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Genetic diversity of the Organic Cation Transporter 1 gene within the Cape Coloured Population
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic diversity of the SLC22A1 gene and to deduce its possible pharmacogenetic implications within the Cape Coloured population of South Africa; a uniquely admixed population ... -
Genetic mapping of fruit quality traits in apple (malus x domestica borkh.)
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Apple fruit quality is of utmost importance to apple farmers and breeders in the selection and commercialization of new cultivars. Fruit size, colour, texture, firmness and taste are all traits that affect the quality of ... -
Genetic variation among verticillium dahliae isolates using pathogenicity and aflp analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)Soilborne plant pathogenic fungi have had an important economic and social impact on humans since the evolution of agricultural societies (Stakman, 1959). In South Africa, the soilborne pathogen Verticillium dahliae Kleb, ... -
Genetic variation between two subspecies of Reedfrogs in the genus Hyperolius (Anura: Hyperoliidae)
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)The frog genus Hyperolius is the largest of 19 genera in the Hyperoliidae (Channing, 1939). The members of the genus display considerable morphological homogeneity with a diversity of dorsal colour patterns. The genus is ... -
"Genetic variation between two subspecies of reedfrogs in the genus Hyperolius (Anura: Hyperoliidae)"
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)H. m. broadleyi and H. m. verrucosus are not only different in terms of colour pattern, but distinct genetic differences were detected in restriction site maps of their ribosomal DNA. A sequence divergence value of 13,8% ... -
Genetic variation of rana fuscigula in Southern Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 1994)Naturalists have long been engaged in describing and explaining diversity in the biological world. The discovery of the molecular basis of inheritance has led to rapid increase in the use of biological macromolecules in ... -
Genome assembly of next-generation sequencing data for the Oryx bacillus : species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Next generation sequencing (NGS) technology platforms have accelerated ability to produce completed genome assemblies. Recently, collaborators at Tygerberg Medical School outsourced the sequencing of Oryx bacillus, a ... -
Genome-wide annotation of chemosensory and glutamate-gated receptors, and related genes in Glossina morsitans morsitans tsetse fly
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Tsetse flies are the sole vectors of trypanosomes that cause nagana and sleeping sickness in animals and humans respectively in tropical Africa. Tsetse are unique: both sexes adults are exclusive blood-feeders, females are ... -
Genome-wide identification and comprehensive analysis of transcriptionsl desert regions
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)The initiation of transcription in mammalian genomes predominatly occurs at 5' promoter regions, however increasingly initiation events have been observed within introns, coding exons and 3' UTRs. Nevertheless there ... -
Genomic and proteomic analysis of drought tolerance in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Drought is the most complex phenomenon that remained to be a potential and historic challenge to human welfare. It affects plant productivity by eliciting perturbations related to a pathway that controls a normal, ... -
Genomic diversity and functional analysis of the solute carrier genes within indigenous African and Cape Admixed populations
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Solute carrier transporters belonging to the major facilitator family of membrane transporter are increasingly being recognized as a possible mechanism to explain inter-individual variation in drug efficacy and response. ... -
Genomic epidemiology of Rift Valley fever in East Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a climate-driven zoonotic disease of significant importance to public and livestock health given its epidemic potential. The disease was first identified in 1930 in the great rift valley region ... -
Genomic instability in South African breast cancer patients
(2013)Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most common malignancies in women. Death results from treatment failure and metastatic disease. Thousands of lives might be saved if it was possible to detect and eliminate occult metastatic ... -
A Genre-based analysis of Intermediate Phase English Home Language textbooks
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)In South Africa the variety of languages in use requires of the department of education that a balance be struck between the potential this presents for enhancing multilingual practice, and the effort required for uplifting ... -
Gentrification: The case of property development in the inner-City of Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This research focuses on property developments that are gentrifying the inner-city of Cape Town and questions why and how the City of Cape Town (COCT) is gentrifying the inner-city. This research examines the role of the ... -
The genus Spongites (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Coralline red algae (Corallinales, Hapalidiales, Sporolithales: Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) are widespread and common in all the world’s oceans (Adey & McIntyre 1973; Johansen 1981; Littler et al. 1985; Björk et al. ... -
Geo-physical parameter forecasting on imagery{based data sets using machine learning techniques
(University of Western Cape, 2021)This research objectively investigates the e ectiveness of machine learning (ML) tools towards predicting several geo-physical parameters. This is based on a large number of studies that have reported high levels of ... -
Geochemical and mineralogical evaluation of toxic contaminants mobility in weathered coal fly ash: as a case study, Tutuka dump site, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)The management and disposal of huge volumes of coal combustion by products such as fly ash has constituted a major challenge to the environment. In most cases due to the inadequate alternative use of coal fly ash, the ... -
Geochemical and petrographic characterization of platreef pyroxenite Package p1, p2, p3 and p4 units at the akanani prospect area, bushveld Complex, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study is focused on the Akanani prospect area, approximately 25 km north-west of the town of Mokopane, Limpopo Province where exploration geologists at the study area have classified the ‘pyroxenitic’ units into P1, ... -
Geochemical and Petrographic Characterization of the Transition Boundary between the MG2 package to MG3 package at Dwarsrivier Chrome Mine, Bushveld Complex, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)This study area is situated within the Eastern Bushveld complex at Dwarsrivier chrome mine, which is approximately 30 km from Steelpoort and 60km from Lydenburg in the Mpumalanga province. The primary aim of the project ...
