Beena Neelam

TL;DR: The genome sequence of an inbred Abyssinian domestic cat was assembled, mapped, and annotated with a comparative approach that involved cross-reference to annotated genome assemblies of six mammals, shedding new light on the tempo and mode of gene/genome evolution in mammals and promising several research applications for the cat.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed linkage mapping with microsatellites in a large multigeneration pedigree of domestic cats and detected tight linkage for dilute on cat chromosome C1 (θ=0.08, LOD=10.81).

TL;DR: The improved RH comparative map provides a useful tool to facilitate positional cloning studies in the feline model and refined the pseudoautosomal region and boundary in the cat and show that it is markedly longer than those of human or mouse.

TL;DR: Comparisons of the genomic structure of 3 mammalian major histocompatibility complexes (MHCs), human HLA, canine DLA, and feline FLA revealed remarkable structural differences between HLA and the other 2 MHCs, suggesting the dynamic nature in the evolution of MHC class I genes.

TL;DR: Twenty‐four simple sequence repeat markers were developed for Phakopsora pachyrhizi, a fungal pathogen of soybean (Glycine max) and other legumes, and a preliminary screen with the closely related species, P. meibomiae, indicated that these primer pairs are specific to P. pachyrsizi.