Project description:Small RNA sequences from Arabidopsis lyrata leaves, as isolated from a single sample of rosette leaf tissue. These data were analyzed to 1) examine microRNA processing accuracy in A. lyrata and 2) to examine patterns of 24nt siRNA accumulation in A. lyrata.
Project description:Small RNA sequences from Arabidopsis lyrata flowering tissues, as isolated from flowering tissues of two biological replicates. These data were analyzed to 1) discover new micoRNAs in A. lyrata 2) examine microRNA processing accuary in A. lyrata and 3) to examine patterns of 24nt siRNA accumulation in A. lyrata.
Project description:Small RNA sequences from Arabidopsis lyrata leaves, as isolated from a single sample of rosette leaf tissue. These data were analyzed to 1) examine microRNA processing accuracy in A. lyrata and 2) to examine patterns of 24nt siRNA accumulation in A. lyrata. A single small RNA library from rosette leaf tissue was analyzed using an Illumina Genome Analyzer.
Project description:A genome-wide association study was performed on ovaries from Siberian hamsters raised in either long or short photoperiod. Few differences between long and short photoperiod were noted at 3 wk of age, when ovarian histology was identical, whereas many differences in gene expression were noted at 8 wk of age, when ovarian histologies were markedly different.
Project description:Small RNA sequences from Arabidopsis lyrata flowering tissues, as isolated from flowering tissues of two biological replicates. These data were analyzed to 1) discover new micoRNAs in A. lyrata 2) examine microRNA processing accuary in A. lyrata and 3) to examine patterns of 24nt siRNA accumulation in A. lyrata. Two small RNA libraries from flowering tissues of two biological replicates were analyzed using an Applied Biosystems SOLiD™ System
Project description:Following the dispersal out of Africa, where hominins evolved in warm environments for millions of years, our species has colonised different climate zones of the world, including high latitudes and cold environments. The extent to which human habitation in (sub-)Arctic regions has been enabled by cultural buffering, short-term acclimatization and genetic adaptations is not clearly understood. Present day indigenous populations of Siberia show a number of phenotypic features, such as increased basal metabolic rate, low serum lipid levels, increased blood pressure, short stature and broad skulls that have been attributed to adaptation to the extreme cold climate. We have genotyped 200 individuals from ten indigenous Siberian populations for 730,525 SNPs across the genome to identify genes and non-coding regions that have undergone unusually rapid allele frequency and long-range haplotype homozygosity change in the recent past. At least three distinct population clusters could be identified among the Siberians, each of which showed a number of unique signals of selection. We present a list of cold adaption candidate genes that showed significant signals of positive selection with our strongest signals associated with genes involved in energy regulation and metabolism (CPT1A, LRP5, THADA) and vascular smooth muscle contraction (PRKG1). By employing a new method that paints phased chromosome chunks by their ancestry we distinguish local Siberian-specific long-range haplotype signals from those introduced by admixture.
Project description:Following the dispersal out of Africa, where hominins evolved in warm environments for millions of years, our species has colonised different climate zones of the world, including high latitudes and cold environments. The extent to which human habitation in (sub-)Arctic regions has been enabled by cultural buffering, short-term acclimatization and genetic adaptations is not clearly understood. Present day indigenous populations of Siberia show a number of phenotypic features, such as increased basal metabolic rate, low serum lipid levels, increased blood pressure, short stature and broad skulls that have been attributed to adaptation to the extreme cold climate. We have genotyped 200 individuals from ten indigenous Siberian populations for 730,525 SNPs across the genome to identify genes and non-coding regions that have undergone unusually rapid allele frequency and long-range haplotype homozygosity change in the recent past. At least three distinct population clusters could be identified among the Siberians, each of which showed a number of unique signals of selection. We present a list of cold adaption candidate genes that showed significant signals of positive selection with our strongest signals associated with genes involved in energy regulation and metabolism (CPT1A, LRP5, THADA) and vascular smooth muscle contraction (PRKG1). By employing a new method that paints phased chromosome chunks by their ancestry we distinguish local Siberian-specific long-range haplotype signals from those introduced by admixture. 200 blood samples from 200 Siberian individuals that come from ten different indigenous populations were genotypes for 730,525 SNPs across the genome. Eighteen Vietnamese samples were also genotyped and used as reference samples.