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    Understanding dog breed copy number differences in the framework of gray wolf copy number variation 

    Serres Armero, Aitor (Date of defense: 2020-02-03)

    L’estudi de la variació estructural complementa l’estudi de la variació de seqüència per revelar les complexitats de la variació fenotípica. Els gossos són l’espècie domesticada amb més variació fenotípica que existeix ...

    Understanding evolution through genomic analysis of extinct species 

    Renom, Pere (Date of defense: 2023-02-22)

    According to estimates, over the 3.5 billion years that have elapsed since the appearance of life, the Earth has been inhabited by some 4 billion different species, of which 99.99% have already become extinct. Extinction ...

    Understanding functional interplay between PARP-1 and PARP-2 in T cell development and function 

    Navarro Serer, Judith (Date of defense: 2016-12-15)

    T-cell homeostasis must be tightly regulated and maintained in order to guarantee appropriate immune responses and prevent immunopathology. This maintenance depends on MHC-TCR interaction and cytokine-mediated signals among ...

    Understanding interactions between EBV and human genomic variation 

    Mandage, Rajendra (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)

    The EBV has been linked to multiple human disease phenotypes and has been associated with cancers and other infections. Recently single gene analysis and genome-wide analysis studies have been exploited to uncover the human ...

    Understanding ligand-receptor recognition by means of high-throughput molecular dynamics : a perspective for drug discovery 

    Ferruz Capapey, Noelia (Date of defense: 2016-03-04)

    Understanding how receptor-ligand interactions occur is a first step towards designing new drugs. The complete reconstruction of the binding process in a drug-receptor system provides all the physical-chemistry variables ...

    Understanding RanGTP dependent microtubule assembly : Idenification of DnaJB6 as a RanGTP regulated factor involved in microtubule organization during mitosis 

    Rosas Salvans, Miquel (Date of defense: 2017-12-19)

    Three microtubule (MT) assembly pathways participate in the assembly of the bipolar spindle: the centrosomal pathway, the augmin dependent amplification pathway and the RanGTP/chromosome dependent pathway. To form the ...

    Understanding the development of MLL-Rearranged leukemias : developing disease models 

    Sinha, Roshani (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)

    Rearrangements involving the mixed lineage leukemia gene (MLL) are found in majority of human infant leukemias (>60% of ALLs, 35% of AMLs) and are associated with dismal prognosis of these patients. They are also found in ...

    Understanding the dynamics of cultural stratification: the case of Spain 

    Ağlamaz, Fatma Sibel (Date of defense: 2021-06-29)

    Advanced societies have witnessed unprecedented socioeconomic and technological changes in the last 50 years. The growth of the service sector has transformed the class structure, and social mobility has increased for ...

    Understanding the fertility gap: new modelling approaches to reproductive decision-making 

    Ciganda, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-01-31)

    The three chapters included in this dissertation aim to improve our understanding of the distance between people's desires regarding the timing and the number of children they want to have and what they finally achieve. ...

    Understanding the genomic makeup of tumors to guide personalized medicine 

    Rubio Pérez, Carlota (Date of defense: 2017-11-28)

    Cancer is a disease of the genome. The study of tumor genomic alterations is used to guide several precision medicine strategies, some approved and a large number under clinical development. On the other hand, the study ...

    Understanding the health effects of low doses of ionizing radiation from medical procedures : Challenges for epidemiology 

    Pasqual, Elisa (Date of defense: 2019-12-03)

    La aplicación de la radiación ionizante (RI) en ámbito médico ha llegado, sin duda, para salvar vidas. Sin embargo, hay una preocupación entre los expertos de salud pública y protección radiológica con relación al incremento ...

    Understanding the immunomodulatory role of PARP proteins in the response against tumors 

    Moreno Lama, Lucía (Date of defense: 2020-01-16)

    Los inhibidores de PARP han surgido como nuevas terapias basadas en el papel essencial de las Poly (ADP-ribosa) polimerasas PARP-1 y PARP-2 en la respuesta a daño en el DNA, explotando el efecto de las mismas en la célula ...

    Understanding the mechanisms of de novo gene evolution using transcriptomics data 

    Ruiz Orera, Jorge (Date of defense: 2017-01-19)

    Aquesta tesi investiga els mecanismes de formació i evolució de gens de novo utilitzant seqüenciació massiva de transcrits complerts i de fragments protegits per ribosomes. Hem identificat milers de gens de novo en humans ...

    Understanding the molecular basis of neuronal 3'UTR length-dependent mRNA sorting 

    Grawenhoff, Julia (Date of defense: 2024-01-24)

    The local translation of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) within different neuronal compartments is a prerequisite the formation of long-term memories. mRNAs are localized via active transport along microtubules, however, the ...

    Understanding the nationalization of party 

    Simón Cosano, Pablo (Date of defense: 2011-11-03)

    This thesis is focused on the nationalization of party systems in Western Europe and combines four different approaches. Despite the literature claiming that political decentralization reduces party system nationalization, ...

    Understanding the political integration outcomes of enfranchised and high socioeconomic status immigrants in host societies 

    Nguyen, My Land Do (Date of defense: 2020-01-31)

    The purpose of this dissertation is to systematically investigate the theoretical perspective that political power derives from socioeconomic power—a fundamental tenet of both sociological theories of assimilation and ...

    Understanding the role of body weight and composition on lung function growth and decline 

    Prado Peralta, María Gabriela (Date of defense: 2020-07-14)

    Background: There is evidence suggesting that body weight is associated with lung function, but results are contradictory and suffer from important limitations. We aimed to assess the association of body weight and composition ...

    Understanding the role of polyglutamylation in the mitotic spindle 

    Zadra, Ivan (Date of defense: 2022-03-17)

    To ensure faithful segregation of the genetic material, cells build the mitotic spindle, a machinery made of dynamic microtubules (MTs) and MT associated proteins (MAPs). Chromosome bi-orientation is achieved through the ...

    Understanding the social brain : neurocogntive effetcs of experiencing a social hierarchy 

    Santamaría-García, Hernando (Date of defense: 2014-01-31)

    The present research is aimed at analyzing how human’s brain jointly computes cognitive and social interactions in presence of implicit social stimuli and/or in presence of socially neutral stimuli. First we analyzed the ...