Etiqueta: #HGGAdv
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Holistic approaches for improvement of maize resistance against lodging stress: current status and future perspective
Lodging is a major constraint in maize production, causing significant yield losses, reduced grain quality, and harvesting inefficiencies, thereby posing a serious challenge to global food security and climate-resilient agriculture. This review synthesizes current knowledge on the genetic, physiological, and agronomic determinants of maize lodging resistance and evaluates holistic strategies for improving tolerance to lodging…
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Regulatory Evolution and the Genetic Basis of Human Brain Expansion
The evolution of the human brain is characterized by profound changes in structure and function, despite relatively limited divergence in protein-coding genes compared to other primates. This paradox has led to increasing recognition of gene regulatory elements (GREs) as primary drivers of evolutionary innovation. In this review, we synthesize current knowledge on the role of…
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Cyclin C nuclear release and mitochondrial dysfunction define molecular signatures of MED13L syndrome
The mediator kinase module (MKM) coordinates transcriptional programs regulating cellular metabolism, stress responses, and differentiation. Heterozygous variants of MED13L, a core MKM component, cause a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by variable intellectual disability, developmental delay, hypotonia and motor impairment, and congenital anomalies. However, the molecular basis underlying this clinical heterogeneity is poorly defined. Previously, we identified…
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Inherited predisposition to increased systemic inflammation predicts a broad class of disease phenotypes
Chronic, low-grade systemic inflammation is a polygenic trait captured with the INFLA-score, a composite of C-reactive protein, platelet count, leukocyte count, and granulocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio. We derived a polygenic risk score from the INFLA-score (iPRS) in a multi-ancestry population from the UK Biobank (n = 421,368), then evaluated and used it in a phenome-wide association study…
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Mapping long-read sequences to a complete reference genome reveals uncaptured variants across the β-Globin cluster in Africans with sickle cell disease
African genomes are marked by extensive complexity in the number and distribution of variants yet remain under-represented in genetic databases and the human reference genome. This gap in representation limits the broad application of genomic medicine. Sickle cell disease (SCD)-one of the most common monogenic diseases-has its highest prevalence in Africa, and variation in disease…