The mammalian Y Chromosome sequence, critical for studying male fertility and dispersal,
is enriched in repeats and palindromes, and thus, is the most difficult component of the …

Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), the remnants of retroviral infections in the germ line, occupy
~8% and ~10% of the human and mouse genomes, respectively, and affect their structure, …

Genotyping methods and genome sequencing are indispensable to reveal genomic structure
of bacterial species displaying high level of genome plasticity. However, reconstruction of …

Introducción: La disciplina científica de la bioinformática tiene el potencial de generar
aplicaciones innovadoras para las sociedades humanas. Costa Rica, pequeña en tamaño y …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that thrives in diverse environments
and causes a variety of human infections. Pseudomonas aeruginosa AG1 (PaeAG1) is a …

The genetic structure of Costa Rica's population is complex, both by region and by individual,
due to the admixture process that started during the 15th century and historical events …

Latin America is one of the regions in which the COVID-19 pandemic has a stronger impact,
with more than 72 million reported infections and 1.6 million deaths until June 2022. Since …

Alu elements are trans-mobilized by the autonomous non-LTR retroelement, LINE-1 (L1).
Alu-induced insertion mutagenesis contributes to about 0.1% human genetic disease and is …

Two hundred seventeen male subjects from Costa Rica, Mexico, and the Hispanic population
of the southwestern United States were studied. Twelve Y-chromosome STRs and the …

Multicopy ampliconic gene families on the Y chromosome play an important role in
spermatogenesis. Thus, studying their genetic variation in endangered great ape species is critical. …