Essays about: "subpopulation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the word subpopulation.

  1. 1. A bear-y strong comeback: Investigating temporal genomic consequences of a recent demographic bottleneck in the Scandinavian brown bear

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Amanda Lindahl; [2023]
    Keywords : Evolutionary biology; ancient DNA; bottleneck; whole-genome sequencing;

    Abstract : The Scandinavian brown bear went through a severe bottleneck due to human actions in the early 1900’s that reduced the population to low numbers. After protective measures were taken, the population recovered and today it consists of around 3000 individuals. READ MORE

  3. 2. Geographical expansion rate of a brown bear population in Fennoscandia and the factors explaining the directional variations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Lisbet Hougaard Baklid; [2022]
    Keywords : Geography; GIS; brown bear; expansion rate; Ursus arctos; Fennoscandia; Sweden; barrier; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The brown bears, Ursus arctos L., in the Scandinavian peninsula were distributed in almost all counties before aimed reduction during the 1700-1900s (Swenson et al. 1995). From 1981-2013 the population increased more than five times (Chapron et al. READ MORE

  4. 3. An explorative study of gene expression of relevance to T cells and cancer

    University essay from KTH/Proteinvetenskap

    Author : Nagham Saleh; [2022]
    Keywords : CAR T-cells; ScRNA-seq; Cytokine; Differentiation; Scanpy; CAR T-celler; ScRNA-seq; Cytokin; Differentiering; Scanpy;

    Abstract : Cancer är den näst mest förekommande dödsorsaken i världen följt av hjärt- och kärlsjukdomar. De mest använda cancer behandlingar såsom kemoterapi är inte tillräckligt effektiva och specifika mot cancer då de även attackerar normala celler och ger upphov till flertal bieffekter. Således har immunoterapier såsom t.ex. READ MORE

  5. 4. Household air pollution exposure in sub-Saharan Africa and assessment of disease burden attributable to risk factor

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

    Author : Festina Balidemaj; [2020]
    Keywords : Air pollution; household air pollution; burden of disease; acute lower respiratory infection; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ischemic heart disease; lung cancer; stroke; sub-Saharan Africa; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND: One of the major environmental threats to human health is air pollution. It contributes to premature deaths of millions of people worldwide. Air quality issues are growing exponentially in developing countries (West et al. 2016). READ MORE

  6. 5. Mapping re-growth following chemotherapy in high-risk neuroblastoma : The research process in laboratory work

    University essay from KTH/Lärande

    Author : Linnéa Ödborn Jönsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Neuroblastoma; Therapy resistance; Relapse; Open-and closed laboratory work; Neuroblastom; Behandlingsresistans; Återfall; Öppna och slutna laborationer;

    Abstract : The aim of the current study is to study characteristics of high-risk cancer cells within the childhood disease neuroblastoma (NB) by mapping regrowth after treatment with the chemotherapy doxorubicin (doxo). The cell-line SK-N-BE(2)-C (BE(2)-C) was used as a model. Results from a previous study by Hultman et al. READ MORE