Browsing by Subject "Next-generation sequencing"

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A bioinformatics pipeline for rare genetic diseases in South African patients

Schoonen, Maryke; Seyffert, Albertus S.; Van der Westhuizen, Francois H.; Smuts, Izelle (ASSAf, 2019)

The research fields of bioinformatics and computational biology are growing rapidly in South Africa. Bioinformatics pipelines play an integral part in handling sequencing data, which are used to investigate the aetiology ...
Genetic studies of Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae)

Peterson, Bianca (North-West University (South Africa), 2017)

Genetically modified (GM) Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Berliner (Bacillales: Bacillaceae) crops have been adopted widely in many countries around the world due to its success in reducing pest damage to crops and the ...
Transcriptome and differentially expressed genes of Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae challenged with Cry1Ab toxin

Peterson, Bianca; Sanko, Tomasz Janusz; Bezuidenhout, Cornelius Carlos; Van den Berg, Johnnie (Elsevier, 2019)

Busseola fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a major insect pest of maize in sub-Saharan Africa, has de-veloped high levels of non-recessive resistance to Cry1Ab toxin expressed in genetically modified Bt maize.Multiple ...