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In animals, inclusion of mtDNA evidence in biogeographic and systematic analyses often reveals unexpected diversity or discordance with morphology, which then prompts re-evaluation of morphological and ecological characteristics and, if warranted, taxonomic revision.
Decreasing the input of tissue lysate increased gene expression discordance between amplified and unamplified samples.
A similar study conducted among immunocompetent persons in the same geographic region found that cryptosporidiosis was only associated with foreign travel but not tap water consumption [ 34 ] . This discordance in results supports the observation that host susceptibility, i.e., immune status, is the primary determinant of developing cryptosporidiosis among AIDS patients.
Because a SWISS proband might erroneously believe that a sibling never had a stroke, discordance is considered verified only if the sibling can be contacted for a structured telephone interview and gives negative answers to all 8 items on the Questionnaire for Verifying Stroke-Free Status (QVSFS) (Table 1) [ 57 58 ] . Discordant siblings are excluded if they are deemed unreliable historians in the opinion of the interviewer administering the QVSFS on the basis of global impression of moderate or severe impairment of speech, language, hearing, or memory.
There are several proposed mechanisms for the discordance between NO production and increased NOS expression in vitro and in vivo , including impaired arginine uptake [ 43], decreased heat shock protein-90 levels [ 44], and decreased O 2 tension [ 42, 40].