STATISTICAL TESTS FOR NATURAL SELECTION ON REGULATORY REGIONS BASED ON THE STRENGTH OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BINDING SITES

Statistical tests for natural selection on regulatory regions based on the strength of transcription factor binding sites

Abstract Background Although cis-regulatory changes play an important role in evolution, it remains difficult to establish the contribution of natural selection to regulatory differences between species.For protein coding regions, powerful tests of natural selection have been developed based on comparisons of synonymous and non-synonymous substitut

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PATHOLOGIC LESIONS AND ANTIOXIDANT RESPONSE IN THE LIVER OF AFRICAN CATFISH CLARIAS GARIEPINUS (BURCHELL, 1822) JUVENILE EXPOSED TO COMMERCIAL-GRADE DETERGENT

This study was conducted to ascertain the toxicity of commercial-grade detergent (Viva) on fish antioxidant response and histopathological alterations using Clarias gariepinus juvenile.The Specialty Forks Fish specimens were exposed to acute concentrations (0.0, 0.44, 48, 0.52, 0.56 and 0.60 mg/l) and sub-lethal concentrations (0.0, 0.0289, 0.0385

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