Mutations in the human mitochondrial genome have been observed in all types of human cancer,indicating that mutations might contribute to tumorigenesis,metastasis,recurrence,or drug response.This possibility is appeal...
the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the NorthWest University for contributing to funding and Thermo Fisher South Africa for providing additional technical resources to this study;partially funded by the South African National Research Foundation;Medical Research Council;ROCHE Diagnostics;North-West University,South Africa;as well as the Metabolic Syndrome Institute,France;funding support from the Royal Society and the National Research Foundation of South Africa, for the academic meeting at which the project was mapped out
Mitochondrial DNA(mt DNA) variation has been implicated in many common complex diseases, but inconsistent and contradicting results are common. Here we introduce a novel mutational load hypothesis, which also consid...
supported by Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nos. SAJC201611 and SAJC201306);the National Basic Research program (Nos. 2013CB835200 and 2013CB835202);The Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences, provided support to M.S.P. and G.D.W.;supported by the Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Chinese Academy of Sciences (the Large Research Infrastructure Funding);supported, in part, by a Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences;manuscript preparation by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant A3148 to R.W.M
Domestic dogs have an ancient origin and a long history in Africa. Nevertheless, the timing and sources of their introduction into Africa remain enigmatic. Herein, we analyse variation in mitochondrial DNA(mt DNA) D...
the "Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacio'n"(No.SAF2011-26983);the Plan Galego IDT(No.EM 2012/045);the grant from the Sistema Universitario Gallego-Modalidad REDES(No.2012-PG226,to A.Salas) from the Xunta de Galicia
During the last decade, hundreds of studies have been pub- lished examining whether significant associations exist be- tween mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants and/or haplogroups (clades) and particular diseases ...
supported by the Major Basic Research Program(Nos.2012CB944404 and 2011CB944501);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30930065)to Q.Y.S
The mitochondrion is the major energy provider to power sperm motility. In mammals, aside from the nuclear genome, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) also contributes to oxidative phosphorylation to impact production of ATP ...
This work was supported by the grants from the National High-Tech R&D Program of China(No.2007AA100502);the National Science and Technology Major Project of China (No.2008ZX08007-004);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30770242)
Reconstructed embryos derived from intersubspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) have poorer developmental potential than those from intrasubspecies SCNT. Based on our previous study that Holstein dairy bovi...
supported by the Public Health Service grants (No. RO1DC05230 and RO1DC07696) from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders;grants from the National Basic Research Priorities Program of China (No. 2004CCA02200);the Ministry of Science and Technology of Zhejiang Province (No. 2007G50G2090026)
Mutations in mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene are one of the most important causes of aminoglycoside-induced and nonsyndromic hearing loss. Here we report the characterization of one Han Chinese pedigree with aminoglycosid...
Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation(ZB0202);Chinese Young Scholar Award(No.30628013);the National Science Foundation of China to M.X.G and the Key Research and Development Program from Zhejiang Province(No.2004C14005)to J.Q.
We report here the characterization of a five-generation Han Chinese family with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). Strik- ingly, this Chinese family displayed high penetrance and expressivity of visual lo...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30470936)
Mitochondrial DNA sequences transferred to the nucleus give rise to the so-called nuclear mitochondrial DNA (numt). In the GenBank database, 244 numts have been found in six orders of birds (Anseriformes, Columbifo...
At present, the Tibetan Mastiff is the oldest and most ferocious dog in the world. However, the origin of the Tibetan Mastiff and its phylogenetic relationship with other large breed dogs such as Saint Bernard are unc...