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BMC Genetics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of inheritance and variation in individuals and among populations.
BMC Genetics (ISSN 1471-2156) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, EMBASE, Scopus, Zoological Record, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Genetics 2010, 11 :3
Predicting genomic breeding values using a new expectation
maximization algorithm-based Bayesian shrinkage regression method, with weighting for each SNP according to the strength of its association with a trait, is more accurate than other approaches.
BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :88
Scottish and Danish populations are famed for being
redheads' and a study of 33 genes shows that red hair color is associated with polymorphisms in melanin pigmentation and albinism genes, such as MC1R.
BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :86
The microchromosomes of chickens have lower levels of linkage disequilibrium and higher haplotype diversity than the few macrochromosomes, consistent with their higher recombination rate and conferring overall a limited haploblock structure in this species.
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Research article
Sp1 and KLF15 regulate basal transcription of the human LRP5 gene Jiangxia Li, Yang Yang, Baichun Jiang, Xiyu Zhang, Yongxin Zou, Yaoqin Gong BMC Genetics 2010, 11 :12 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Regional differences in recombination hotspots between two chicken populations Martin G Elferink, Pieter van As, Tineke Veenendaal, Richard PMA Crooijmans, Martien AM Groenen BMC Genetics 2010, 11 :11 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
A nonsense mutation in the beta-carotene oxygenase 2 (BCO2) gene is tightly associated with accumulation of carotenoids in adipose tissue in sheep (Ovis aries) Dag I Vage, Inger A Boman BMC Genetics 2010, 11 :10 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Dispersal and population structure at different spatial scales in the subterranean rodent Ctenomys australis. Matias S Mora, Fernando J Mapelli, Oscar E Gaggiotti, Marcelo J Kittlein, Enrique P Lessa BMC Genetics 2010, 11 :9 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Mitochondrial haplogroup U is associated with a reduced risk to develop exfoliation glaucoma in the German population Christiane Wolf, Eugen Gramer, Bertram Muller-Myhsok, Francesca Pasutto, Bernd Wissinger, Nicole Weisschuh BMC Genetics 2010, 11 :8 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Calcineurin and Protein kinase G regulate C. elegans behavioral quiescence during locomotion in liquid Rajarshi Ghosh, Scott W Emmons BMC Genetics 2010, 11 :7 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Methodology article
PCA-based bootstrap confidence interval tests for gene-disease association involving multiple SNPs Qianqian Peng, Jinghua Zhao, Fuzhong Xue BMC Genetics 2010, 11 :6 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Compilation of a panel of informative single nucleotide polymorphisms for bovine identification in the Northern Irish cattle population. Adrian R Allen, Malcolm Taylor, Brian McKeown, April I Curry, John F Lavery, Andy Mitchell, David Hartshorne, Rudi Fries, Robin A Skuce BMC Genetics 2010, 11 :5 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Transcript profiling of candidate genes in testis of pigs exhibiting large differences in androstenone levels Eli Grindflek, Ingunn Berget, Maren Moe, Paul Oeth, Sigbjorn Lien BMC Genetics 2010, 11 :4 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Methodology article
EM algorithm for Bayesian estimation of genomic breeding values Takeshi Hayashi, Hiroyoshi Iwata BMC Genetics 2010, 11 :3 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Transcriptional profiling reveals the expression of novel genes in response to various stimuli in the human dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum Nalu T A Peres, Pablo R Sanches, Juliana P Falcao, Henrique C S Silveira, Fernanda G Paiao, Fernanda C A Maranhao, Diana E Gras, Fernando Segato, Rodrigo A Cazzaniga, Mendelson Mazucato, Jeny R Cursino-Santos, Roseli Aquino-Ferreira, Antonio Rossi, Nilce M Martinez-Rossi BMC Microbiology 2010, 10 :39 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Review
Infantile spasms: review of the literature and personal experience Alberto Fois Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2010, 36 :15 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case report
Male and female meiotic behaviour of an intrachromosomal insertion determined by preimplantation genetic diagnosis Leoni Xanthopoulou, Anna Mantzouratou, Anastasia Mania, Suzanne Cawood, Alpesh Doshi, Domenico M Ranieri, Joy DA Delhanty Molecular Cytogenetics 2010, 3 :2 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
Homeolog loss and expression changes in natural populations of the recently and repeatedly formed allotetraploid Tragopogon mirus (Asteraceae) Jin Koh, Pamela S Soltis, Douglas E Soltis BMC Genomics 2010, 11 :97 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
Variability of gene expression profiles in human blood and lymphoblastoid cell lines Josine L Min, Amy Barrett, Tim Watts, Fredrik H Pettersson, Helen E Lockstone, Cecilia M Lindgren, Jennifer M Taylor, Maxine Allen, Krina T Zondervan, Mark I McCarthy BMC Genomics 2010, 11 :96 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The origin of populations of Arabidopsis thaliana in China, based on the chloroplast DNA sequences Ping Yin, Juqing Kang, Fei He, Li-Jia Qu, Hongya Gu BMC Plant Biology 2010, 10 :22 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Hypothesis
Mutation of mitochondria genome: trigger of somatic cell transforming to cancer cell Du Jianping International Archives of Medicine 2010, 3 :4 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Comment
FOXP3 and GARP (LRRC32): the master and its minion Michael Probst-Kepper, Jan Buer Biology Direct 2010, 5 :8 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Roles for common MLL/COMPASS subunits and the 19S proteasome in regulating CIITA pIV and MHC class II gene expression and promoter methylation Olivia I Koues, Ninad T Mehta, Agnieszka D Truax, R KYLE Dudley, Jeanne K Brooks, Susanna F Greer Epigenetics & Chromatin 2010, 3 :5 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Origin of the cell nucleus, mitosis and sex: roles of intracellular coevolution Thomas Cavalier-Smith Biology Direct 2010, 5 :7 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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maximization algorithm-based Bayesian shrinkage regression method, with weighting for each SNP according to the strength of its association with a trait, is more accurate than other approaches.
redheads' and a study of 33 genes shows that red hair color is associated with polymorphisms in melanin pigmentation and albinism genes, such as MC1R.
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