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Encapsulation and release of a bacterial carotenoid from hydrogel matrix: Characterization,kinetics and antioxidant study
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Various natural polymers with hydrophilic properties have been used to form hydrogels for the encapsulation and delivery of nutrients and drugs in food and pharmaceutical industries. Among them, chitosan (ChiHG)‐ and alginate (AlgHG)‐ based hydrogels have been extensively explored for delivery of several nutraceuticals in recent years. Release of natural canthaxanthin (CX) obtained from Dietzia maris NITD (accession number: HM151403) has been investigated with emphasis on biomedical applications. Significant changes (P < 0.05) in degree of swelling and moisture content (% dry basis) were found after encapsulation of bacterial canthaxanthin (BCX), but the gel content remained unchanged. BCX encapsulation efficiency was calculated to be 55.92% and 60.45% in ChiHG and AlgHG, respectively. A noticeable change in heat of fusion d melting point was recorded in ChiHG and AlgHG after BCX encapsulation. Swelling and BCX release from gel matrix was performed under two different pH (1.2 and 7.4). The results showed that swelling of hydrogel and BCX release was facilitated at higher pH (7.4) than acidic pH (1.2). With regard to the release kinetics data, it was found that BCX is released from bothand AlgHG in a diffusion transport method. In addition, antioxidant activity of BCX encapsulated hydrogels was found significantly higher (P < 0.001) in terms of DPPH, ABTS, nitrite, hydroxyl radical scavenging and reducing power assay. These results indicated that BCX can be successfully encapsulated into a polymeric hydrogel to obtain a dynamic biomaterial that may be used in drug delivery applications in future. 相似文献
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Daniela Polag Lutz Christian Krapf Hauke Heuwinkel Stephan Laukenmann Jos Lelieveld Frank Keppler 《Engineering in Life Science》2014,14(2):153-160
Efficient operation and stability of biogas plants requires continuous monitoring of the digester content. Traditional laboratory analysis of digester sludge is often complex and time‐consuming and shows a delayed response to disruptions within the fermentation process. As a new approach, we applied an online measurement technique (laser absorption spectroscopy) for real‐time monitoring of stable carbon isotopes of methane () in a pilot‐scale biogas digester (3500 L) regularly fed with maize silage. Generally, isotopic composition of methane gives information about specific substrate degradation, that is, methanogenic pathways that reflect the actual digester state. First results of a 2‐wk monitoring experiment show that stable carbon isotopes of methane respond promptly and highly dynamic to changes in the process state of the digester. In combination with other monitoring parameters (methane production rate, concentration of volatile fatty acids, and pH) the fluctuations in can be interpreted as a change in methanogenic pathways due to a high organic loading rate. In this context, might be used as a new parameter tool for monitoring and characterization of the process state of the digester. 相似文献
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Mª Lourdes Martínez‐Cartas Mª Inmaculada Olivares Sebastin Snchez 《Engineering in Life Science》2019,19(7):522-536
The effect of the H2SO4 concentration in the hydrolysis of sunflower‐stalk waste, at 95ºC and using a liquid/solid relation of 20, was studied. In a later stage, the hydrolysates were fermented at different temperatures with the aim of ethanol and xylitol production. A total conversion of the hemicellulose at the acid concentration of 0.5 mol/L was achieved; whereas an acid concentration of 2.5 mol/L was needed to reach the maximum value in the conversion of the cellulose fraction. The analysis of the hydrolysis kinetics has enabled to determine the apparent reaction order, which was 1.3. The hydrolysates from hydrolysis process with H2SO4 0.5 mol/L, once detoxified, were fermented at pH 5.5, temperatures 30, 40, and 50ºC with the yeast Hansenula polymorpha (ATCC 34438), resulting in a sequential uptake of sugars. In relation to ethanol and xylitol yields, the best results were observed at 50°C ( = 0.11 g/g; = 0.12 g/g). Instantaneous xylitol yields were higher than in ethanol, at the three temperatures essayed. Different phenolic compounds were analyzed in the hydrolysates; hydroxytyrosol was the most abundant (3.79 mg/L). The recovery of these compounds entails the elimination of inhibitors in the fermentation process and the production of high value‐added antioxidant products. 相似文献
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Sabrina C. Lachmann Tabea Mettler‐Altmann Alexander Wacker Elly Spijkerman 《Ecology and evolution》2019,9(3):1070-1082
In freshwaters, algal species are exposed to different inorganic nitrogen (Ni) sources whose incorporation varies in biochemical energy demand. We hypothesized that due to the lesser energy requirement of ammonium ()‐use, in contrast to nitrate ()‐use, more energy remains for other metabolic processes, especially under CO2‐ and phosphorus (Pi) limiting conditions. Therefore, we tested differences in cell characteristics of the green alga Chlamydomonas acidophila grown on or under covariation of CO2 and Pi‐supply in order to determine limitations, in a full‐factorial design. As expected, results revealed higher carbon fixation rates for ‐grown cells compared to growth with under low CO2 conditions. ‐grown cells accumulated more of the nine analyzed amino acids, especially under Pi‐limited conditions, compared to cells provided with . This is probably due to a slower protein synthesis in cells provided with . In contrast to our expectations, compared to ‐grown cells ‐grown cells had higher photosynthetic efficiency under Pi‐limitation. In conclusion, growth on the Ni‐source did not result in a clearly enhanced Ci‐assimilation, as it was highly dependent on Pi and CO2 conditions (replete or limited). Results are potentially connected to the fact that C. acidophila is able to use only CO2 as its inorganic carbon (Ci) source. 相似文献
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Integrated process development of a reactive extraction concept for itaconic acid and application to a real fermentation broth
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Jannick Gorden Elena Geiser Nick Wierckx Lars M. Blank Tim Zeiner Christoph Brandenbusch 《Engineering in Life Science》2017,17(7):809-816
Itaconic acid (IA) has a high potential to be used as a bio‐based platform chemical and its biocatalytic production via fermentation has significantly improved within the last decade. Additionally downstream processing using reactive extraction (RE) was described, potentially enabling a more efficient sustainable bioprocess producing IA. The bottleneck to overcome is the connection of up‐ and downstream processing, caused by lack of biocompatibility of the RE systems and direct application to fermentation broth. Within this study, a biocompatible RE system for IA is defined (pH dependency, extraction mechanism) and used for direct application to a fermentation broth. By optimizing the biocatalyst, the production medium, and the extraction system in an integrated approach, it was possible to define critical parameters that enabled a tuning of the overall bioprocess. With an extraction yield of YIA = 0.80 ± 0.03, IA could be produced as sole carboxylic acid ( = 0.490 mol/kgaq) using a RE system consisting of ethyl oleate as organic solvent and tri‐n‐octylamine as extractant ( = 0.6 mol/kgorg). This work is a proof of concept and demonstrates that by joint consideration of up‐ and downstream processing, optimized bioprocesses can be developed. 相似文献
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Nurçin Çelik Öztürk Dilek Kazan Aziz Akın Denizci Altan Erarslan 《Engineering in Life Science》2012,12(6):662-671
Alkaline proteases are one of the most important group of enzymes that are indispensable in a number of different industrial sectors. In this work, the effect of copper ions (Cu2+) was investigated for improving the thermostability and hydrolytic performance of Bacillus clausii GMBE 42 alkaline protease at different temperatures (45–65°C). Maximal residual activity was observed in the presence of 5 mM CuCl2. The enzyme was thermoinactivated according to first‐order kinetics. A stabilization effect caused by copper ions was the result of a decrease in both autolysis and thermoinactivation rates. Thermodynamic analysis of the thermoinactivation process showed that Ea,i, ΔGi, and ΔHi values of the enzyme were higher in the presence of copper ions, but there was no measurable change in ΔSi values. These results show the thermostabilizing potential of copper ions on the enzyme. Lower Km values and higher kcat and kcat/Km values were obtained in the presence of copper ions, which is an indication of the nonessential activation of the enzyme by copper ions. Thermodynamic analysis of casein hydrolysis showed that in presence of copper ions Ea, ΔG≠, ΔH≠, , and values of enzyme were lower, but there was no change in ΔS≠ values. This is so far the first study that investigates the effect of cations on the basic catalytic and thermodynamic properties of an alkaline serine protease, which may be used to remove protein wastes from various industries such as food and leather processing. 相似文献
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《Journal of molecular recognition : JMR》2017,30(8)
Calmodulin (CaM) functions depend on interactions with CaM‐binding proteins, regulated by . Induced structural changes influence the affinity, kinetics, and specificities of the interactions. The dynamics of CaM interactions with neurogranin (Ng) and the CaM‐binding region of /calmodulin‐dependent kinase II (CaMKII290−309) have been studied using biophysical methods. These proteins have opposite dependencies for CaM binding. Surface plasmon resonance biosensor analysis confirmed that and CaM interact very rapidly, and with moderate affinity ( ). Calmodulin‐CaMKII290−309 interactions were only detected in the presence of , exhibiting fast kinetics and nanomolar affinity ( ). The CaM–Ng interaction had higher affinity under ‐depleted ( and k −1 = 1.6 × 10−1s−1) than ‐saturated conditions ( ). The IQ motif of Ng (Ng27−50) had similar affinity for CaM as Ng under ‐saturated conditions ( ), but no interaction was seen under ‐depleted conditions. Microscale thermophoresis using fluorescently labeled CaM confirmed the surface plasmon resonance results qualitatively, but estimated lower affinities for the Ng ( ) and CaMKII290−309( ) interactions. Although CaMKII290−309 showed expected interaction characteristics, they may be different for full‐length CaMKII. The data for full‐length Ng, but not Ng27−50, agree with the current model on Ng regulation of /CaM signaling. 相似文献
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Different fates of deposited and in a temperate forest in northeast China: a 15N tracer study
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Jun Liu Bo Peng Zongwei Xia Jianfei Sun Decai Gao Weiwei Dai Ping Jiang Edith Bai 《Global Change Biology》2017,23(6):2441-2449
Increasing atmospheric reactive nitrogen (N) deposition due to human activities could change N cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the differences between the fates of deposited and are still not fully understood. Here, we investigated the fates of deposited and , respectively, via the application of 15NH4NO3 and NH415NO3 in a temperate forest ecosystem. Results showed that at 410 days after tracer application, most was immobilized in litter layer (50 ± 2%), while a considerable amount of penetrated into 0–5 cm mineral soil (42 ± 2%), indicating that litter layer and 0–5 cm mineral soil were the major N sinks of and , respectively. Broad‐leaved trees assimilated more 15N under NH415NO3 treatment compared to under 15NH4NO3 treatment, indicating their preference for –N. At 410 days after tracer application, 16 ± 4% added 15N was found in aboveground biomass under treatment, which was twice more than that under treatment (6 ± 1%). At the same time, approximately 80% added 15N was recovered in soil and plants under both treatments, which suggested that this forest had high potential for retention of deposited N. These results provided evidence that there were great differences between the fates of deposited and , which could help us better understand the mechanisms and capability of forest ecosystems as a sink of reactive nitrogen. 相似文献
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Russell Lande 《Evolution; international journal of organic evolution》1994,48(5):1460-1469
The fixation of new deleterious mutations is analyzed for a randomly mating population of constant size with no environmental or demographic stochasticity. Mildly deleterious mutations are far more important in causing loss of fitness and eventual extinction than are lethal and semilethal mutations in populations with effective sizes, Ne, larger than a few individuals. If all mildly deleterious mutations have the same selection coefficient, s against heterozygotes and 2s against homozygotes, the mean time to extinction, , is asymptotically proportional to for 4Nes > 1. Nearly neutral mutations pose the greatest risk of extinction for stable populations, because the magnitude of selection coefficient that minimizes is about ? = 0.4/Ne. The influence of variance in selection coefficients among mutations is analyzed assuming a gamma distribution of s, with mean and variance . The mean time to extinction increases with variance in selection coefficients if is near ?, but can decrease greatly if is much larger than ?. For a given coefficient of variation of , the mean time to extinction is asymptotically proportional to for . When s is exponentially distributed, (c = 1) is asymptotically proportional to . These results in conjunction with data on the rate and magnitude of mildly deleterious mutations in Drosophila melanogaster indicate that even moderately large populations, with effective sizes on the order of Ne = 103, may incur a substantial risk of extinction from the fixation of new mutations. 相似文献
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Yen‐Tsung Huang 《Biometrics》2019,75(4):1191-1204
Mediation effects of multiple mediators are determined by two associations: one between an exposure and mediators (‐) and the other between the mediators and an outcome conditional on the exposure (‐). The test for mediation effects is conducted under a composite null hypothesis, that is, either one of the ‐ and ‐ associations is zero or both are zeros. Without accounting for the composite null, the type 1 error rate within a study containing a large number of multimediator tests may be much less than the expected. We propose a novel test to address the issue. For each mediation test , , we examine the ‐ and ‐ associations using two separate variance component tests. Assuming a zero‐mean working distribution with a common variance for the element‐wise ‐ (and ‐) associations, score tests for the variance components are constructed. We transform the test statistics into two normally distributed statistics under the null. Using a recently developed result, we conduct hypothesis tests accounting for the composite null hypothesis by adjusting for the variances of the normally distributed statistics for the ‐ and ‐ associations. Advantages of the proposed test over other methods are illustrated in simulation studies and a data application where we analyze lung cancer data from The Cancer Genome Atlas to investigate the smoking effect on gene expression through DNA methylation in 15 114 genes. 相似文献
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Naoshi Watanabe 《Population Ecology》1988,30(2):215-225
The mean crowding has previously been measured under the assumption that all quadrats or habitat units have the same size, even though the actual habitat units such as seeds or leaves are generally variable in size. A new index, ‘adjusted mean crowding’, which is adjusted for this variability can be given as where Q is the total number of habitat units in the whole area, xj the number of individuals in the jth habitat unit, and aj is defined as the ‘relative size’ of the jth habitat unit, i.e. ay=yy/(∑yj/Q) where yj is the actually measured size of the jth habitat unit. It is expected that and for the uniform distribution and the random distribution ‘per unit size’, respectively. The comparison between and regressions ( analysis) for the egg distribution pattern of Callosobruchus chinensis or C. maculatus proved that the regression is biased by a positive correlation between the egg number per seed and seed size rather than by a density-dependent change in the ovipositional behavior. 相似文献
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Denise A. Thiede 《Evolution; international journal of organic evolution》1998,52(4):998-1015
A mother can influence a trait in her offspring both by the genes she transmits (Mendelian inheritance) and by maternal attributes that directly affect that trait in her offspring (maternal inheritance). Maternal inheritance can alter the direction, rate, and duration of adaptive evolution from standard Mendelian models and its impact on adaptive evolution is virtually unexplored in natural populations. In a hierarchical quantitative genetic analysis to determine the magnitude and structure of maternal inheritance in the winter annual plant, Collinsia verna, I consider three potential models of inheritance. These range from a standard Mendelian model estimating only direct (i.e., Mendelian) additive and environmental variance components to a maternal inheritance model estimating six additive and environmental variance components: direct additive and environmental variances; maternal additive and environmental variances; and the direct-maternal additive () and environmental covariances. The structure of maternal inheritance differs among the 10 traits considered at four stages in the life cycle. Early in the life cycle, seed weight and embryo weight display substantial , a negative , and a positive . Subsequently, cotyledon diameter displays and of roughly the same magnitude and negative . For fall rosettes, leaf number and length are best described by a Mendelian model. In the spring, leaf length displays maternal inheritance with significant and and a negative . All maternally inherited traits show significant negative . Predicted response to selection under maternal inheritance depends on and as well as . Negative results in predicted responses in the opposite direction to selection for seed weight and embryo weight and predicted responses near zero for all subsequent maternally inherited traits. Maternal inheritance persists through the life cycle of this annual plant for a number of size-related traits and will alter the direction and rate of evolutionary response in this population. 相似文献
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Graphene oxide/silver nanohybrid: Optimization,antibacterial activity and its impregnation on bacterial cellulose as a potential wound dressing based on GO‐Ag nanocomposite‐coated BC
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Javad Mohammadnejad Fatemeh Yazdian Meisam Omidi Arash Darzian Rostami Behnam Rasekh Atena Fathinia 《Engineering in Life Science》2018,18(5):298-307
Recently, bacterial cellulose (BC) based wound dressing have raised significant interests in medical fields. However, to our best knowledge, it is apparent that the BC itself has no antibacterial activity. In this study, we optimized graphene oxide‐silver (GO‐Ag) nanohybrid synthesis using Response Surface Methodology and impregnate it to BC and carefully investigate their antibacterial activities against both the Gram‐negative bacteria Escherichia coli and the Gram‐positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. We discover that, compared to silver nanoparticles, GO‐Ag nanohybrid with an optimal GO suspension's pH and ratio is much more effective and shows synergistically enhanced, strong antibacterial activities at rather low dose. The GO‐Ag nanohybrid is more toxic to E. coli than that to S. aureus. The antibacterial and mechanical properties of BC/GO‐Ag composite are further investigated. 相似文献
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Liming Lai Chang Oh Hong Sandeep Kumar Shannon L. Osborne R. Michael Lehman Vance N. Owens 《Global Change Biology Bioenergy》2018,10(1):28-38
The potential ecological impacts of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), as a biofuel feedstock, have been assessed under different environmental conditions. However, limited information is available in understanding the integrated analysis of nitrogen (N) dynamics including soil nitrate (), nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, and leaching under switchgrass land management. The specific objective was to explore N dynamics for 2009 through 2015 in switchgrass seeded to a marginally yielding cropland based on treatments of N fertilization rate (N rate; low, 0; medium, 56; high, 112 kg N ha?1) and landscape position (shoulder, backslope, and footslope). Our findings indicated that N rate impacted soil (0–5 cm depth) and surface N2O fluxes but did not impact leaching during the observed years. Medium N (56 kg N ha?1) was the optimal rate for increasing biomass yield with reduced environmental problems. Landscape position impacted the N dynamics. At the footslope position, soil , soil leaching, and N2O fluxes were higher than the other landscape positions. Soil N2O fluxes and leaching had downward trends over the observed years. Growing switchgrass on marginally yielding croplands can store soil N, reduce N losses via leaching, and mitigate N2O emissions from soils to the atmosphere over the years. Switchgrass seeded on marginally yielding croplands can be beneficial in reducing N losses and can be grown as a sustainable bioenergy crop on these marginal lands. 相似文献
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The Arabidopsis root stele transporter NPF2.3 contributes to nitrate translocation to shoots under salt stress 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
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Christelle Taochy Isabelle Gaillard Emilie Ipotesi Ronald Oomen Nathalie Leonhardt Sabine Zimmermann Jean‐Benoît Peltier Wojciech Szponarski Thierry Simonneau Hervé Sentenac Rémy Gibrat Jean‐Christophe Boyer 《The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology》2015,83(3):466-479
In most plants, constitutes the major source of nitrogen, and its assimilation into amino acids is mainly achieved in shoots. Furthermore, recent reports have revealed that reduction of translocation from roots to shoots is involved in plant acclimation to abiotic stress. NPF2.3, a member of the NAXT (nitrate excretion transporter) sub‐group of the NRT1/PTR family (NPF) from Arabidopsis, is expressed in root pericycle cells, where it is targeted to the plasma membrane. Transport assays using NPF2.3‐enriched Lactococcus lactis membranes showed that this protein is endowed with transport activity, displaying a strong selectivity for against Cl?. In response to salt stress, translocation to shoots is reduced, at least partly because expression of the root stele transporter gene NPF7.3 is decreased. In contrast, NPF2.3 expression was maintained under these conditions. A loss‐of‐function mutation in NPF2.3 resulted in decreased root‐to‐shoot translocation and reduced shoot content in plants grown under salt stress. Also, the mutant displayed impaired shoot biomass production when plants were grown under mild salt stress. These mutant phenotypes were dependent on the presence of Na+ in the external medium. Our data indicate that NPF2.3 is a constitutively expressed transporter whose contribution to translocation to the shoots is quantitatively and physiologically significant under salinity. 相似文献
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Using nonlinear optical microscopy of coherent antistokes Raman scattering (CARS), second harmonic generation (SHG) and two‐photo excitation fluorescence, we in situ observed how the collagen and the bone grow synergistically and competitively during nascent biological evolution. The and ions were first observed to be dispersed in the liquid environment, and the collagen was observed 2 days later. With the help of the collagen, the and ions gradually moved closer to the collagen, and then the bone was produced in the forms of CaCO3 and CaPO3. When the bone was completed with the help of the collagen, the collagen gradually disappeared. The biological evolution of snail bone and collagen can be well revealed by CARS and SHG, and in addition, the biological evolution of structure and morphology can be clearly observed day by day. 相似文献
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Agnieszka Wujeska‐Klause Kristine Y. Crous Oula Ghannoum David S. Ellsworth 《Global Change Biology》2019,25(4):1282-1295
Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations is expected to stimulate photosynthesis and carbohydrate production, while inhibiting photorespiration. By contrast, nitrogen (N) concentrations in leaves generally tend to decline under elevated CO2 (eCO2), which may reduce the magnitude of photosynthetic enhancement. We tested two hypotheses as to why leaf N is reduced under eCO2: (a) A “dilution effect” caused by increased concentration of leaf carbohydrates; and (b) inhibited nitrate assimilation caused by reduced supply of reductant from photorespiration under eCO2. This second hypothesis is fully tested in the field for the first time here, using tall trees of a mature Eucalyptus forest exposed to Free‐Air CO2 Enrichment (EucFACE) for five years. Fully expanded young and mature leaves were both measured for net photosynthesis, photorespiration, total leaf N, nitrate () concentrations, carbohydrates and reductase activity to test these hypotheses. Foliar N concentrations declined by 8% under eCO2 in new leaves, while the fraction and total carbohydrate concentrations remained unchanged by CO2 treatment for either new or mature leaves. Photorespiration decreased 31% under eCO2 supplying less reductant, and in situ reductase activity was concurrently reduced (?34%) in eCO2, especially in new leaves during summer periods. Hence, assimilation was inhibited in leaves of E. tereticornis and the evidence did not support a significant dilution effect as a contributor to the observed reductions in leaf N concentration. This finding suggests that the reduction of reductase activity due to lower photorespiration in eCO2 can contribute to understanding how eCO2‐induced photosynthetic enhancement may be lower than previously expected. We suggest that large‐scale vegetation models simulating effects of eCO2 on N biogeochemistry include both mechanisms, especially where is major N source to the dominant vegetation and where leaf flushing and emergence occur in temperatures that promote high photorespiration rates. 相似文献
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speed‐ne: Software to simulate and estimate genetic effective population size (Ne) from linkage disequilibrium observed in single samples
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Matthew B. Hamilton Maria Tartakovsky Amy Battocletti 《Molecular ecology resources》2018,18(3):714-728
The genetic effective population size, Ne, can be estimated from the average gametic disequilibrium () between pairs of loci, but such estimates require evaluation of assumptions and currently have few methods to estimate confidence intervals. speed‐ne is a suite of matlab computer code functions to estimate from with a graphical user interface and a rich set of outputs that aid in understanding data patterns and comparing multiple estimators. speed‐ne includes functions to either generate or input simulated genotype data to facilitate comparative studies of estimators under various population genetic scenarios. speed‐ne was validated with data simulated under both time‐forward and time‐backward coalescent models of genetic drift. Three classes of estimators were compared with simulated data to examine several general questions: what are the impacts of microsatellite null alleles on , how should missing data be treated, and does disequilibrium contributed by reduced recombination among some loci in a sample impact . Estimators differed greatly in precision in the scenarios examined, and a widely employed estimator exhibited the largest variances among replicate data sets. speed‐ne implements several jackknife approaches to estimate confidence intervals, and simulated data showed that jackknifing over loci and jackknifing over individuals provided ~95% confidence interval coverage for some estimators and should be useful for empirical studies. speed‐ne provides an open‐source extensible tool for estimation of from empirical genotype data and to conduct simulations of both microsatellite and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data types to develop expectations and to compare estimators. 相似文献