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New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides) are the most prolific avian tool-users. Regional variation in the shape of their tools may be the result of cumulative cultural evolution--a phenomenon considered to be a hallmark of human culture. Here we show that hand-raised juvenile New Caledonian crows spontaneously manufacture and use tools, without any contact with adults of their species or any prior demonstration by humans. Our finding is a crucial step towards producing informed models of cultural transmission in this species, and in animals in general. 相似文献
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Transcriptional regulatory code of a eukaryotic genome 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
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Grimwood J Gordon LA Olsen A Terry A Schmutz J Lamerdin J Hellsten U Goodstein D Couronne O Tran-Gyamfi M Aerts A Altherr M Ashworth L Bajorek E Black S Branscomb E Caenepeel S Carrano A Caoile C Chan YM Christensen M Cleland CA Copeland A Dalin E Dehal P Denys M Detter JC Escobar J Flowers D Fotopulos D Garcia C Georgescu AM Glavina T Gomez M Gonzales E Groza M Hammon N Hawkins T Haydu L Ho I Huang W Israni S Jett J Kadner K Kimball H Kobayashi A Larionov V Leem SH Lopez F Lou Y Lowry S 《Nature》2004,428(6982):529-535
Chromosome 19 has the highest gene density of all human chromosomes, more than double the genome-wide average. The large clustered gene families, corresponding high G + C content, CpG islands and density of repetitive DNA indicate a chromosome rich in biological and evolutionary significance. Here we describe 55.8 million base pairs of highly accurate finished sequence representing 99.9% of the euchromatin portion of the chromosome. Manual curation of gene loci reveals 1,461 protein-coding genes and 321 pseudogenes. Among these are genes directly implicated in mendelian disorders, including familial hypercholesterolaemia and insulin-resistant diabetes. Nearly one-quarter of these genes belong to tandemly arranged families, encompassing more than 25% of the chromosome. Comparative analyses show a fascinating picture of conservation and divergence, revealing large blocks of gene orthology with rodents, scattered regions with more recent gene family expansions and deletions, and segments of coding and non-coding conservation with the distant fish species Takifugu. 相似文献
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Mutations in ENPP1 are associated with 'idiopathic' infantile arterial calcification 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
Rutsch F Ruf N Vaingankar S Toliat MR Suk A Höhne W Schauer G Lehmann M Roscioli T Schnabel D Epplen JT Knisely A Superti-Furga A McGill J Filippone M Sinaiko AR Vallance H Hinrichs B Smith W Ferre M Terkeltaub R Nürnberg P 《Nature genetics》2003,34(4):379-381
Idiopathic infantile arterial calcification (IIAC; OMIM 208000) is characterized by calcification of the internal elastic lamina of muscular arteries and stenosis due to myointimal proliferation. We analyzed affected individuals from 11 unrelated kindreds and found that IIAC was associated with mutations that inactivated ecto-nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (ENPP1). This cell surface enzyme generates inorganic pyrophosphate (PP(i)), a solute that regulates cell differentiation and serves as an essential physiologic inhibitor of calcification. 相似文献
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Yamada K Andrews C Chan WM McKeown CA Magli A de Berardinis T Loewenstein A Lazar M O'Keefe M Letson R London A Ruttum M Matsumoto N Saito N Morris L Del Monte M Johnson RH Uyama E Houtman WA de Vries B Carlow TJ Hart BL Krawiecki N Shoffner J Vogel MC Katowitz J Goldstein SM Levin AV Sener EC Ozturk BT Akarsu AN Brodsky MC Hanisch F Cruse RP Zubcov AA Robb RM Roggenkäemper P Gottlob I Kowal L Battu R Traboulsi EI Franceschini P Newlin A Demer JL Engle EC 《Nature genetics》2003,35(4):318-321
Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 1 (CFEOM1; OMIM #135700) is an autosomal dominant strabismus disorder associated with defects of the oculomotor nerve. We show that individuals with CFEOM1 harbor heterozygous missense mutations in a kinesin motor protein encoded by KIF21A. We identified six different mutations in 44 of 45 probands. The primary mutational hotspots are in the stalk domain, highlighting an important new role for KIF21A and its stalk in the formation of the oculomotor axis. 相似文献
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Ueda H Howson JM Esposito L Heward J Snook H Chamberlain G Rainbow DB Hunter KM Smith AN Di Genova G Herr MH Dahlman I Payne F Smyth D Lowe C Twells RC Howlett S Healy B Nutland S Rance HE Everett V Smink LJ Lam AC Cordell HJ Walker NM Bordin C Hulme J Motzo C Cucca F Hess JF Metzker ML Rogers J Gregory S Allahabadia A Nithiyananthan R Tuomilehto-Wolf E Tuomilehto J Bingley P Gillespie KM Undlien DE Rønningen KS Guja C Ionescu-Tîrgovişte C Savage DA Maxwell AP Carson DJ Patterson CC Franklyn JA 《Nature》2003,423(6939):506-511
Genes and mechanisms involved in common complex diseases, such as the autoimmune disorders that affect approximately 5% of the population, remain obscure. Here we identify polymorphisms of the cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 gene (CTLA4)--which encodes a vital negative regulatory molecule of the immune system--as candidates for primary determinants of risk of the common autoimmune disorders Graves' disease, autoimmune hypothyroidism and type 1 diabetes. In humans, disease susceptibility was mapped to a non-coding 6.1 kb 3' region of CTLA4, the common allelic variation of which was correlated with lower messenger RNA levels of the soluble alternative splice form of CTLA4. In the mouse model of type 1 diabetes, susceptibility was also associated with variation in CTLA-4 gene splicing with reduced production of a splice form encoding a molecule lacking the CD80/CD86 ligand-binding domain. Genetic mapping of variants conferring a small disease risk can identify pathways in complex disorders, as exemplified by our discovery of inherited, quantitative alterations of CTLA4 contributing to autoimmune tissue destruction. 相似文献
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Lipid metabolism is essential for growth and generates much of the energy needed during periods of starvation. In Drosophila, fasting larvae release large quantities of lipid from the fat body but it is unclear how and where this is processed. Here we identify the oenocyte as the principal cell type accumulating lipid droplets during starvation. Tissue-specific manipulations of the Slimfast amino-acid channel, the Lsd2 fat-storage regulator and the Brummer lipase indicate that oenocytes act downstream of the fat body. In turn, oenocytes are required for depleting stored lipid from the fat body during fasting. Hence, lipid-metabolic coupling between the fat body and oenocytes is bidirectional. When food is plentiful, oenocytes have critical roles in regulating growth, development and feeding behaviour. In addition, they specifically express many different lipid-metabolizing proteins, including Cyp4g1, an omega-hydroxylase regulating triacylglycerol composition. These findings provide evidence that some lipid-processing functions of the mammalian liver are performed in insects by oenocytes. 相似文献
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Weir BA Woo MS Getz G Perner S Ding L Beroukhim R Lin WM Province MA Kraja A Johnson LA Shah K Sato M Thomas RK Barletta JA Borecki IB Broderick S Chang AC Chiang DY Chirieac LR Cho J Fujii Y Gazdar AF Giordano T Greulich H Hanna M Johnson BE Kris MG Lash A Lin L Lindeman N Mardis ER McPherson JD Minna JD Morgan MB Nadel M Orringer MB Osborne JR Ozenberger B Ramos AH Robinson J Roth JA Rusch V Sasaki H Shepherd F Sougnez C Spitz MR Tsao MS Twomey D Verhaak RG Weinstock GM Wheeler DA Winckler W 《Nature》2007,450(7171):893-898