrigues; Caierão, Juliana; Pasqualotto, Alessandro Comaru; Martins, Andreza Francisco (2020) [Artigo de periódico]
      Background: Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile infection (CDI) is recognized worldwide as a public health concern, related mainly with hypervirulent strains. In Brazil there are few studies about molecular epidemiology ...
    • Genetics and human rights. Two histories : restoring genetic identify after forced disappearance and identify suppression in Argentina and after compulsory isolation for leprosy in Brazil 

      Penchaszadeh, Victor; Faccini, Lavinia Schuler (2014) [Artigo de periódico]
      Over the past three decades, there has been an accelerated development of genetic technology, leading to its use in human genetic identification for many purposes. Additionally, it has been made explicit that identity is ...
    • Genetics, evolution and conservation of Bromeliaceae 

      Zanella, Camila Martini; Janke, Aline; Silva, Clarisse Palma da; Santos, Eliane Kaltchuk dos; Pinheiro, Felipe Grillo; Paggi, Gecele Matos; Soares, Luis E. S.; Goetze, Márcia; Büttow, Míriam Valli; Bered, Fernanda (2012) [Artigo de periódico]
      Bromeliaceae is a morphologically distinctive and ecologically diverse family originating in the New World. Three centers of diversity, 58 genera, and about 3,140 bromeliad species are currently recognized. We compiled all ...
    • Genetic signatures of parental contribution in black and white populations in Brazil 

      Guerreiro-Junior, Vanderlei Farias; Machado, Rafael Bisso; Marrero, Andrea Rita; Hunemeier, Tábita; Salzano, Francisco Mauro; Bortolini, Maria Cátira (2009) [Artigo de periódico]
      Two hundred and three individuals classified as white were tested for 11 single nucleotide polymorphisms plus two insertion/deletions in their Y-chromosomes. A subset of these individuals (n = 172) was also screened for ...
    • Genetics of homocysteine metabolism and associated disorders 

      Pitt, Silvia Brustolin; Giugliani, Roberto; Felix, Temis Maria (2010) [Artigo de periódico]
      Homocysteine is a sulfur-containing amino acid derived from the metabolism of methionine, an essential amino acid, and is metabolized by one of two pathways: remethylation or transsulfuration. Abnormalities of these pathways ...
    • Genetics of Parkinson’s disease in Brazil : systematic review of monogenic forms 

      Lobato, Bruno Lopes dos Santos; Schuh, Artur Francisco Schumacher; Mata, Ignacio Fernandez; Letro, Grace Helena; Braga Neto, Pedro; Brandão, Pedro Renato de Paula; Godeiro Júnior, Clécio de Oliveira; Coletta, Marcus Vinicius Della; Camargos, Sarah Teixeira; Borges, Vanderci; Rieder, Carlos Roberto de Mello; Tumas, Vitor (2021) [Artigo de periódico]
      Background: Increasing numbers of mutations causing monogenic forms of Parkinson's disease (PD) have been described, mostly among patients in Europe and North America. Since genetic architecture varies between different ...
    • Genetics, surnames, grandparents' nationalities, and ethnic admixture in southern Brazil - do the patterns of variation coincide? 

      Dornelles, Claudia Leães; Callegari-Jacques, Sidia Maria; Robinson, Wanyce Miriam; Weimer, Tania de Azevedo; Franco, Maria Helena Lartigau Pereira; Hickmann, Ane Cristina; Geiger, Cleonice Jobim; Salzano, Francisco Mauro (1999) [Artigo de periódico]
      Uma amostra de 2.708 descendentes de europeus que vivem no Rio Grande do Sul, o qual foi subdividido em sete mesorregiões, e de 226 pessoas da mesma procedência provenientes de Santa Catarina foi estudada quanto a 17 ...
    • Genetic structure and conservation of mountain lions in the south-brazilian atlantic rain forest 

      Castilho, Camila Schlieper de; Sá, Luiz Guilherme Marins de; Benedet, Rodrigo C.; Freitas, Thales Renato Ochotorena de (2012) [Artigo de periódico]
      The Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest, one of the most endangered ecosystems worldwide, is also among the most important hotspots as regards biodiversity. Through intensive logging, the initial area has been reduced to around ...
    • Genetic structure of sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae) along an altitudinal gradient of the Atlantic Rain Forest in southern Brazil 

      Gonçalves, Gislene Lopes; Marinho, Jorge Reppold; Freitas, Thales Renato Ochotorena de (2009) [Artigo de periódico]
      The population genetic structure of two sympatric species of sigmodontine rodents (Oligoryzomys nigripes and Euryoryzomys russatus) was examined for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence haplotypes of the control region. ...
    • Genetic susceptibility to drug teratogenicity: a systematic literature review 

      Gomes, Julia do Amaral; Olstad, Emilie Willoch; Kowalski, Thayne Woycinck; Gervin, Kristina; Vianna, Fernanda Sales Luiz; Faccini, Lavinia Schuler; Nordeng, Hedvig Marie Egeland (2021) [Artigo de periódico]
      Since the 1960s, drugs have been known to cause teratogenic effects in humans. Such teratogenicity has been postulated to be influenced by genetics. The aim of this review was to provide an overview of the current knowledge ...
    • Genetic variability in common wheat germplasm based on coefficients of parentage 

      Bered, Fernanda; Barbosa Neto, Jose Fernandes; Carvalho, Fernando Iraja Felix de (2002) [Artigo de periódico]
      The characterization of genetic variability and an estimate of the genetic relationship among varieties are essential to any breeding program, because artificial crosses among less similar parents allow a larger segregation ...
    • Genetic variability in maize and teosinte populations estimated by microsatellites markers 

      Terra, Tatiana de Freitas; Wiethölter, Paula; Almeida, Cícero Carlos de Souza; Silva, Sérgio Delmar dos Anjos e; Bered, Fernanda; Sereno, Maria Jane Cruz de Melo; Barbosa Neto, Jose Fernandes (2011) [Artigo de periódico]
      Wild species are important sources of genetic variability and may be exploited by breeding programs. Crosses between teosinte and maize occur freely and teosinte serves as genetic source of agronomic traits for introduction ...
    • Genetic variability of Bipolaris sorokiniana isolates using URP-PCR 

      Mann, Michele Bertoni; Spadari, Cristina de Castro; Feltrin, Thaisa; Frazzon, Ana Paula Guedes; Germani, Jose Carlos; Van der Sand, Sueli Terezinha (2014) [Artigo de periódico]
      Spot blotch disease, caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana, is one of the major diseases of wheat and is responsible for large losses of wheat crops worldwide. We used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with universal rice primers ...
    • Genetic variant in vitamin D-binding protein is associated with metabolic syndrome and lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in polycystic ovary syndrome : a cross-sectional study 

      Santos, Betânia Rodrigues dos; Lecke, Sheila Bünecker; Spritzer, Poli Mara (2017) [Artigo de periódico]
      Vitamin D deficiency has been related to metabolic syndrome (MetS) in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The vitamin D-binding protein (DBP) is the main protein involved in vitamin D transport. Two single-nucleotide ...
    • Genetic variation among major human geographic groups supports a peculiar evolutionary trend in PAX9 

      Paixão Côrtes, Vanessa Rodrigues; Meyer, Diogo; Pereira, Tiago da Veiga; Mazières, Stéphane; Elion, Jacques; Krishnamoorthy, Rajagopal; Zago, Marco Antonio; Silva Junior, Wilson Araujo da; Salzano, Francisco Mauro; Bortolini, Maria Cátira (2011) [Artigo de periódico]
      A total of 172 persons from nine South Amerindian, three African and one Eskimo populations were studied in relation to the Paired box gene 9 (PAX9) exon 3 (138 base pairs) as well as its 59and 39flanking intronic segments ...
    • Genetic variation and population structure in native americans 

      Wang, Sijia; Lewis Junior, Cecil M.; Jakobsson, Mattias; Ramachandran, Sohini; Ray, Nicolas; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rojas, Winston; Parra, María V.; Molina, Julio A.; Gallo, Carla; Mazzotti, Guido; Poletti, Giovanni; Hill, Kim R.; Hurtado, Ana Magdalena; Labuda, Damian; Klitz, William; Barrantes, Ramiro; Bortolini, Maria Cátira; Salzano, Francisco Mauro; Petzl-Erler, Maria Luiza; Tsuneto, Luiza T.; Llop, Elena; Rothhammer, Francisco; Excoffier, Laurent; Feldman, Marcus W.; Rosenberg, Noah A.; Ruiz-Linares, Andres (2008) [Artigo de periódico]
      We examined genetic diversity and population structure in the American landmass using 678 autosomal microsatellite markers genotyped in 422 individuals representing 24 Native American populations sampled from North, Central, ...
    • Genetic variation in polyploid forage grass : asessing the molecular genetic variability in the Paspalum genus 

      Cidade, Fernanda Witt; Vigna, Bianca B.Z.; Souza, Francisco Humberto Dübbern de; Valls, José Francisco Montenegro; Dall'Agnol, Miguel; Zucchi, Maria Imaculada; Chies, Tatiana Teixeira de Souza; Souza, Anete Pereira de (2013) [Artigo de periódico]
    • Genetic variation of the bronze locus (MC1R) in turkeys from Southern Brazil 

      Corso, Josmael; Hepp, Diego; Ledur, Mônica Corrêa; Peixoto, Jane O.; Fagundes, Nelson Jurandi Rosa; Freitas, Thales Renato Ochotorena de (2017) [Artigo de periódico]
      Domestic turkeys present several color phenotypes controlled by at least five genetic loci, but only one of these has been identified precisely: the bronze locus, which turned out to be the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) ...