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    • Genetic variability of human metapneumovirus isolated from Chilean children, 2003-2004 
      Escobar, Carola; Luchsinger, Vivian; De Oliveira, Danielle Bruna; Durigon, Edison; Chnaiderman, Jonás; Avendaño, Luis F. (2009)
      Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a significant cause of acute lower respiratory tract infection in all age groups, particularly in children. Two genetic groups and four subgroups of hMPV have been described. They co-circulate ...
    • Genetic variability of the movement and coat protein genes of Grapevine fanleaf virus isolates from Italy 
      Terlizzi, Federica; Pisi, Annamaria; Beber, Roberta; Fiore, Nicola; Zamorano Carrasco, Alan; Credi, Rino; Ratti, Claudio (Springer, 2015)
      Grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV), a nematode-transmitted virus belonging to the genus Nepovirus, is the major pathogen responsible for fanleaf degeneration, one of the most widespread and damaging viral diseases of grapevine. ...
    • Genetic variants and alcohol intake patterns in university population in Santiago of Chile 
      Silva Gallardo, Constanza P.; Flores Carrasco, Sergio (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
    • Genetic variants in FGFR2 and MAP3K1 are associated with the risk of familial and early-onset breast cancer ... 
      Jara Sosa, Lilian; González Hormazábal, Patricio; Cerceño, Kerube; Di Capua, Gabriella A.; Reyes, José M.; Blanco Castillo, Rafael; Bravo, Teresa; Peralta Musre, Octavio; Gómez, Fernando; Waugh, Enrique; Margarit, Sonia; Gladys, Ibáñez; Romero Osses, Carmen; Pakomio, Janara; Roizen, Gigia (SPRINGER, 2012-12-07)
      Genome-Wide Association Studies have identified several loci associated with breast cancer (BC) in populations of different ethnic origins. One of the strongest associations was found in the FGFR2 gene, and MAP3K1 has ...
    • Genetic variants in pre-miR-146a, pre-miR-499, pre-miR-125a, pre-miR-605, and pri-miR-182 are associated ... 
      Morales, Sebastián; De Mayo, Tomas; Gulppi, Felipe Andrés; González Hormazábal, Patricio; Carrasco, Valentina; Reyes, José Miguel; Gómez, Fernando; Waugh, Enrique; Jara, Lilian (MDPI AG, 2018)
      © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most frequent tumors affecting women worldwide. microRNAs (miRNAs) single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) likely contribute to BC ...
    • Genetic variants in the enhancer region of the thymidylate synthase gene in the Chilean population 
      Acuña, M.; Eeaton, L.; Cifuentes, L.; Massardo, D. (BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2006-06)
      Aims Thymidylate synthase (TYMS) is an important target enzyme for the fluoropyrimidines. The TYMS gene enhancer region possesses tandemly repeated (TSER) sequences that are polymorphic in humans and different among ethnic ...
    • Genetic variants in the SLC16A11 gene are associated with increased BMI and insulin levels in nondiabetic ... 
      Mardones, Lorena; Petermann Rocha, Fanny Emily; Martínez Sanguinetti, María Adela; Leiva, Ana María; Troncoso Pantoja, Claudia Andrea; Martorell, Miquel; Lasserre, Nicole; Ulloa, Natalia; Pérez Bravo, Francisco Antonio; Celis Morales, Carlos; Villagrán, Marcelo (SBEM-Soc Brasil Endocrinologia & Metabologia, 2021)
      Objective: To study the association of SLC16A11 gene variants with obesity and metabolic markers in nondiabetic Chilean adults. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study included 263 nondiabetic adults. The ...
    • Genetic Variants of Cytochrome CYP2D6 in Two Mixed Chilean Populations 
      Acuña, Mónica; Pinto, Eric; Olivares, Paulina; Ríos, Carolina (S. Karger AG, 2017)
      © 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel. Objectives: It is known that the interindividual and interethnic variability of the genetic polymorphisms of CYP2D6 plays an important role in the presentation of adverse drug reactions and ...
    • Genetic variants of the paraoxonases (PON1 and PON2) in the Chilean population 
      Acuña, M.; Eaton, L.; Cifuentes, L. (2004)
      We estimated the frequencies of PON1 and PON2 variants (linked genes) in two hospital samples taken from the northern (San José Hospital, SJH) and eastern (Clínica Las Condes, CLC) parts of Santiago, Chile, using the ...
    • Genetic variation and population structure in Native Americans 
      Wang, Sijia; Lewis, Cecil M.; Jakobsson, Mattias; Ramachandran, Sohini; Ray, Nicolas; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rojas, Winston; Parra, Maria V.; Molina, Julio A.; Gallo, Carla; Mazzotti, Guido; Poletti, Giovanni; Hill, Kim; Hurtado, Ana M.; Labuda, Damian; Klitz, William; Barrant (Public Library of Science, 2007)
      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 Fitzroya cupressoides (alerce), a threatened South American conifer 
      Allnutt, T. R.; Newton, A. C.; Lara, A.; Premoli, A.; Armesto, Juan J.; Vergara, R.; Gardner, M. (Blackwell, 1999)
      Fitzroya cupressoides (alerce, Cupressaceae) is a large and exceptionally long-lived conifer, endemic to a restricted area of southern Chile and neighbouring areas of Argentina. As a result of its high economic value, ...
    • Genetic variation in MicroRNA-423 promotes proliferation, migration, invasion, and chemoresistance in breast ... 
      Morales Pisón, Sebastián; Jara Sosa, Lilian Elena Jonasa; Carrasco, Valentina; Gutiérrez Vera, Cristian Alfonso; Reyes, José Miguel; González Hormazábal, Sebastián Patricio; Carreño Márquez, Leandro Javier; Tapia Pineda, Julio César; Contreras Muñoz, Héctor Ruberly (MDPI, 2022)
      MicroRNA-423 (miR-423) is highly expressed in breast cancer (BC). Previously, our group showed that the SNP rs6505162:C>A located in the pre-miR-423 was significantly associated with increased familial BC risk in patients ...
    • Genetic Variation of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Action Is Associated With Age at Testicular Growth in Boys 
      Busch, Alexander S.; Hagen, Casper P.; Main, Katharina M.; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Almstrup, Kristian; Mericq, Verónica; Juul, Anders (Oxford Academic, 2017)
      Context: Although genetic factors play a pivotal role in male pubertal timing, genome-wide association studies have identified only a few loci. Genetic variation of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) action affects adult ...
    • Genetic variation on the BAT1-NFKBIL1-LTA region of major histocompatibility complex class III associates ... 
      Elisa Kallio, K. A.; Marchesani, Marja; Vlachopoulou, Efthymia; Mäntylä, Päivi; Paju, Susanna; Buhlin, Kåre; Suominen, Anna L.; Contreras, Johanna; Knuuttila, Matti; Hernandez, Marcela; Huumonen, Sisko; Nieminen, Markku S.; Perola, Markus; Sinisalo, Juha; Lokki, Marja (American Society for Microbiology, 2014)
      Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease with a multifactorial etiology. We investigated whether human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) polymorphisms (6p21.3) are associated with periodontal parameters. Parogene ...
    • Genetic variation within and between four chromosomal races of Liolaemus monticola in Chile 
      Vásquez, Mauricio; Torres Pérez, Fernando; Lamborot, Madeleine (2007)
      Allozyme variability was assessed within and between 18 samples of four chromosomal races of the Liolaemus monticola complex: "Southern, 2n=34", "Northern, 2n=38-40", "Multiple Fission, 2n=42-44" and "Northern modified 1, ...
    • Genetic, cytological and molecular characterization of chia (Salvia hispanica L.) provenances 
      Palma Rojas, Claudio; González, Carla; Carrasco, Basilio; Silva Ascencio, Herman; Silva Robledo, Herman (Elsevier, 2017)
      Chia-(Salvia hispanica L.) is a native plant to southern Mexico and northern Guatemala although in these days also is cultivated in others South American countries such as Bolivia and Argentina. This study describes a ...
    • Genetic, morphological, and life history traits variation in freshwater snails from extremely high environments ... 
      Collado, Gonzalo A.; Salinas, Hugo F.; Méndez, Marco (Springer, 2014)
      Background: The isolated watersheds of the southwestern Andean Altiplano constitute a natural laboratory to study the evolutionary divergence of freshwater biota. Field observations showed that Biomphalaria snails ...
    • Genetic-economic comparison of New Zealand Holstein and Jersey-New Zealand Holstein cross under a pastoral ... 
      Delgadillo, J.; González, H.; Uribe Muñoz, Héctor (Universidad Austral de Chile, 2016)
      Chilean bovine dairy production needs to increase milk solid content. This study evaluates and compares genetic and economic progress of New Zealand Holstein (HoNZ) and New Zealand Jersey-HoNz crossbreed (Fx) using selection ...
    • Genetically engineered Thompson Seedless grapevine plants designed for fungal tolerance: selection and ... 
      Rubio Astudillo, Julia; Montes, Christian; Castro, Álvaro; Álvarez, Catalina; Olmedo, Blanca; Muñoz, Marisol; Tapia, Eduardo; Reyes, Fernando; Ortega, Marcelo; Sánchez, Evelyn; Miccono, María; Dalla Costa, Lorenza; Martinelli, Lucia; Malnoy, Mickael; Prieto, Humberto (Springer, 2015)
      The fungi Botrytis cinerea and Erysiphe necator are responsible for gray mold and powdery mildew diseases, respectively, which are among the most devastating diseases of grapes. Two endochitinase (ech42 and ech33) genes ...
    • Genetics analysis of larval foraging behavior in Drosophila funebris 
      Arizmendi, Claudia; Zuleta, Verónica; Ruiz-Dubreuil, Gladys; Godoy Herrera, Raúl (SPRINGER, 2008-09)
      To understand the genetics and evolution of foraging in larvae of Drosophila funebris, we examined two strains reared at different breeding sites in the wild. Larvae of the Til-Til strain breed in necrotic cactus tissue, ...