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Mitochondrial Echoes of First Settlement and Genetic Continuity in El Salvador
(Plos, 2009)
Background: From Paleo-Indian times to recent historical episodes, the Mesoamerican isthmus played an important role in
the distribution and patterns of variability all around the double American continent. However, the ...
Estimating Haplotype Frequency and Coverage of Databases
(Plos, 2008)
A variety of forensic, population, and disease studies are based on haploid DNA (e.g. mitochondrial DNA or Y-chromosome
data). For any set of genetic markers databases of conventional size will normally contain only a ...
Distilling Artificial Recombinants from Large Sets of Complete mtDNA Genomes
(PLOS, 2008)
Background: Large-scale genome sequencing poses enormous problems to the logistics of laboratory work and data
handling. When numerous fragments of different genomes are PCR amplified and sequenced in a laboratory, there ...
Retinoblastoma Loss Modulates DNA Damage Response Favoring Tumor Progression
(PLOS, 2008)
Senescence is one of the main barriers against tumor progression. Oncogenic signals in primary cells result in oncogeneinduced senescence (OIS), crucial for protection against cancer development. It has been described in ...
Ancestry Analysis in the 11-M Madrid Bomb Attack Investigation
(PLOS, 2009)
The 11-M Madrid commuter train bombings of 2004 constituted the second biggest terrorist attack to occur in Europe after
Lockerbie, while the subsequent investigation became the most complex and wide-ranging forensic case ...
Analysis of an SIR Epidemic Model with Pulse Vaccination and Distributed Time Delay
(Hindawi, 2007)
Pulse vaccination, the repeated application of vaccine over a defined age range, is gaining prominence as an effective strategy for the elimination of infectious diseases. An SIR epidemic model with pulse vaccination and ...
New Population and Phylogenetic Features of the Internal Variation within Mitochondrial DNA Macro-Haplogroup R0
(PLOS, 2009)
Background: R0 embraces the most common mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineage in West Eurasia, namely, haplogroup H
(,40%). R0 sub-lineages are badly defined in the control region and therefore, the analysis of diagnostic ...
Rescue treatment with terlipressin in children with refractory septic shock: a clinical study
(BMC, 2006)
Introduction
Refractory septic shock has dismal prognosis despite aggressive therapy. The purpose of the present study is to report the effects of terlipressin (TP) as a rescue treatment in children with catecholamine ...
Acumulación de selenio en setas silvestres comestibles: captación y toxicidad Selenium accumulation in wild edible mushrooms: uptake and toxicity
(Taylor & Francis, 2009)
Los hongos acumulan selenio, metal considerado nutricionalmente oligoelemento, pero nocivo para la salud del consumidor en dosis excesivas. Se estudió el contenido de selenio en setas silvestres comestibles, teniendo en ...
Impact of the spanish smoking law on exposure to second-hand smoke and respiratory health in hospitality workers: a cohort study
(PLOS, 2009)
A smoke-free law came into effect in Spain on 1st January 2006, affecting all enclosed workplaces except hospitality venues, whose proprietors can choose among totally a smoke-free policy, a partial restriction with ...