BMC Genomics

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Using gene expression databases for classical trait QTL candidate gene discovery in the BXD recombinant inbred genetic reference population: Mouse forebrain weight

Lu Lu1,2*, Lai Wei4,5, Jeremy L Peirce2, Xusheng Wang2, Jianhua Zhou6, Ramin Homayouni5, Robert W Williams2 and David C Airey3*

Author Affiliations

1 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, PR China

2 Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, 38103, USA

3 Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA

4 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, 38103, USA

5 Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, 38103, USA

6 Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA

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BMC Genomics 2008, 9:444 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-444

Published: 25 September 2008

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Additional file 1:

List of genes within 10 Mb of Fbrwt1 or Fbrwt11.

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Additional file 2:

List of forebrain weight correlations with gene expression.

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Additional file 3:

List of gene expression differences between C57BL/6J and DBA/2J forebrain.

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List of putative transcription factor binding sites in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J indel polymorphism.

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