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BMC Genetics, Volume 8

 

 

 

Research article
The influence of gene-environment interactions on GHR and IGF-1 expression and their association with growth in brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill)
Guillaume Ct, Guy Perry, Pierre Blier, Louis Bernatchez
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:87 (21December2007)
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Software
EFBAT: exact family-based association tests
Kady Schneiter, James H Degnan, Christopher Corcoran, Xin Xu, Nan Laird
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:86 (20December2007)
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Methodology article
Testing for homogeneity of gametic disequilibrium across strata
Xiaolin Yin, Wenqing Ma, Manlai Tang, Jianhua Guo
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:85 (20December2007)
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Research article
A genome-wide scan for type 1 diabetes susceptibility genes in nuclear families with multiple affected siblings in Finland
Qing Qiao, Anne-May sterholm, Bing He, Janne Pitkniemi, Heather J Cordell, Cinzia Sarti, Leena Kinnunen, Eva Tuomilehto-Wolf, Karl Tryggvason, Jaakko Tuomilehto
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:84 (19December2007)
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Research article
Microsatellite based genetic diversity and relationships among ten Creole and commercial cattle breeds raised in Brazil
Andra A Egito, Samuel R Paiva, Maria do Socorro M Albuquerque, Arthur S Mariante, Leonardo D Almeida, Silvia R Castro, Dario Grattapaglia
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:83 (7December2007)
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Methodology article
An EM algorithm for mapping segregation distortion loci
Chengsong Zhu, Yuan-Ming Zhang
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:82 (29November2007)
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Methodology article
An accurate method for quantifying and analyzing copy number variation in porcine KIT by an oligonucleotide ligation assay
Bo-Young Seo, Eung-Woo Park, Sung-Jin Ahn, Sang-Ho Lee, Jae-Hwan Kim, Hyun-Tae Im, Jun-Heon Lee, In-Cheol Cho, Il-Keun Kong, Jin-Tae Jeon
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:81 (23November2007)
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Research article
Evidence for multiple alleles effecting muscling and fatness at the Ovine GDF8 locus
James W Kijas, Russell McCulloch, Janelle E Hocking Edwards, V Hutton Oddy, Sang Hong Lee, Julius van der Werf
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:80 (8November2007)
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Research article
Quality assessment of buccal versus blood genomic DNA using the Affymetrix 500 K GeneChip
Jessica G Woo, Guangyun Sun, Mary Haverbusch, Subbarao Indugula, Lisa J Martin, Joseph P Broderick, Ranjan Deka, Daniel Woo
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:79 (8November2007)
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Software
SERpredict: Detection of tissue- or tumor-specific isoforms generated through exonization of transposable elements
Britta Mersch, Noa Sela, Gil Ast, Sndor Suhai, Agnes Hotz-Wagenblatt
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:78 (6November2007)
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Research article
Genomic conservation of cattle microsatellite loci in wild gaur (Bos gaurus) and current genetic status of this species in Vietnam
Trung Thanh Nguyen, Sem Genini, Linh Chi Bui, Peter Voegeli, Gerald Stranzinger, Jean-Paul Renard, Jean-Charles Maillard, Bui Xuan Nguyen
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:77 (6November2007)
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Research article
Role of NOD2/CARD15 in coronary heart disease
Nour Eddine El Mokhtari, Stephan J Ott, Almut Nebel, Arne Schfer, Philip Rosenstiel, Matti Frster, Michael Nothnagel, Rdiger Simon, Stefan Schreiber
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:76 (2November2007)
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Methodology article
Trend-TDT a transmission/disequilibrium based association test on functional mini/microsatellites
Bing-Jian Feng, David E Goldgar, Marilys Corbex
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:75 (1November2007)
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Research article
Whole genome linkage disequilibrium maps in cattle
Stephanie D McKay, Robert D Schnabel, Brenda M Murdoch, Lakshmi K Matukumalli, Jan Aerts, Wouter Coppieters, Denny Crews, Emmanuel Dias Neto, Clare A Gill, Chuan Gao, Hideyuki Mannen, Paul Stothard, Zhiquan Wang, Curt P Van Tassell, John L Williams, Jeremy F Taylor, Stephen S Moore
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:74 (25October2007)
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Research article
The transcription of MGAT4A glycosyl transferase is increased in white cells of peripheral blood of Type 2 Diabetes patients
Eduardo Lpez-Ordua, Miguel Cruz, Jaime Garca-Mena
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:73 (22October2007)
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Research article
Molecular evolution of the human SRPX2 gene that causes brain disorders of the Rolandic and Sylvian speech areas
Barbara Royer, Dinesh C Soares, Paul N Barlow, Ronald E Bontrop, Patrice Roll, Andre Robaglia-Schlupp, Antoine Blancher, Anthony Levasseur, Pierre Cau, Pierre Pontarotti, Pierre Szepetowski
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:72 (18October2007)
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Research article
Sequence variation and linkage disequilibrium in the GABA transporter-1 gene (SLC6A1) in five populations: implications for pharmacogenetic research
Rungnapa Hirunsatit, Risto Ilomki, Robert Malison, Pirkko Rsnen, Essi Ilomki, Henry R Kranzler, Thomas Kosten, Atapol Sughondhabirom, Nuntika Thavichachart, Sookjaroen Tangwongchai, Jennifer Listman, Apiwat Mutirangura, Joel Gelernter, Jaakko Lappalainen
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:71 (17October2007)
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Research article
Retrospective analysis of main and interaction effects in genetic association studies of human complex traits
Qihua Tan, Lene Christiansen, Charlotte Brasch-Andersen, Jing Hua Zhao, Shuxia Li, Torben A Kruse, Kaare Christensen
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:70 (16October2007)
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Research article
Fine-mapping of a QTL influencing pork tenderness on porcine chromosome 2
Stacey N Meyers, Sandra L Rodriguez-Zas, Jonathan E Beever
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:69 (12October2007)
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Research article
The BRCA1 Ashkenazi founder mutations occur on common haplotypes and are not highly correlated with anonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms likely to be used in genome-wide case-control association studies
Lutcia H Mateus Pereira, Marbin A Pineda, William H Rowe, Libia R Fonseca, Mark H Greene, Kenneth Offit, Nathan A Ellis, Jinghui Zhang, Andrew Collins, Jeffery P Struewing
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:68 (4October2007)
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Research article
Extended homozygosity is not usually due to cytogenetic abnormality
David Curtis
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:67 (4October2007)
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Research article
Homozygosity by descent mapping of blood pressure in the Old Order Amish: evidence for sex specific genetic architecture
Patrick F McArdle, Harvey Dytch, Jeffery R O'Connell, Alan R Shuldiner, Braxton D Mitchell, Mark Abney
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:66 (1October2007)
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Methodology article
A multi-marker test based on family data in genome-wide association study
Zhaogong Zhang, Shuanglin Zhang, Qiuying Sha
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:65 (25September2007)
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Research article
Mapping the Anthocyaninless (anl) Locus in Rapid-Cycling Brassica rapa (RBr) to Linkage Group R9
Carrie Burdzinski, Douglas L Wendell
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:64 (25September2007)
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Methodology article
Generalizing Terwilliger's likelihood approach: a new score statistic to test for genetic association
Rachid el Galta, Shirley Uitte de Willige, Marieke CH de Visser, Quinta Helmer, Li Hsu, Jeanine J Houwing-Duistermaat
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:63 (24September2007)
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Research article
Dominance and parent-of-origin effects of coding and non-coding alleles at the acylCoA-diacylglycerol-acyltransferase (DGAT1) gene on milk production traits in German Holstein cows
Christa Kuehn, Christian Edel, Rosemarie Weikard, Georg Thaller
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:62 (24September2007)
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Research article
Genetic and transcriptomic analysis of transcription factor genes in the model halophilic Archaeon: coordinate action of TbpD and TfbA
James A Coker, Shiladitya DasSarma
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:61 (24September2007)
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Research article
An investigation of the effects of lipid-lowering medications: genome-wide linkage analysis of lipids in the HyperGEN study
Jun Wu, Michael A Province, Hilary Coon, Steven C Hunt, John H Eckfeldt, Donna K Arnett, Gerardo Heiss, Cora E Lewis, R Curtis Ellison, Dabeeru C Rao, Treva Rice, Aldi T Kraja
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:60 (10September2007)
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Database
The PhenoGen Informatics website: tools for analyses of complex traits
Sanjiv V Bhave, Cheryl Hornbaker, Tzu L Phang, Laura Saba, Razvan Lapadat, Katherina Kechris, Jeanette Gaydos, Daniel McGoldrick, Andrew Dolbey, Sonia Leach, Brian Soriano, Allison Ellington, Eric Ellington, Kendra Jones, Jonathan Mangion, John K Belknap, Robert W Williams, Lawrence E Hunter, Paula L Hoffman, Boris Tabakoff
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:59 (30August2007)
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Research article
Power analysis for genome-wide association studies
Robert J Klein
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:58 (28August2007)
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Research article
Functional diversification of the nematode mbd2/3 gene between Pristionchus pacificus and Caenorhabditis elegans
Arturo Gutierrez, Ralf J Sommer
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:57 (28August2007)
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Research article
Genetic effects on coat colour in cattle: dilution of eumelanin and phaeomelanin pigments in an F2-Backcross Charolais Holstein population
Beatriz Gutirrez-Gil, Pamela Wiener, John L Williams
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:56 (16August2007)
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Research article
Identification of QTL with effects on intramuscular fat content and fatty acid composition in a Duroc Large White cross
Marie-Pierre Sanchez, Nathalie Iannuccelli, Benjamin Basso, Jean-Pierre Bidanel, Yvon Billon, Gilles Gandemer, Hlne Gilbert, Catherine Larzul, Christian Legault, Juliette Riquet, Denis Milan, Pascale Le Roy
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:55 (16August2007)
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Methodology article
Technology to accelerate pangenomic scanning for unknown point mutations in exonic sequences: cycling temperature capillary electrophoresis (CTCE)
Per O Ekstrm, Jens Bjrheim, William G Thilly
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:54 (14August2007)
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Research article
Mapping of a quantitative trait locus for resistance against infectious salmon anaemia in Atlantic salmon (Salmo Salar): comparing survival analysis with analysis on affected/resistant data
Thomas Moen, Anna K Sonesson, Ben Hayes, Sigbjrn Lien, Hege Munck, Theo HE Meuwissen
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:53 (14August2007)
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Research article
Classical sickle beta-globin haplotypes exhibit a high degree of long-range haplotype similarity in African and Afro-Caribbean populations
Neil Hanchard, Abier Elzein, Clare Trafford, Kirk Rockett, Margaret Pinder, Muminatou Jallow, Rosalind Harding, Dominic Kwiatkowski, Colin McKenzie
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:52 (10August2007)
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Research article
Refining associations between TAS2R38 diplotypes and the 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) taste test: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
Nicholas J Timpson, Jon Heron, Ian NM Day, Susan M Ring, Linda M Bartoshuk, Jeremy Horwood, Pauline Emmett, George Davey-Smith
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:51 (28July2007)
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Methodology article
Quantitative trait locus analysis of hybrid pedigrees: variance-components model, inbreeding parameter, and power
Gulnara R Svischeva
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:50 (26July2007)
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Research article
Comparison of artificial neural network analysis with other multimarker methods for detecting genetic association
David Curtis
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:49 (18July2007)
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Research article
Patterns of population differentiation of candidate genes for cardiovascular disease
Iftikhar J Kullo, Keyue Ding
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:48 (12July2007)
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Methodology article
Mapping quantitative trait loci in line cross with repeat records
Runqing Yang, Ming Fang
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:47 (12July2007)
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Research article
Variation in the gene coding for the M5 Muscarinic receptor (CHRM5) influences cigarette dose but is not associated with dependence to drugs of addiction: evidence from a prospective population based cohort study of young adults
Richard JL Anney, Mehrnoush Lotfi-Miri, Craig A Olsson, Sophie C Reid, Sheryl A Hemphill, George C Patton
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:46 (3July2007)
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Research article
Absence of glaucoma in DBA/2J mice homozygous for wild-type versions of Gpnmb and Tyrp1
Gareth R Howell, Richard T Libby, Jeffrey K Marchant, Lawriston A Wilson, Ioan M Cosma, Richard S Smith, Michael G Anderson, Simon WM John
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:45 (3July2007)
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Research article
Meta analysis of whole-genome linkage scans with data uncertainty: an application to Parkinson's disease
Albert Rosenberger, Manu Sharma, Bertram Mller-Myhsok, Thomas Gasser, Heike Bickebller
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:44 (2July2007)
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Research article
A genetic association analysis of cognitive ability and cognitive ageing using 325 markers for 109 genes associated with oxidative stress or cognition
Sarah E Harris, Helen Fox, Alan F Wright, Caroline Hayward, John M Starr, Lawrence J Whalley, Ian J Deary
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:43 (2July2007)
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Research article
A preliminary assessment of genetic relationships among agronomically important cultivars of black pepper
Nisha Joy, Z Abraham, EV Soniya
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:42 (29June2007)
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Methodology article
High-throughput genotyping of a common deletion polymorphism disrupting the TRY6 gene and its association with breast cancer risk
Kerstin Wagner, Ewa Grzybowska, Dorota Butkiewicz, Jolanta Pamula-Pilat, Wioletta Pekala, Karolina Tecza, Kari Hemminki, Asta Frsti
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:41 (29June2007)
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Research article
Gibberellins and heterosis of plant height in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Yi Zhang, Zhongfu Ni, Yingyin Yao, Xiuling Nie, Qixin Sun
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:40 (29June2007)
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Research article
New chemically induced skin tumour susceptibility loci identified in a mouse backcross between FVB and dominant resistant PWK
Kyoko Fujiwara, Jun Igarashi, Natsumi Irahara, Makoto Kimura, Hiroki Nagase
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:39 (28June2007)
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Correspondence
Minor differences in haplotype frequency estimates can produce very large differences in heterogeneity test statistics
David Curtis, Ke Xu
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:38 (27June2007)
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Research article
GM and KM immunoglobulin allotypes in the Galician population: new insights into the peopling of the Iberian Peninsula
Rosario Caldern, Rosa Lodeiro, Tito A Varela, Jos Faria, Beatriz Ambrosio, Evelyne Guitard, Antonio Gonzlez-Martn, Jean M Dugoujon
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:37 (27June2007)
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Methodology article
Bayesian estimates of linkage disequilibrium
Paola Sebastiani, Mara M Abad-Grau
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:36 (25June2007)
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Research article
Sequence analysis of coding and 3' and 5' flanking regions of the epithelial sodium channel , , and genes in Dahl S versus R rats
Marlene F Shehata, Frans HH Leenen, Frdrique Tesson
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:35 (25June2007)
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Research article
Human population structure detection via multilocus genotype clustering
Xiaoyi Gao, Joshua Starmer
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:34 (25June2007)
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Research article
Genetic variants of chemokine receptor CCR7 in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome and systemic sclerosis
Daniel Kahlmann, Ana Clara Marques Davalos-Misslitz, Lars Ohl, Frauke Stanke, Torsten Witte, Reinhold Frster
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:33 (22June2007)
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Research article
Genetic support for a quantitative trait nucleotide in the ABCG2 gene affecting milk composition of dairy cattle
Hanne Gro Olsen, Heidi Nilsen, Ben Hayes, Paul R Berg, Morten Svendsen, Sigbjrn Lien, Theo Meuwissen
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:32 (21June2007)
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Research article
Essential and non-essential DNA replication genes in the model halophilic Archaeon, Halobacterium sp. NRC-1
Brian R Berquist, Priya DasSarma, Shiladitya DasSarma
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:31 (8June2007)
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Methodology article
Allelic association studies of genome wide association data can reveal errors in marker position assignments
David Curtis
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:30 (8June2007)
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Research article
Low major histocompatibility complex class II DQA diversity in the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Liang Zhu, Xiang-Dong Ruan, Yun-Fa Ge, Qiu-Hong Wan, Sheng-Guo Fang
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:29 (7June2007)
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Research article
Replacement of the essential Dictyostelium Arp2 gene by its Entamoeba homologue using parasexual genetics
Mehreen Zaki, Jason King, Klaus Ftterer, Robert H Insall
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:28 (6June2007)
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Research article
Cytidine monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase (CMAH) mutations associated with the domestic cat AB blood group
Barbara Bighignoli, Tirri Niini, Robert A Grahn, Niels C Pedersen, Lee V Millon, Michele Polli, Maria Longeri, Leslie A Lyons
BMC Genetics 2007, 8:27 (6June2007)
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