Project description:With the advent of advanced sequencing technology, studies of RNA viruses have shown that genetic diversity contribute to both attenuation and virulence. The differences in genetic diversity of wild-type Asibi virus and 17D-204 vaccine provides an unique opportunity to investigate RNA population theory in the context of a well described live attenuated vaccine. Utilizing infectious clone-derived viruses containing some of the amino acid substitutions that differentiate yellow fever wild-type Asibi strain from 17D vaccine and recovered in a controlled experiment, establishes that the genetic diversity differences that exist between wild-type Asibi and 17D-204 vaccine viruses are not influenced by either different passage history or source of samples, but rather resulted from the attenuation of wild-type Asibi virus to yield the 17D vaccine sub-strains.
Project description:CGH was used to compare structural variation among four soybean cultivars (Archer, Minsoy, Noir1 and Williams 82). Three different soybean cultivars (Archer, Minsoy and Noir1) were hybridized against the common reference genotype Williams 82. The soybean tiling array consists of 700k probes, spaced at approximately 1.1 kb intervals.
Project description:DNA structural variation (SV) comprises a major portion of genetic diversity, but its biological impact is unclear. We propose that the genetic history and extraordinary phenotypic variation of dogs make them an ideal mammal in which to study the effects of SV on biology and disease. The hundreds of existing dog breeds were created by selection of extreme morphological and behavioral traits. And along with those traits, each breed carries increased risk for different diseases. We used array CGH to create the first map of DNA copy number variation (CNV) or SV in dogs. The extent of this variation, and some of the gene classes affected, are similar to those of mice and humans. Most canine CNVs affect genes, including disease and candidate disease genes, and are thus likely to be functional. We identified many CNVs that may be breed or breed class specific. Cluster analysis of CNV regions showed that dog breeds tend to group according to breed classes. Our combined findings suggest many CNVs are (1) in linkage disequilibrium with flanking sequence, and (2) associated with breed specific traits. We discuss how a catalog of structural variation in dogs will accelerate the identification of the genetic basis of canine traits and diseases, beginning with the use of whole genome association and candidate CNV/gene approaches. Chen WK, Swartz JD, Rush LJ, Alvarez, CE. Mapping DNA structural variation in dogs. Genome Res. 2009. 19: 500 509 PMID: 19015322 Array comparitive genomic hybridization analysis of structural variation in 9 dogs, and 1 lymphoma cell line.
Project description:Structural variation has played an important role in the evolutionary restructuring of human and great ape genomes. We generated approximately 10-fold genomic sequence coverage from a western lowland gorilla and integrated these data into a physical and cytogenetic framework to develop a comprehensive view of structural variation. We discovered and validated over 7,665 structural changes within the gorilla lineage including sequence resolution of inversions, deletions, duplications and retrotranspositions. A comparison with human and other ape genomes shows that the gorilla genome has been subjected to the highest rate of segmental duplication. We show that both the gorilla and chimpanzee genomes have experienced independent yet parallel patterns of structural mutation that have not occurred in humans, including the formation of subtelomeric heterochromatic caps, the hyperexpansion of segmental duplications and bursts of retroviral integrations. Our analysis suggests that the chimpanzee and gorilla genomes are structurally more derived than either orangutan or human. all combinations of human, chimpanzee and gorilla are used in 2 different arrayCGH designs. First, a standard 2.1 was used to detected CNVs, and second, we used a custom designed arrayCGH to validate gorilla specific duplications and deletions
Project description:CGH was used to compare structural variation among four soybean cultivars (Archer, Minsoy, Noir1 and Williams 82). Four additional hybridizations were performed with these and other accessions (Kingwa, Williams, M92-220, Richland and Essex) to confirm the patterns observed.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE17162: Structural and Functional Analysis of Viral siRNAs using Solexa sequencing GSE17164: Structural and Functional Analysis of Viral siRNAs using 454 sequencing Refer to individual Series
Project description:A ruler array combines novel sample preparation protocols, tiling genomic microarrays, and a new computational method to turn each probe on a microarray into a ruler that measures the physical distance between defined genomic sequences regardless of the intervening sequence. The ruler array protocol involves (1) genomic DNA purification (2) digestion with a restriction enzyme (3) ligation of a biotinylated adapter molecule to the cut sites (4) purification on streptavidin beads (5) polymerase extensions from a primer complementary to the adapter using labeled dNTPs and (6) hybridization to a tiling microarray Two replicates of our ruler array experiment to detect insertions and deletions between two genomic samples of strains FY4 and Sigma1278b.
Project description:To compare the global profile of hypothalamic gene expression in agonadal male infants before and after activation of the neurobiologic brake that arrests pulsatile GnRH release during the juvenile phase of development. Affymetrix arrays were used to detect global changes in gene expression in the hypothalamus of of the agonadal rhesus monkey during development.
Project description:To compare the global profile of hypothalamic gene expression in agonadal male Rhesus Monkeys before and after reactivation of the pulsatile GnRH release during the pubertal phase of development. 20 Samples looking at Cortex and Mediobasal hypothalamus in 3 stages of Rhesus Monkeys (early pubertal, late juvenile, and late pubertal).