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      Molecular and Clinical Investigation of Cystinuria in the Greek-Cypriot Population 

      Athanasiou, Yiannis; Voskarides, Konstantinos; Chatzikyriakidou, Anthoula L.; Ignatiou, Anastasia; Demosthenous, Panayiota; Elia, Avraam; Zavros, Michalis; Georgiou, Ioannis A.; Pierides, Alkis M.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2015)
      Background and Aims: Cystinuria represents 3% of nephrolithiasis in humans. Two genes have been identified as the main genetic causes of cystinuria, SLC3A1 and SLC7A9, with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. In ...
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      Unpredictable Effects of the Genetic Background of Transgenic Lines in Physiological Quantitative Traits 

      Evangelou, Amalia; Ignatiou, Anastasia; Antoniou, Chloi; Kalanidou, Sofia; Chatzimatthaiou, Sotiroula; Shianiou, Gavriella; Ellina, Soteroulla; Athanasiou, Rafaella; Panagi, Myrofora; Apidianakis, Yiorgos; Pitsouli, Chrysoula (2019)
      Physiology, fitness and disease phenotypes are complex traits exhibiting continuous variation in natural populations. To understand complex trait gene functions transgenic lines of undefined genetic background are often ...
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      Y-chromosome phylogeographic analysis of the Greek-Cypriot population reveals elements consistent with Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements 

      Voskarides, Konstantinos; Mazières, S.; Hadjipanagi, Despina; Di Cristofaro, J.; Ignatiou, Anastasia; Stefanou, Charalambos; King, R. J.; Underhill, P. A.; Chiaroni, J.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2016)
      Background: The archeological record indicates that the permanent settlement of Cyprus began with pioneering agriculturalists circa 11,000years before present, (ca. 11,000 y BP). Subsequent colonization events followed, ...