Haldane’s rule: Hybrid sterility or hybrid inviability is often limited to the heterogametic sex. 

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Neurotrophins:

NGF 

Brain derived neurotrophic factor 

Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3)

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Neurotrophins binds with high affinity to the family of receptor tyrosine kinases called Trks-

NGF binds to TrkA

BDNF binds to TrkB

NT-3 binds to TrkC

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All neurotrophins also bind to a distinct type of receptor called p75NTR (NTR 5 neurotrophin receptor), but with lower affinity

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In healthy cells, the Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL blocking the ability of Bak or Bax to oligomerize and form pores in the outer mitochondrial membrane.

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Trophic factors (NGF) leads to activation of receptor tyrosine kinases (TrkA) and activation of the protein kinase B pathway

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PKB phosphorylates Bad, and phosphorylated Bad forms a complex with a cytosolic 14-3-3 protein.