Essays about: "VCF"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word VCF.

1. 1. Demography of Birch Populations across Scandinavia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Växtekologi och evolution; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

   Author : Janek Sendrowski; [2022]
   Keywords : birch; betula; pubescens; pendula; betula pubescens; betula pendula; silver birch; downy birch; demography; population structure; distribution of fitness effects; DFE; dadi; UMAP; PCA; ADMIXTURE; polyDFE; ice age; glaciation; tree; boreal forest; climate change; adaption; tetraploid; diploid-tetraploid introgression; Scandinavia; genetic cluster; pipeline; snakemake; bioinformatics; reproducible; population genetics; postglacial population expansion; demographic history; FEEMS; site-frequency spectrum; SFS; last glacial maximum; LGM; workflow; python; population expansion; population growth; EST-SFS; 0-fold degenerate; 4-fold degenerate; maximum likelihood estimation; MLE; variant call format; VCF; single-nucleotide polymorphism; SNP;

   Abstract : Boreal forests are particularly vulnerable to climate change, experiencing a much more drastic increase in temperatures and having a limited amount of more northern refugia. The trees making up these vast and important ecosystems already had to adapt previously to environmental pressures brought about by the repeated glaciations during past ice ages. READ MORE

3. 2. Structural variation identification in non-reference cattle breed genomes

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

   Author : Jenny Jakobsson; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Cattle are essential for the global food industry through the meat and milk production. It is from an economical point of view in our best interest to make cattle as efficient as possible, whether it is milk or beef production, without negatively influencing their health and welfare. READ MORE

4. 3. Identification of novel loss of heterozygosity collateral lethality genes for potential applications in cancer

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

   Author : Margus Veanes; [2021]
   Keywords : biology; oncology; structural; genetics; bioinformatics; cancer;

   Abstract : Over the course of this project, I demonstrate the utility of a 4-phase analysis pipeline in the context of cancer therapy and the associated search for antineoplastic drug candidates. I showcase a repeatable means for generating lists of potential targets which may be used in conjunction with methods like small molecule screening as part of a search for broadly effective antineoplastic agents. READ MORE

5. 4. Choosing a Business Partner, Best Friend, and a Spouse : An Exploratory Study of the Evaluation of New Venture Teams by Nordic Venture Capitalists

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Linus Hogbäck; Fanny Johansson; Austra Kase; [2020]
   Keywords : Venture Capital; New Venture Team; New Venture Evaluation; Nordic Venture Capital; Investment Decision Process;

   Abstract : Background: There has been a great effort in the venture capital research community in trying to identify what criteria are used by venture capital firms (VCFs) when evaluating new ventures as an investment opportunity. Efforts have also been put on trying to rank these criteria’s importance in relation to each other, with the main literature arguing that the new venture team (NVT) has the greatest influence over the VCF’s investment decision. READ MORE

6. 5. Ethics in Family Businesses and Venture Capital Firms : How managers manage ethical considerations and steer behavior

   University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Niels de Groot; Jimmy Antonsson; [2012]
   Keywords : business ethics; ethical considerations; ethical code of conduct; moral awareness; ethical decision-making; ethical behavior; family business; venture capital firm; profit maximization; shareholder preferences;

   Abstract : Business ethics is a fragmented and well covered scientific field. This Master thesis study concerns two type of organizations, namely family businesses (FB’s) and venture capital firms (VCF’s), in relation to the ethical decision-making process, which is a relatively undiscovered field. READ MORE