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Genetic, epigenetic and exogenetic information [PDF]
, 2017 We describe an approach to measuring biological information where ‘information’ is understood in the sense found in Francis Crick’s foundational contributions to molecular biology.
Griffiths, Paul Edmund, Stotz, Karola
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Hierarchical adaptive polynomial chaos expansions
, 2015 Polynomial chaos expansions (PCE) are widely used in the framework of uncertainty quantification. However, when dealing with high dimensional complex problems, challenging issues need to be faced.
Mai, Chu V., Sudret, Bruno
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The case of Heinrich Wilhelm Poll (1877-1939): A German-Jewish geneticist, eugenicist, twin researcher, and victim of the Nazis [PDF]
, 2006 This paper uses a reconstruction of the life and career of Heinrich Poll as a window into developments and professional relationships in the biological sciences in Germany in the period from the beginning of the twentieth century to the Nazi seizure of ...
Braund, James, Sutton, Douglas G.
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.Epigenetic reprogramming in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) and downstream myeloid cells, mediated by H3.3 downregulation and endogenous retroelement (ERE) overexpression, contributes to the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). ABSTRACT Background Skewed myelopoiesis in the bone marrow has been identified as a key driver of multiple ...
Li‐Mei Xiao +6 more
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Transmission maternelle en Grèce ancienne : du physique au comportement
Cahiers Mondes Anciens, 2015 My paper will examine a variety of sources (medical and biological texts, tragedy and comedy, forensic rhetoric, poetry), in order to consider and reassess the role of the mother in the construction of child-identity in the ancient Greek world ...
Florence Gherchanoc
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Extending the Modern Synthesis: The evolution of ecosystems [PDF]
, 2010 The Modern Evolutionary Synthesis formalizes the role of variation, heredity, differential reproduction and mutation in population genetics. Here we explore a mathematical structure, based on the asymptotic limit theorems of information theory, that ...
Rodrick Wallace
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THE PROBLEM OF HEREDITY. [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1902 The individual who comes into the world is, as Luys1remarks, not an isolated being separated from his kindred. He is one link in a long chain which is unrolled by time, and of which the first links are lost in the past. He is bound to those who follow him and to the atavic influence which he possesses; he serves for their temporary resting place, and ...
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SPG4 and Dementia: Expanding the Clinical Spectrum
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of disorders characterized by progressive spasticity and lower limb weakness, with mutations in SPG4/SPAST being the most common cause. Detailed studies and clinical and molecular comparisons across different populations are missing.
Emanuele Panza +19 more
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Basic and Clinical AndrologyBackground Sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) has emerged as a potential marker of male fertility, but its clinical value in assisted reproductive technology (ART) remains debated.
Chaofeng Wei +7 more
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Active causation and the origin of meaning [PDF]
, 2014 Purpose and meaning are necessary concepts for understanding mind and culture, but appear to be absent from the physical world and are not part of the explanatory framework of the natural sciences.
van Hateren, J. H.
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