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Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is a cytotoxin—one of the β-pore-forming toxins. The presence of PVL is associated with increased virulence of certain strains (isolates) of Staphylococcus aureus .
Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) is a form of white-matter brain injury, characterized by the necrosis (more often coagulation) of white matter near the lateral ventricles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It can affect newborns and (less commonly) fetuses; premature infants are at the greatest risk of neonatal encephalopathy which may lead to this condition.
The initialism PVL may refer to: The paleontological collection of the Fundación-Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; Parameter Value Language, the data markup language, used by NASA; Panton–Valentine leukocidin, a factor in bacterial virulence; The Pascack Valley Line, a commuter rail line operated by NJ Transit
It is widely used in genetic epidemiology and behavioural genetics. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The basic ACE model relies on several assumptions, including the absence of assortative mating , [ 4 ] that there is no genetic dominance or epistasis , [ 5 ] that all genetic effects are additive, and the absence of gene-environment interactions . [ 3 ]
Statistical genetics is a scientific field concerned with the development and application of statistical methods for drawing inferences from genetic data. The term is most commonly used in the context of human genetics. Research in statistical genetics generally involves developing theory or methodology to support research in one of three ...
In population genetics, the genotype frequency is the frequency or proportion (i.e., 0 < f < 1) of genotypes in a population. Although allele and genotype frequencies are related, it is important to clearly distinguish them.
Porencephaly is an extremely rare cephalic disorder involving encephalomalacia. [1] It is a neurological disorder of the central nervous system characterized by cysts or cavities within the cerebral hemisphere. [2]
Copy number variation was initially thought to occupy an extremely small and negligible portion of the genome through cytogenetic observations. [12] Copy number variations were generally associated only with small tandem repeats or specific genetic disorders, [13] therefore, copy number variations were initially only examined in terms of specific loci.