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Evergreen boreal plant species express high variability in their leaf traits. It remains controversial whether this within-species
variability is constrained to the same leaf trait relationships as has been observed across species. We sampled leaves of
three boreal evergreen woody species along a latitudinal gradient (from 57o56′N to 69o55′N). Leaf longevity (LL) of Pinus sylvestris L. and Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. correlated negatively with mean annual air temperature (MAT), whereas the LL of Ledum palustre L. was not affected by MAT. V. vitis-idaea and L. palustre had a negative relationship between leaf mass per area (LMA) and MAT. In P. sylvestris, the LMA–MAT relationship was positive. A negative correlation between LL and LMA was significant only for P. sylvestris. Leaf nitrogen concentration was positively related to leaf phosphorus concentration in all three species. Leaf potassium
concentration was related to nitrogen concentration only in L. palustre, and to phosphorus concentration in P. sylvestris and L. palustre. Our results demonstrate that although within the studied species the variation in some of the leaf traits may have the same
degree as interspecific variation, there is no such intercorrelation of leaf traits within the studied species as has been
observed across species. 相似文献
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B?rbel Maus Camille Jung Jestinah M. Mahachie John Jean-Pierre Hugot Emmanuelle Génin Kristel Van Steen 《PloS one》2013,8(10)
Complex human diseases commonly differ in their phenotypic characteristics, e.g., Crohn’s disease (CD) patients are heterogeneous with regard to disease location and disease extent. The genetic susceptibility to Crohn’s disease is widely acknowledged and has been demonstrated by identification of over 100 CD associated genetic loci. However, relating CD subphenotypes to disease susceptible loci has proven to be a difficult task. In this paper we discuss the use of cluster analysis on genetic markers to identify genetic-based subgroups while taking into account possible confounding by population stratification. We show that it is highly relevant to consider the confounding nature of population stratification in order to avoid that detected clusters are strongly related to population groups instead of disease-specific groups. Therefore, we explain the use of principal components to correct for population stratification while clustering affected individuals into genetic-based subgroups. The principal components are obtained using 30 ancestry informative markers (AIM), and the first two PCs are determined to discriminate between continental origins of the affected individuals. Genotypes on 51 CD associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are used to perform latent class analysis, hierarchical and Partitioning Around Medoids (PAM) cluster analysis within a sample of affected individuals with and without the use of principal components to adjust for population stratification. It is seen that without correction for population stratification clusters seem to be influenced by population stratification while with correction clusters are unrelated to continental origin of individuals. 相似文献
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Kristel Van Steen Nadia Tahri Geert Molenberghs 《Biometrical journal. Biometrische Zeitschrift》2004,46(2):187-202
Until recently, the most common parametric approaches to study the combined effects of several genetic polymorphisms located within a gene or in a small genomic region are, at the genotype level, logistic regressions and at the haplotype level, haplotype analyses. An alternative modeling approach, based on the case/control principle, is to regard exposures (e.g., genetic data such as derived from Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms – SNPs) as random and disease status as fixed and to use a marginal multivariate model that accounts for inter‐relationships between exposures. One such model is the multivariate Dale model. This model is based on multiple logistic regressions. That is why the model, applied in a case/control setting, leads to straightforward interpretations that are similar to those drawn in a classical logistic modeling framework. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) 相似文献
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An De Bondt Kristel Eggermont Iris Penninckx Inge Goderis Willem F. Broekaert 《Plant cell reports》1996,15(7):549-554
We have previously developed a protocol for efficient gene transfer and regeneration of transgenic calli following cocultivation of apple (cv. Jonagold) explants with Agrobacterium tumefaciens (De Bondt et al. 1994, Plant Cell Reports 13: 587–593). Now we report on the optimization of postcultivation conditions for efficient and reproducible regeneration of transgenic shoots from the apple cultivar Jonagold. Factors which were found to be essential for efficient shoot regeneration were the use of gelrite as a gelling agent and the use of the cytokinin-mimicing thidiazuron in the selective postcultivation medium. Improved transformation efficiencies were obtained by combining the hormones thidiazuron and zeatin and by using leaf explants from in vitro grown shoots not older than 4 weeks after multiplication. Attempts to use phosphinothricin acetyl transferase as a selectable marker were not successful. Using selection on kanamycin under optimal postcultivation conditions, about 2% of the leaf explants developed transgenic shoots or shoot clusters. The presence and expression of the transferred genes was verified by -glucuronidase assays and Southern analysis. The transformation procedure has also been succesfully applied to several other apple cultivars.Abbreviations BAP
benzylaminopurine
- CTAB
hexadecyltrimethylammoniumbromide
- Na2EDTA
ethylenediamine-tetra-acetate ferric-sodium salt
- FeNaEDTA
ethylenediamine-tetra-acetate ferric-sodium salt
- GA3
gibberellic acid 3
- GusA
-glucuronidase
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gusA
-glucuronidase gene of Escherichia coli
- IAA
indole acetic acid
- IBA
indole butyric acid
- 2iP
N6-2-isopentenyl adenine
- NAA
naphthalene acetic acid
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nptII
neomycinphosphotransferase II gene
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bar
phosphinothricin acetyl transferase gene
- PCR
polymerase chain reaction
- PPT
phosphinothricin
- STS
silver thiosulphate
- T-DNA
transferred DNA
- TDZ
thidiazuron
- X-Gluc
5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl -D-glucuronide
- Zea
trans-Zeatin 相似文献
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Kristel Eggermont Inge J. Goderis Willem F. Broekaert 《Plant Molecular Biology Reporter》1996,14(3):273-279
We describe here a reliable high-throughput method for extraction of RNA from fresh or frozen plant tissue that obviates laborious
and time-consuming homogenisation by mortar and pestle. The method is based on homogenisation by high-speed reciprocal shaking
in presence of a mixture of inexpensive abrasive materials; i.e., quartz sand and glass beads. After homogenisation, the method
follows a standard procedure for RNA extraction by phenol/LiCl. Yield and quality of RNA obtained by homogenisation with the
sand/glass bead mix are identical to those obtained by mortar and pestle. 相似文献
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Lieve Vits Kristel De Boulle Edwin Reyniers Ingrid Handig John K. Darby Ben Oostra Patrick J. Willems 《Human genetics》1994,94(5):523-526
The fragile X syndrome is the result of amplification of a CGG trinucleotide repeat in the FMR1 gene and anticipation in this disease is caused by an intergenerational expansion of this repeat. Although regression of a CGG repeat in the premutation range is not uncommon, regression from a full premutation (>200 repeats) or premutation range (50–200 repeats) to a repeat of normal size (<50 repeats) has not yet been documented. We present here a family in which the number of repeats apparently regressed from approximately 110 in the mother to 44 in her daughter. Although the CGG repeat of the daughter is in the normal range, she is a carrier of the fragile X mutation based upon the segregation pattern of Xq27 markers flanking FMR1. It is unclear, however, whether this allele of 44 repeats will be stably transmitted, as the daughter has as yet no progeny. Nevertheless, the size range between normal alleles and premutation alleles overlap, a factor that complicates genetic counseling. 相似文献
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Sonja Buyle Edwin Reyniers Lieve Vits Kristel De Boulle Ingrid Handig Floris L. E. Wuyts Wout Deelen Dicky J. J. Halley Ben A. Oostra Patrick J. Willems 《Human genetics》1993,92(3):269-272
For many years, the high prevalence of the fragile X syndrome was thought to be caused by a high mutation frequency. The recent isolation of the FMR1 gene and identification of the most prevalent mutation enable a more precise study of the fragile X mutation. As the vast majority of fragile X patients show amplification of an unstable trinucleotide repeat, DNA studies can now trace back the origin of the fragile X mutation. To date, de novo mutations leading to amplification of the CGG repeat have not yet been detected. Recently, linkage disequilibrium was found in the Australian and US populations between the fragile X mutation and adjacent polymorphic markers, suggesting a founder effect of the fragile X mutation. We present here a molecular study of Belgian and Dutch fragile X families. No de novo mutations could be found in 54 of these families. Moreover, we found significant (P < 0.0001) linkage disequilibrium in 68 unrelated fragile X patients between the fragile X mutation and an adjacent polymorphic microsatellite at DXS548. This suggests that a founder effect of the fragile X mutation also exists in the Belgian and Dutch populations. Both the absence of new mutations and the presence of linkage disequilibrium suggest that a few ancestral mutations are responsible for most of the patients with fragile X syndrome. 相似文献
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Kathleen D'Halluin Chantal Vanderstraeten Jolien Van Hulle Joanna Rosolowska Ilse Van Den Brande Anouk Pennewaert Kristel D'Hont Martine Bossut Derek Jantz Rene Ruiter Jean Broadhvest 《Plant biotechnology journal》2013,11(8):933-941
Recent developments of tools for targeted genome modification have led to new concepts in how multiple traits can be combined. Targeted genome modification is based on the use of nucleases with tailor‐made specificities to introduce a DNA double‐strand break (DSB) at specific target loci. A re‐engineered meganuclease was designed for specific cleavage of an endogenous target sequence adjacent to a transgenic insect control locus in cotton. The combination of targeted DNA cleavage and homologous recombination–mediated repair made precise targeted insertion of additional trait genes (hppd, epsps) feasible in cotton. Targeted insertion events were recovered at a frequency of about 2% of the independently transformed embryogenic callus lines. We further demonstrated that all trait genes were inherited as a single genetic unit, which will simplify future multiple‐trait introgression. 相似文献
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Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez Alfredo Domínguez-Vázquez Thomas R. Unnasch Hassan K. Hassan Juan I. Arredondo-Jiménez María Eugenia Orozco-Algarra Kristel B. Rodríguez-Morales Isabel C. Rodríguez-Luna Francisco Gibert Prado-Velasco 《PLoS neglected tropical diseases》2013,7(3)
Background
The Southern Chiapas focus of onchocerciasis in Southern Mexico represents one of the major onchocerciasis foci in Latin America. All 559 endemic communities of this focus have undergone semi-annual mass treatment with ivermectin since 1998. In 50 communities of this focus, ivermectin frequency shifted from twice to four times a year in 2003; an additional 113 communities were added to the quarterly treatment regimen in 2009 to achieve a rapid suppression of transmission.Methodology/Principal findings
In-depth epidemiologic and entomologic assessments were performed in six sentinel communities (which had undergone 2 rounds of ivermectin treatment per year) and three extra-sentinel communities (which had undergone 4 rounds of ivermectin treatment per year). None of the 67,924 Simulium ochraceum s.l. collected from this focus during the dry season of 2011 were found to contain parasite DNA when tested by polymerase chain reaction-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (PCR-ELISA), resulting in an upper bound of the 95% confidence interval (95%-ULCI) of the infective rate in the vectors of 0.06/2,000 flies examined. Serological assays testing for Onchocerca volvulus exposure conducted on 4,230 children 5 years of age and under (of a total population of 10,280 in this age group) revealed that 2/4,230 individuals were exposed to O. volvulus (0.05%; one sided 95% confidence interval = 0.08%).Conclusions/Significance
The in-depth epidemiological and entomological findings from the Southern Chiapas focus meet the criteria for interruption of transmission developed by the international community. 相似文献10.
Jurgen Vercauteren Gertjan Beheydt Mattia Prosperi Pieter Libin Stijn Imbrechts Ricardo Camacho Bonaventura Clotet Andrea De Luca Zehava Grossman Rolf Kaiser Anders S?nnerborg Carlo Torti Eric Van Wijngaerden Jean-Claude Schmit Maurizio Zazzi Anna-Maria Geretti Anne-Mieke Vandamme Kristel Van Laethem 《PloS one》2013,8(4)