The rate of evolution varies among sites within proteins owing to structural and functional constraints. The main pattern of variation is due to structural constraints: evolutionary rates increase ...

Host-associated microbial communities have vital roles for the hosts on which they reside (for example, Stappenbeck et al., 2002; Rakoff-Nahoum et al., 2004; Dethlefsen et al., 2007; Engel and Moran, ...

The Bristol Bladder Trial: Five year outcomes in patients treated with neoadjuvant cabazitaxel and cisplatin chemotherapy for muscle invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder.

Pit membranes between xylem vessels have been suggested to have functional adaptive traits because of their influence on hydraulic resistance and vulnerability to embolism in plants. Observations of ...

New research from Cornell scientists is exploring how human genetics impacts functions of the gut microbiome, and is expanding awareness of the role human genetics plays in shaping the microbiome. The ...

Tiny repeated stretches of DNA in your genome may quietly shape how your body works, how your brain develops and how you ...

A type of brain cell that plays a vital role in maintaining neural networks and repairing injuries lies at the core of a promising newly published Nature study on Alzheimer’s disease from the USF ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Traditional sensitivity analysis of linear programming objective function coefficients concerns itself with variations in single parameters.

Tandem repeats are repeated sections of a DNA strand that make up about seven percent of the human genome. The likelihood of those tandem repeats causing errors in gene function increases each time ...