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    • Garrido Bigotes, Adrián; Silva Ascencio, Herman Patricio; Hasbún, Rodrigo (MDPI, 2021)
      Somatic embryogenesis is a plant regeneration method commonly used in tissue culture. Its molecular mechanisms are well-known in model plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana L. LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1), LEAFY COTYLEDON2 (LEC2), ...
    • Reis Neto, Rafael Vilhena; Yoshida, Grazyella Massako; Lhorente, Jean Paul; Yáñez López, José (Springer Verlag, 2019)
      Growth is one of the most important traits from both a physiological and economic perspective in aquaculture species. Thus, identifying the genomic regions and genes underpinning genetic variation for this trait is of ...
    • Correa, Katharina; Lhorente, Jean Paul; López, María E.; Bassini, Liane; Naswa, Sudhir; Deeb, Nader; Di Genova, Alex; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro; Davidson, William S.; Yáñez López, José (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: Pisciricketssia salmonis is the causal agent of Salmon Rickettsial Syndrome (SRS), which affects salmon species and causes severe economic losses. Selective breeding for disease resistance represents one approach ...
    • Gutiérrez, Alejandro P.; Yáñez López, José; Fukui, Steve; Swift, Bruce; Davidson, William S. (Public Library Science, 2015)
      Early sexual maturation is considered a serious drawback for Atlantic salmon aquaculture as it retards growth, increases production times and affects flesh quality. Although both growth and sexual maturation are thought ...
    • Adhikari, Kaustubh; Reales, Guillermo; Smith, Andrew J.P.; Konka, Esra; Palmen, Jutta; Quinto Sánchez, Mirsha; Acuña Alonzo, Víctor; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Fuentes, Macarena; Pizarro, María; Barquera Lozano, Rodrigo; Macín Pérez, Gastón; Gómez Valdés, Jorge; Villamil Ramírez, Hugo; Hunemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virginia; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C.; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Schuler Faccini, Lavinia; Salzano, Francisco M.; Bortolini, Maria Cátira; Canizales Quinteros, Samuel; Rothhammer Engel, Francisco; Bedoya, Gabriel; Calderón, Rosario; Rosique, Javier; Cheeseman, Michael; Bhutta, Mahmood F.; Humphries, Steve E.; González José, Rolando; Headon, Denis; Balding, David; Ruiz Linares, Andrés (Nature Publishing, 2015)
      Here we report a genome-wide association study for non-pathological pinna morphology in over 5,000 Latin Americans. We find genome-wide significant association at seven genomic regions affecting: lobe size and attachment, ...
    • Buchanan, Victoria L.; Wang, Yujie; Blanco, Estela; Graff, Mariaelisa; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Burrows Argote, Raquel; Santos, José L.; Ángel, Barbara; Lozoff, Betsy; Voruganti, Venkata Saroja; Guo, Xiuqing; Taylor, Kent D.; Chen, Yii-Der Ida; Yao, Jie; Tan, Jingyi; Downie, Carolina; Highland, Heather M.; Justice, Anne E.; Gahagan, Sheila; North, Kari E. (Wiley, 2020)
      Background The genetic underpinnings of glycemic traits have been understudied in adolescent and Hispanic/Latino (H/L) populations in comparison to adults and populations of European ancestry. Objective To identify genetic ...
    • Matamala, José Manuel; Arias Carrasco, Raul; Sánchez, Carolina; Uhrig, Markus; Bargsted, Leslie; Matus, Soledad; Maracaja Coutinho, Vinicius; Abarzua, Sebastián; Van Zundert, Brigitte; Verdugo Latorre, Renato; Manque, Patricio; Hetz Flores, Claudio (Elsevier, 2018)
      The occurrence of mutations of TDP-43, FUS, and C9ORF72 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) suggests pathogenic alterations to RNA metabolism and specifically to microRNA (miRNA) biology. Moreover, several ALS-related ...
    • Yáñez López, José; Naswa, S.; López, M. E.; Bassini, Liane; Correa, K.; Gilbey, J.; Bernatchez, L.; Norris, A.; Lhorente, Jean Paul; Schnable, P. S.; Newman, S.; Mileham, A.; Deeb, N.; Di Genova, Alex; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro (2016)
      A considerable number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are required to elucidate genotype-phenotype associations and determine the molecular basis of important traits. In this work, we carried out de novo SNP ...
    • Cáceres, Pablo; Barría, Agustín; Christensen, Kris A.; Bassini Ney, Liane; Correa, Katharina; García, Baltasar; Lhorente Causade, Jean Paul; Yáñez López, José Manuel (Nature Research, Germany, 2021)
      Sea lice (Caligus rogercresseyi) is an ectoparasite which causes major production losses in the salmon aquaculture industry worldwide. Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) are two of the ...
    • Bravo, Verónica; Katz Zondek, Assaf; Porte, Lorena; Weitzel, Thomas; Varela, Carmen; González Escalona, Narjol; BlondelI, Carlos J. (Public Library Science, 2021)
      Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli are the leading cause of human gastroenteritis in the industrialized world and an emerging threat in developing countries. The incidence of campylobacteriosis in South America ...
    • Fan, Ruiwen; Gu, Zhongru; Guang, Xuanmin; Marín, Juan Carlos; Varas, Valeria; González Pérez, Benito; Wheeler, Jane C.; Hu, Yafei; Li, Elri; Sun, Xiaohui; Yang, Xukui; Zhang, Chi; Gao, Wenjun; He, Junping; Munch, Kasper; Corbett-Detig, Russel; Barbato, Mario; Pan, Shengkai; Zhan, Xiangjiang; Bruford, Michael W.; Dong, Changsheng (BMC, 2020)
      Background Despite their regional economic importance and being increasingly reared globally, the origins and evolution of the llama and alpaca remain poorly understood. Here we report reference genomes for the llama, and ...
    • Salinas, F.; Mandakovic Seyler, Dinka; Urzúa Tobar, Ulises; Massera, A.; Miras, S.; Combina, M.; Ganga, M. Angélica; Martínez, C. (2010)
      Aims: To study genomic and phenotypic changes in wine yeasts produced in short time periods analysing yeast strains possibly derived from commercial strains recently dispersed. Methods and Results: We conducted a genomic ...
    • Galloway Peña, Jessica; Roh, Jung Hyeob; Latorre, Mauricio; Qin, Xiang; Murray, Barbara E. (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2012-01-26)
      Recent studies have pointed to the existence of two subpopulations of Enterococcus faecium, one containing primarily commensal/community-associated (CA) strains and one that contains most clinical or hospital-associated ...
    • Arteaga Ortega, Mónica; Velasco, Juliana; Rodríguez, Shelly; Vidal, Maricel; Arellano, Carolina; Silva Ojeda, Francisco; Carreño Marquez, Leandro; Vidal Álvarez, Roberto; Montero, David (Microbiology Society, 2020)
      Vibrio cholerae is a human pathogen, which is transmitted by the consumption of contaminated food or water. V. cholerae strains belonging to the serogroups O1 and O139 can cause cholera outbreaks and epidemics, a severe ...
    • Walker Bozzo, Laura; Rojas, Mariana; Flores Carrasco, Sergio; Spotorno Oyarzún, Ángel; Manríquez Soto, Germán Raúl (1999)
      In order to investigate the genomic compatibility between allopatric rodent species, Phyllotis durivini and Pliyllotis mugister, we have studied several cytogenetic and reproductive features of their laboratory hybrids. ...
    • Venegas Santos, Mauricio; Brahm Barril, Javier; Villanueva Arancibia, Rodrigo (2012)
      Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important global health problem with an estimated prevalence of more than 170 million infected individuals worldwide. Currently, the standard antiviral therapy, based on pegylated interferon ...
    • Toledo, Viviana; Den Bakker, Henk; Hormazábal, Juan; González-Rocha, Gerardo; Bello-Toledo, Helia; Toro, Magaly; Moreno-Switt, Andrea (MDPI AG, 2018)
      Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, which is an uncommon but severe infection associated with high mortality rates in humans especially in high-risk groups. This bacterium survives a variety of ...
    • Galarce Gálvez, Nicolás Elías; Sánchez García, Fernando Alonso; Escobar González, Beatriz del Carmen; Lapierre Acevedo, Lisette Nicole; Cornejo Kelly, Javiera; Alegría Morán, Raúl Alejandro; Neira Ramírez, Víctor Manuel; Martínez Moncada, Víctor Agustín; Johnson, Timothy; Fuentes Castillo, Danny; Sano, Elder; Lincopan, Nilton (MDPI, 2021)
      Simple Summary Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are zoonotic pathogens that cause food-borne diseases in humans, where cattle and derived products play a key role as reservoirs and vehicles. We analyzed the ...
    • Contreras, Paloma S.; Blanco, Alejandro E.; Moreno Estrada, Andrés; Sandoval, Karla; Eng, Celeste; Huntsman, Scott; Burchard, Esteban G.; Gignoux, Christopher; Bustamante, Carlos; Llop Romero, Elena; Moraga, Mauricio; Verdugo, Ricardo (WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016)
    • Reig, German; Concha, Miguel L. (2012)
      SUMMARY: In diploid organisms, autosomal genes are composed of two copies, or alleles, inherited from both parents at fertilization. For the vast majority of autosomal genes, expression occurs from both alleles simultaneously. ...