An anthropometric method for sex determination from the mandible: test on British Medieval skeletal collections [PDF]
Sex determination is a vital part of the analysis of skeletal remains and the creation of biological profiles that aid in identification. The pelvis and skull are the regions usually employed by anthropologists and produce very good results. However, the
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Evaluation of Mandibular Anatomical Formation for Gender Determination in Turkish Population
Background/Aim: Gender determination is one of the most challenging tasks in medico-legal research and forensic dentistry. Several skeletal components are investigated for this purpose and the mandible is one of them.
Apaydın Burak +3 more
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Bombyx mori histone methyltransferase BmAsh2 is essential for silkworm piRNA-mediated sex determination. [PDF]
Sex determination is a hierarchically-regulated process with high diversity in different organisms including insects. The W chromosome-derived Fem piRNA has been identified as the primary sex determination factor in the lepidopteran insect, Bombyx mori ...
Zhiqian Li +5 more
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The Snakeskin Gourami (Trichopodus pectoralis) Tends to Exhibit XX/XY Sex Determination
The snakeskin gourami (Trichopodus pectoralis) has a high meat yield and is one of the top five aquaculture freshwater fishes in Thailand. The species is not externally sexually dimorphic, and its sex determination system is unknown.
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Identification of the key stages for sex determination in the silkworm, Bombyx mori [PDF]
In general, the master switch gene for sex determination is expressed for a limited period during the early embryonic stage. To increase our understanding of the sex determination mechanism in Bombyx mori, it is important to understand when sex ...
Fugaku Aoki +2 more
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Possible stochastic sex determination in Bursaphelenchus nematodes
Sex determination mechanisms evolve surprisingly rapidly, yet little is known in the large nematode phylum other than for Caenorhabditis elegans, which relies on chromosomal XX-XO sex determination and a dosage compensation mechanism.
R. Shinya +9 more
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BMI-For-Age Cut-Off as an Indicator of Adiposity among In-School Children (Age 4-11 Years) in Obio/Akpor LGA, Rivers State, Nigeria [PDF]
Background: Childhood overweight and obesity has been an issue of great concern to developing and developed nation where as degenerative underweight has ravaged the underdeveloped and war turn countries.
Aigbogun EO Jr, Ibeachu PC, Ikechukwu E
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Introduction. One of the main issues in the analysis of human remains in paleoanthropology and forensic examination is the sex determination. A large number of reliable methods for sex determination in adult individuals exist.
Daria Khodyreva +3 more
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On Sexual Dimorphism of Karyotypes of Viviparus Viviparus and V. Contectus (Gastropoda, Viviparidae) [PDF]
On Sexual Dimorphism of Karyotypes of Viviparus viviparus and V. contectus (Gastropoda, Viviparidae). Andriichuk, T. V., Garbar, A. V. — Karyotype analysis of males and females of two Viviparid species Viviparus viviparus Linnaeus, 1758 and V. contectus (
Andriychuk, T. V., Garbar, A. V.
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With the aim of identifying sex determinants of fig, we generated the first draft genome sequence of fig and conducted the subsequent analyses. Linkage analysis with a high-density genetic map established by a restriction-site associated sequencing ...
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