Our group is contributing to this knowledge by using transgenic mice to perform loss - of - function, gain - of - function and
lineage analysis studies.
Not exact matches
Those
studies were based on an
analysis restricted to mitochondrial DNA, which is passed along via the maternal
lineage.
Thus, this
study has implications for
analysis of human vaccine
studies, as in addition to searching for defined
lineages it is worthwhile to perform functional
analysis of monoclonal antibodies that may have found new structural solutions to high affinity binding which can not be discerned from DNA sequence alone.
The most recent
study regarding the
analysis of Ötzi's complete mitochondrial DNA, conducted in 2008 by other research teams showed that the Iceman's maternal
lineage — named K1f — was no longer traceable in modern populations.
Analysis of pseudogenes showed
lineage specific loss of some functions, notably with several Pmp and TMH / Inc proteins predicted to be inactivated in many of the isolates
studied.
A broad scale
analysis of the evolutionary relationships of Urocyon
lineages should be conducted because in this
study, we found that eastern and western gray fox populations are more deeply diverged than the two currently recognized species of California Urocyon (S2 Fig.).