Background: We present a novel method to encode ambiguously aligned regions in fixed multiple sequence alignments by ‘Pairwise Identity and Cost Scores Ordination’ (PICS-Ord)....
Robert K. Luecking, Brendan P. Hodkinson, Alexandr...
Background: With continuing identification of novel structured noncoding RNAs, there is an increasing need to create schematic diagrams showing the consensus features of these mol...
Background: Caenorhabditis elegans gene-based phenotype information dates back to the 1970’s, beginning with Sydney Brenner and the characterization of behavioral and morphologi...
Gary Schindelman, Jolene Fernandes, Carol Bastiani...
Background: During meiosis, homologous chromosomes exchange segments via the formation of crossovers. This phenomenon is highly regulated; in particular, crossovers are distribute...
Franck Gauthier, Olivier C. Martin, Matthieu Falqu...
Background: The interest in non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) constantly rose during the past few years because of the wide spectrum of biological processes in which they are involved. Thi...