Controversy has surrounded the setting of appropriate conservation policies to deal with hybridisation and introgression (genetic admixture resulting from backcrossing with one of the parent species).
Some degree of gene flow is a normal, evolutionary process; however, hybridisation with or without introgression may, nevertheless, threaten a rare species' existence.
"Our work shows clearly that the patterns currently seen in the Neanderthal genome are not exceptional, and are in line with our expectations of what we would see without
hybridisation. So, if any
hybridisation happened - it's difficult to conclusively prove it never happened - then it would have been minimal and much less than what people are claiming now," said Dr Andrea Manica, from the University of Cambridge, who led the study.
Dr Andrea Manica, from the University of Cambridge, who led the study said: "Our work shows clearly that the patterns currently seen in the Neanderthal genome are not exceptional, and are in line with our expectations of what we would see without
hybridisation. So, if any
hybridisation happened -- it's difficult to conclusively prove it never happened -- then it would have been minimal and much less than what people are claiming now."
The IQFISH
hybridisation buffer cuts diagnostic test turnaround time from 17 hours to 3.5 hours.
87 poplar clones prepared by
hybridisation process between 2005 and 2007 are currently under field trial after observation at the nursery stage.
Steric factors influencing
hybridisation of nucleic acids to oligonucleotide arrays.
M2 PHARMA-December 12, 2013-Enzo Biochem, Flagship Biosciences to co-develop companion diagnostics for in situ
hybridisationPNA FISH is a fluorescence in situ
hybridisation (FISH) assay that uses PNA (peptide nucleic acid) probes to target species specific ribosomal RNA (rRNA) in live bacteria and yeast.