From owner-gene-linkage@net.bio.net Wed Jul 01 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.Stanford.EDU!su-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!portc02.blue.aol.com!audrey03.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: iladol@aol.com (Iladol) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gene-linkage Subject: Looking for genotyping services Lines: 7 Message-ID: <1998070214154800.KAA20496@ladder03.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder03.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 2 Jul 1998 14:15:48 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Hi, I am looking for companies that do genotyping on alarge scale, 200-500 samples at atime. I am looking for people who can do NAT2, GST, p-53, CYP1A1, MPO, ADH assays on a regular basis. Please e-mail!! Lala From owner-gene-linkage@net.bio.net Mon Jul 06 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!medicine.adelaide.edu.au!rwallace From: rwallace@medicine.adelaide.edu.au (Robyn Wallace) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gene-linkage Subject: phenocopy definition Date: 6 Jul 1998 20:04:31 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 16 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19980707123321.262f8710@pulse.mad.adelaide.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Can someone give me the definition of a phenocopy. Does it mean patients who have the same phenotype due to any other reason (ie environmental OR genetic) or does it only refer to environmental effects? =================================================================== Robyn Wallace PhD Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics Women's and Children's Hospital 72 King William Street NORTH ADELAIDE SA 5006 AUSTRALIA Ph: 618 8204 6442 Fax: 618 8204 7342 Email: rwallace@medicine.adelaide.edu.au =================================================================== From owner-gene-linkage@net.bio.net Mon Jul 06 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!SLIP.NET!grizzly From: grizzly@SLIP.NET (Michael Sherrell) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gene-linkage Subject: Sequencers and synthesizers Date: 7 Jul 1998 14:57:08 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 44 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01BDA9B7.9B05CD80@sf-pm17-36-100.dialup.slip.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I have a number of peptide and oligo synthesizers and sequencers for = sale: PerSeptive 9050, ~$10K PerSeptive Expedite 8909, <=3D $14K ABI 394, rebuilt, warranteed, Oligonet-ready, ~$12K ABI 394, rebuilt, warranteed, non-Oligonet, ~$11K ABI 391, rebuilt, warranteed, $7K ABI 430, rebuilt, warranteed, ~$12K ABI 433, rebuilt by ABI, warranteed, < $40K ABI 373 stretch, 5-filter, Genescan, 36-lane, $29K ABI 477, <=3D $10K ABI 120, 130, $2.5K also: LC-MS: Finnigan MAT 900, <$50K Finnigan MAT 90, ~$45K MicroMass Quattro II, ~$200K =09 MALDI-TOF: HP, masses to 500 KDa, lightly used, <=3D$60K Finnigan Laser MAT 2000, <$40K Other expensive hi-tech items: Bio-Dot sub-microliter 8-channel aspirate/dispense system (typically = 96-well microplate source, glass slide, microwell plate or membrane = target), < 1 year old Molecular Devices 445SI-MAC Phosphorimagers, ~ 3 years old, currently = operating and under maintenance contact, pretty low price I also have available a few other synthesizers and sequencers and a = wide selection of HPLCs, mass specs, and other lab instruments. Please contact me to discuss any of these items, or if you have any = items you might like to sell. Michael Sherrell Grizzly Analytical (USA) 707 887 2919/fax 707 887 9834 www.grizzlyanalytical.com From owner-gene-linkage@net.bio.net Tue Jul 07 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!AOL.COM!BADIDION From: BADIDION@AOL.COM Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gene-linkage Subject: ABI 373 for sale Date: 7 Jul 1998 19:37:23 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 10 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <21390a43.35a2daaa@aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Contact us if you are interested in purchasing a used ABI373 sequencer. DEKALB Corp 3100 Sycamore Road DeKalb, IL 60115 attn: Dr B.A. Didion, PhD 815-758-9665 tele 815-758-0402 fax badidion@aol.com From owner-gene-linkage@net.bio.net Mon Jul 13 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.Stanford.EDU!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news-peer.gip.net!news-lond.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!nntp.news.xara.net!xara.net!server5.netnews.ja.net!daresbury!not-for-mail From: 1 Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gene-linkage Subject: PCR related problems (fwd) Date: 14 Jul 1998 09:51:06 +0100 Lines: 43 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <6of65q$4du@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Original-To: Newsgroup Bionet ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:08:05 +0000 (GMT) From: 1 To: "bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts" Subject: PCR related problems Dear fellow news group members. I am with a group working with a set of microsatellite markers on HC21 chromosome in Indian population.I have been having problems with band clarity with locus D21S1910.I tried Jean Weissenbach protocol for PCR amplification which was 55 deg annealing but there were non-specific bands.I have increased the annealing temp to 60 deg. this has given me better results.But certain individual's DNA gives me aound 4 bands at the range of alleles submitted in the GDB.And in some individuals the bands look like smears around the region. I have been using 6% PAGE to visualize it. 1) Please advise me on any variations to be carried out on the PCR protocol to get the specific bands. 2) Do you always get ONLY the clear specific bands with microsatellites amplification or there are some non-specific bands too.We have observed few non-specific bands in some of the markers we have been using.While others are comparatively free of those. Could you please tell what measures did you take to overcome this. 3) We are into detecting parental origin of extra chromsome in Down's Syndrome cases.and there is a problem in resolving those bands in 6% ,8% ,10% gels.The bands become diffused in our gels.Do we need to modify the PAGE conditions,or the % of gel. I would be thankful if you have tips for these problems. Thankyou once again. Suresh Shettigar. email . Molecular Biology and Agriculture Division. BARC,Trombay, Mumbai-85. INDIA. From owner-gene-linkage@net.bio.net Tue Jul 14 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gene-linkage Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser Date: 15 Jul 1998 02:00:10 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 233 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199807150900.CAA29539@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net (LAST REVISION: 30-JUL-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. If you can not find an answer to your question in this or other documentation, the BIOSCI technical support staff answers e-mail queries sent to biosci-help@net.bio.net We can only answer questions about the use of the newsgroups and mailing lists. We unfortunately do not have the staff to do Internet information searches or answer scientific questions. Please post those to the appropriate BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. Contents: -------- 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! ------------------------------ BIOSCI's government funding has been expended, and we are now operating solely from advertising revenue that we have raised from our Web site at http://www.bio.net/. We need just a few minutes of your time to help us serve you. You can do two important things which will take very little time for you individually and will immensely help us continue to help you. First, please use our WWW system at http://www.bio.net/ to access the archives. You can post or reply to messages via your Web browser as described in item #1 below. Your usage helps attract sponsors. If you contact any of our sponsors, please be sure to thank them for supporting BIOSCI. It is critical for them to get this feedback if they are to continue their sponsorship for the long term. Second, if you work for a company or organization that provides products or services of interest to the biology community, please pass this message on to your marketing or marketing communications department or other appropriate group. Please ask them to help support BIOSCI by sponsoring our Web site and explain the uses and benefits of the system to the biology community. If they are interested, they can then contact us for further information at our tech support address, biosci-help@net.bio.net. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index. The main BIOSCI home page also has access to the BIO-JOURNALS Table of Contents database WAIS index and the BIOSCI user address database described in another item further below. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI is a set of parallel USENET newsgroups (the "bionet" groups), mailing lists, and a hypermail archive at URL http://www.bio.net/. The same postings are distributed on all media (except for a small number of mailing-list-only groups at net.bio.net). Unfortunately it is becoming a despicable practice on the Internet (by a few people out to make a fast buck) to do automated mass postings to thousands of newsgroups and mailing lists. These attempts to grab free advertising are refered to as "spams" in the usual, somewhat boneheaded, net terminology. USENET is more susceptible to this practice, and many spams originate on the USENET groups and then are passed on to the mailing lists. However, spammers also get lists of mailing addresses and hit these too, so neither medium is immune. What should you do personally if you get junk mail? --------------------------------------------------- Just delete it and move on without reading it further. Filing a protest is becoming increasingly useless because spammers are often disguising the addresses where the messages are sent from. Unless you really understand Internet mail systems, your attempt at protest by sending replies to the message will often end up being sent to the address of an innocent person that the spammer is victimizing. What can BIOSCI/bionet do to protect its newsgroups? ---------------------------------------------------- The only solution currently available is to moderate the newsgroup. If this newsgroup is already moderated, then you are in good shape. Moderation protects the USENET distribution from about 95% of the spams that are being sent to date and protects the mailing lists completely. Moderation means, however, that someone has to take the time to review each message before it goes out. We have set up software here that simply allows the moderator to forward to an address at net.bio.net messages that (s)he wishes to have distributed. This takes no more time than that needed to read the message and pass it on, say about 1 min. per message. Most newsgroups currently have a discussion leader who is responsible for their newsgroup. The discussions leaders and their e-mail addresses are listed in the BIOSCI Information Sheet which is available on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. If a newsgroup is being hit with too many junk postings, please contact the discussion leader for that group and see if there is interest in moderating the group. Please do not assume that by simply posting a complaint to the newsgroup itself, anyone on the BIOSCI staff will act on your complaint. With close to 100 newsgroups to run, the BIOSCI staff has to rely on the discussion leaders of each newsgroup to report problems directly to us at biosci-help@net.bio.net. We will moderate any of our newsgroups if the discussion leader tells us that the readership of the group wishes to do so and if a moderator is willing to do the work. For most BIOSCI/bionet groups, this entails only a few minutes of work each day. Moderating a newsgroup will resolve probably 95% of the junk postings on the USENET distribution. Unfortunately there are easy ways for determined spammers to override the moderation mechanism on USENET, but we can protect our e-mail subscribers from unwanted postings if the newsgroup is moderated. You can also access our newsgroups over the WWW at URL http://www.bio.net. While this Web interface will not stop spammers from trying to post to the groups, this will give you yet another way, besides using USENET news, to keep the junk out of your personal mail files. For those of you with local USENET news systems, the Web interface will also give you faster access to new newsgroups and recent postings. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: The BIOSCI management does NOT act on subscription/unsubscription requests that are posted improperly to the newsgroups and mailing lists. People who do this only bother everyone on the lists to no avail. Please be sure to follow the proper procedures below. Gory details are in the BIOSCI Information sheets on the Web at http://www.bio.net. 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From owner-gene-linkage@net.bio.net Sun Jul 19 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.Stanford.EDU!logbridge.uoregon.edu!feeder.qis.net!btnet-peer!btnet!nntp.news.xara.net!xara.net!server5.netnews.ja.net!server3.netnews.ja.net!server1.netnews.ja.net!server2.netnews.ja.net!ral!usenet From: Paul Denny Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gene-linkage Subject: non-parametric QTL analysis? Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:52:30 +0100 Organization: MRC Mouse Genome Centre Lines: 103 Message-ID: <35B32163.89DA1985@har.mrc.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.63.70.134 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------DBF3373EAE51BBB358C14D1D" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC) --------------DBF3373EAE51BBB358C14D1D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi I'm trying to find a software package - preferably MacOS or possibly WinNT (or at a stretch, UNIX) which performs non-parametric statistical analysis e.g. an ordinal analysis. We have a phenotype which looks nothing like the typical "normal" distribution - it's kind of a skewed bimodal. The only thing we've tried so far is MapMaker QTL v1.9 which uses a non-parametric statistic, but would like to try some alternative approaches. Paul -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul Denny Genome Group Leader MRC UK Mouse Genome Centre & Mammalian Genetics Unit Harwell, Oxfordshire OX11 ORD, UK. Phone (direct) +44-(0)1235-824535 Phone (switchboard) +44-(0)1235-834393 Fax +44-(0)1235-824540 email paul@har.mrc.ac.uk Website http://www.mgc.har.mrc.ac.uk --------------DBF3373EAE51BBB358C14D1D Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi

I'm trying to find a software package - preferably MacOS or possibly WinNT (or at a stretch, UNIX) which performs non-parametric statistical analysis e.g. an ordinal analysis. We have a phenotype which looks nothing like the typical "normal" distribution - it's kind of a skewed bimodal. The only thing we've tried so far is MapMaker QTL v1.9 which uses a non-parametric statistic, but would like to try some alternative approaches.

Paul
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Paul Denny
Genome Group Leader
MRC UK Mouse Genome Centre & Mammalian Genetics Unit
Harwell, Oxfordshire
OX11 ORD, UK.
 
Phone (direct)  +44-(0)1235-824535
Phone (switchboard) +44-(0)1235-834393
Fax +44-(0)1235-824540
email paul@har.mrc.ac.uk
Website http://www.mgc.har.mrc.ac.uk
 

 
 

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So get your credit card ready and order today. http://www.pamporn.com KTQPIFRHCRCZNETUWZXYBUOBTAMTRNEGQLFPDLYT From owner-gene-linkage@net.bio.net Wed Jul 22 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!agate!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!audrey01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: wldflowr72@aol.com (WLdfLowr72) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gene-linkage Subject: question about identical twins?? Lines: 14 Message-ID: <1998072320150100.QAA24667@ladder01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder01.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 23 Jul 1998 20:15:01 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com I know very very little about genetics (other than people shouldn't inbreed ) and am hoping BMGL readers might be able to help me with a bit of curiousity... Do Identical twins have the same fingerprints? (my boyfriend says yes, I think no) Are there any documented cases in which an entire family has NO fingerprints?? Are there any similarities between fingerprints of different family members that don't exist between non-family members? Thanks y'all!! Cheryl From owner-gene-linkage@net.bio.net Wed Jul 22 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!esvax.dnet.dupont.com!rafalski From: rafalski@esvax.dnet.dupont.com (Antoni Rafalski) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gene-linkage Subject: Postdoc position maize SNPs - DuPont Date: 23 Jul 1998 15:14:07 -0700 Organization: DuPont Agricultural Biotechnology Lines: 34 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <35B7B518.64D6AB37@esvax.dnet.dupont.com> Reply-To: rafalski@esvax.dnet.dupont.com NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net DuPont Genomics group is looking for a visiting scientist (postodoctoral) to work with Maureen Dolan and Antoni Rafalski on a project involving discovery of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in maize and their use in maize genetics. The candidate should have practical experience in molecular biology techniques and have a background in genetics. We would like to make an appointment soon. The position will be located at the DuPont genomics laboratories in Newark, DE, near the U. of Delaware campus. Collaboration with Pioneer Hi-Bred scientists will be involved. DuPont is an equal opportunity employer. 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Can any one help me out? From owner-gene-linkage@net.bio.net Tue Jul 28 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!rutgers!rockyd.rockefeller.edu!newsfeed.nyu.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!netnews.com!priori!news-xfer.netaxs.com!news.dn.net!not-for-mail From: Joan Evans Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gene-linkage Subject: Tech Support from Life Sci. Vendors-Update Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 12:47:30 -0500 Organization: The Science Advisory Board Lines: 74 Message-ID: <35BF602F.2F88@scienceboard.net> Reply-To: j.evans@scienceboard.net NNTP-Posting-Host: host19.host1.ppp.dn.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0-C-AICK1-2 (Macintosh; U; PPC) Several weeks ago, I posted an announcement regarding a new study by The Science Advisory Board (http://www.scienceboard.net). The topic being considered by the Board is the quality of customer service and technical support from life science vendors. Although the 27-question survey has been completed by nearly 700 scientists around the world, new participants are most welcome! The Science Advisory Board is an online panel of more than 3,600 scientists, physicians and other medical professionals from 66 countries. If you would like to participate in this, or future studies, please complete the Research Panel registration form which can be found at http://www.scienceboard.net and you be notified of your eligibility within 48 hours. Your identity and individual responses are always held in strict confidence, and participants are compensated for their time. Although it is still very early in our investigation, and the responses to many questions have yet to be analyzed, some of the initial data is quite interesting. Below are some excerpts from the responses received so far: ***** If you were to order a product directly from a vendor, in which way would you MOST prefer to do so? Telephone (42.0%) Email (21.1%) Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) (0.6%) Fax (10.9%) Mail (1.9%) Web site (23.5%) ***** For which of the following reasons do you MOST OFTEN have to call the Customer Service department of a life science vendor? Product did not arrive when promised (58.8%) Wrong product delivered (13.4%) Wrong quantity delivered (3.4%) Perishable product arrived after expiration date (3.0%) Product arrived damaged/non-functional (19.8) Invoice is higher than the price that was originally quoted (1.5%) ***** When you encounter a problem with a life science product to which source of assistance do you turn FIRST? Vendor (18.8%) Colleague or co-worker (21.7%) Local sales representative (5.6%) Literature references (e.g., journal article) (1.5%) Vendor catalog (e.g., technical tips, troubleshooting section) (7.7%) Vendor newsletter (0.2%) Printed manual or protocol included with the product (40.9%) Vendor Web site (3.4%) ***** What is the MOST frequent cause of the problems that require you to call technical support? Product was of poor quality (11.4%) Product was inappropriate for the application (6.0%) Unfamiliarity with the product (31.4%) Accidental error by lab personnel (0.6%) Poorly written instructions/protocols (37.6%) Lack of on-site installation assistance/training (6.5%) Other (6.5%) ***** If you have any questions regarding this study, or about membership on The Science Advisory Board, please do not hesitate to contact me directly, or stop by the Board’s Website! Joan Evans Membership Secretary The Science Advisory Board http://www.scienceboard.net From owner-gene-linkage@net.bio.net Tue Jul 28 23:00:00 1998 Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gene-linkage,bionet.molbio.gene-org Path: biosci!news.stanford.edu!su-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news1.bellglobal.com!torn!utnut!utgpu!utinfo!nntp From: Jeff Heeney Subject: What is 3'-5' and 5'-3'? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: utl-121-83.library.utoronto.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <35BF5288.4EBBFEE1@library.utoronto.ca> Sender: nntp@campus-news-reading.utoronto.ca (News) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: UTCC Campus Access Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 16:49:12 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (WinNT; U) Lines: 16 A book entitled dictionary of science states "The two strands run in opposite directions, 3'-5' on one strand corresponding to 5'-3' on the other. What the hell are they talking about?! Sorry, specifically...what is the meaning of the ' character. Thanks. You can go back to doing something serious now. -- .......................................................... Jeff Heeney ............................................ Reference & Research Unit .................................. Gerstein Science Information Centre .............................................. 7 King's College Circle 416-978-7674....................................... Toronto,ON,M5S 1A5 heeney@library.utoronto.ca ........................................... http://www.library.utoronto.ca/www/libraries_scimed/scimed.html ......