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 BMC  Latest Genetics articles from BMC Biology
The authors assigned these articles to Genetics as the primary area of interest

Research article
Inducible and constitutive heat shock gene expression responds to modification of Hsp70 copy number in Drosophila melanogaster but does not compensate for loss of thermotolerance in Hsp70 null flies
Brian R Bettencourt, Catherine C Hogan, Mario Nimali, Brian W Drohan
BMC Biology 2008, 6:5 (22January2008)
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Arthritis suppression by NADPH activation operates through an interferon- pathway
Peter Olofsson, Annika Nerstedt, Malin Hultqvist, Elisabeth C Nilsson, Sofia Andersson, Anna Bergelin, Rikard Holmdahl
BMC Biology 2007, 5:19 (9May2007)
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Correction: African American mitochondrial DNAs often match mtDNAs found in multiple African ethnic groups
Bert Ely, Jamie Lee Wilson, Fatimah Jackson, Bruce A Jackson
BMC Biology 2007, 5:13 (26March2007)
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Research article
Sequence variation in human succinate dehydrogenase genes: evidence for long-term balancing selection on SDHA
Bora E Baysal, Elizabeth C Lawrence, Robert E Ferrell
BMC Biology 2007, 5:12 (21March2007)
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African-American mitochondrial DNAs often match mtDNAs found in multiple African ethnic groups
Bert Ely, Jamie Lee Wilson, Fatimah Jackson, Bruce A Jackson
BMC Biology 2006, 4:34 (12October2006)
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Research article
A major genetic component of BSE susceptibility
Katrin Juling, Hermann Schwarzenbacher, John L Williams, Ruedi Fries
BMC Biology 2006, 4:33 (2October2006)
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Research article
Genetic context determines susceptibility to intraocular pressure elevation in a mouse pigmentary glaucoma
Michael G Anderson, Richard T Libby, Mao Mao, Ioan M Cosma, Larry A Wilson, Richard S Smith, Simon WM John
BMC Biology 2006, 4:20 (7July2006)
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Research article
Normal histone modifications on the inactive X chromosome in ICF and Rett syndrome cells: implications for methyl-CpG binding proteins
Stanley M Gartler, Kartik R Varadarajan, Ping Luo, Theresa K Canfield, Jeff Traynor, Uta Francke, R Scott Hansen
BMC Biology 2004, 2:21 (20September2004)
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Research article
Bistability and hysteresis of the 'Secteur' differentiation are controlled by a two-gene locus in Nectria haematococca
Stphane Graziani, Philippe Silar, Marie-Jose Daboussi
BMC Biology 2004, 2:18 (16August2004)
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Research article
Expression of PEG11 and PEG11AS transcripts in normal and callipyge sheep
Christopher A Bidwell, Lauren N Kramer, Allison C Perkins, Tracy S Hadfield, Diane E Moody, Noelle E Cockett
BMC Biology 2004, 2:17 (6August2004)
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Research article
Evidence for interplay among yeast replicative DNA polymerases alpha, delta and epsilon from studies of exonuclease and polymerase active site mutations
Youri I Pavlov, Satoko Maki, Hisaji Maki, Thomas A Kunkel
BMC Biology 2004, 2:11 (26May2004)
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A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the human p27kip1 gene (-838C>A) affects basal promoter activity and the risk of myocardial infarction
Pelayo Gonzlez, Antonio Dez-Juan, Eliecer Coto, Victoria lvarez, Julian R Reguero, Alberto Batalla, Vicente Andrs
BMC Biology 2004, 2:5 (2April2004)
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The authors assigned these articles to Genetics as a secondary area of interest

Research article
Complex chloroplast RNA metabolism: just debugging the genetic programme?
Uwe G Maier, Andrew Bozarth, Helena T Funk, Stefan Zauner, Stefan A Rensing, Christian Schmitz-Linneweber, Thomas Borner, Michael Tillich
BMC Biology 2008, 6:36 (28August2008)
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Evolution of developmental roles of Pax2/5/8 paralogs after independent duplication in urochordate and vertebrate lineages
Susan Bassham, Cristian Canestro, John H Postlethwait
BMC Biology 2008, 6:35 (22August2008)
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A cryptic promoter in the first exon of the SPG4 gene directs the synthesis of the 60-kDa spastin isoform
Giuseppe Mancuso, Elena I Rugarli
BMC Biology 2008, 6:31 (9July2008)
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Flying lemurs The 'flying tree shrews'? Molecular cytogenetic evidence for a Scandentia-Dermoptera sister clade
Wenhui Nie, Beiyuan Fu, Patricia CM O'Brien, Jinhuan Wang, Weiting Su, Alongkoad Tanomtong, Vitaly Volobouev, Malcolm A Ferguson-Smith, Fengtang Yang
BMC Biology 2008, 6:18 (1May2008)
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Multigene phylogeny of the Mustelidae: Resolving relationships, tempo and biogeographic history of a mammalian adaptive radiation
Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Kerry A Deere, Graham J Slater, Colleen Begg, Keith Begg, Lon Grassman, Mauro Lucherini, Geraldine Veron, Robert K Wayne
BMC Biology 2008, 6:10 (14February2008)
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Under the volcano: phylogeography and evolution of the cave-dwelling Palmorchestia hypogaea (Amphipoda, Crustacea) at La Palma (Canary Islands)
Carlos Villacorta, Dami Jaume, Pedro Orom, Carlos Juan
BMC Biology 2008, 6:7 (31January2008)
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Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineages
Joseph W Brown, Joshua S Rest, Jaime Garca-Moreno, Michael D Sorenson, David P Mindell
BMC Biology 2008, 6:6 (28January2008)
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Extensive population genetic structure in the giraffe
David M Brown, Rick A Brenneman, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, John P Pollinger, Borja Mil, Nicholas J Georgiadis, Edward E Louis Jr, Gregory F Grether, David K Jacobs, Robert K Wayne
BMC Biology 2007, 5:57 (21December2007)
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Phenotypic evolution from genetic polymorphisms in a radial network architecture
Arnaud Le Rouzic, Paul B Siegel, rjan Carlborg
BMC Biology 2007, 5:50 (14November2007)
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Faced with inequality: chicken do not have a general dosage compensation of sex-linked genes
Hans Ellegren, Lina Hultin-Rosenberg, Bjrn Brunstrm, Lennart Dencker, Kim Kultima, Birger Scholz
BMC Biology 2007, 5:40 (20September2007)
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Ankyrin repeat domain-encoding genes in the wPip strain of Wolbachia from the Culex pipiens group
Thomas Walker, Lisa Klasson, Mohammed Sebaihia, Mandy J Sanders, Nicholas R Thomson, Julian Parkhill, Steven P Sinkins
BMC Biology 2007, 5:39 (20September2007)
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Association with the origin recognition complex suggests a novel role for histone acetyltransferase Hat1p/Hat2p
Bernhard Suter, Oxana Pogoutse, Xinghua Guo, Nevan Krogan, Peter Lewis, Jack F Greenblatt, Jasper Rine, Andrew Emili
BMC Biology 2007, 5:38 (19September2007)
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Methodological issues in detecting gene-gene interactions in breast cancer susceptibility: a population-based study in Ontario
Laurent Briollais, Yuanyuan Wang, Isaac Rajendram, Venus Onay, Ellen Shi, Julia Knight, Hilmi Ozcelik
BMC Medicine 2007, 5:22 (7August2007)
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Rise of oceanographic barriers in continuous populations of a cetacean: the genetic structure of harbour porpoises in Old World waters
Michal C Fontaine, Stuart JE Baird, Sylvain Piry, Nicolas Ray, Krystal A Tolley, Sarah Duke, Alexei Birkun Jr, Marisa Ferreira, Thierry Jauniaux, ngela Llavona, Bayram ztrk, Ayaka A ztrk, Vincent Ridoux, Emer Rogan, Marina Sequeira, Ursula Siebert, Gsli A Vikingsson, Jean-Marie Bouquegneau, Johan R Michaux
BMC Biology 2007, 5:30 (25July2007)
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Research article
Evolution favors protein mutational robustness in sufficiently large populations
Jesse D Bloom, Zhongyi Lu, David Chen, Alpan Raval, Ophelia S Venturelli, Frances H Arnold
BMC Biology 2007, 5:29 (17July2007)
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Gene expression and the evolution of phenotypic diversity in social wasps
Eric A Hoffman, Michael AD Goodisman
BMC Biology 2007, 5:23 (15May2007)
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Pygo1 and Pygo2 roles in Wnt signaling in mammalian kidney development
Kristopher R Schwab, Larry T Patterson, Heather A Hartman, Ni Song, Richard A Lang, Xinhua Lin, S Steven Potter
BMC Biology 2007, 5:15 (10April2007)
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Research article
A novel role for RecA under non-stress: promotion of swarming motility in Escherichia coli K-12
Jos-Mara Gmez-Gmez, Candela Manfredi, Juan-Carlos Alonso, Jess Blzquez
BMC Biology 2007, 5:14 (28March2007)
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Research article
Late-acting dominant lethal genetic systems and mosquito control
Hoang Kim Phuc, Morten H Andreasen, Rosemary S Burton, Cline Vass, Matthew J Epton, Gavin Pape, Guoliang Fu, Kirsty C Condon, Sarah Scaife, Christl A Donnelly, Paul G Coleman, Helen White-Cooper, Luke Alphey
BMC Biology 2007, 5:11 (20March2007)
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Research article
Rheb-TOR signaling promotes protein synthesis, but not glucose or amino acid import, in Drosophila
Dayna J Hall, Savraj S Grewal, Aida Flor A de la Cruz, Bruce A Edgar
BMC Biology 2007, 5:10 (19March2007)
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Research article
Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice
David L Reed, Jessica E Light, Julie M Allen, Jeremy J Kirchman
BMC Biology 2007, 5:7 (7March2007)
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Research article
A mobile element-based evolutionary history of guenons (tribe Cercopithecini)
Jinchuan Xing, Hui Wang, Yuhua Zhang, David A Ray, Anthony J Tosi, Todd R Disotell, Mark A Batzer
BMC Biology 2007, 5:5 (31January2007)
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Research article
Risk factors and myocardial infarction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: impact of 2-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms
Nina K Bartels, Jan Brgel, Stefan Wieczorek, Nikolaus Bchner, Christoph Hanefeld, Daniel Bulut, Andreas Mgge, Lars C Rump, Bernd M Sanner, Jrg T Epplen
BMC Medicine 2007, 5:1 (1January2007)
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Methodology article
Composition-based statistics and translated nucleotide searches: Improving the TBLASTN module of BLAST
E Michael Gertz, Yi-Kuo Yu, Richa Agarwala, Alejandro A Schffer, Stephen F Altschul
BMC Biology 2006, 4:41 (7December2006)
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Research article
Minor shift in background substitutional patterns in the Drosophila saltans and willistoni lineages is insufficient to explain GC content of coding sequences
Nadia D Singh, Peter F Arndt, Dmitri A Petrov
BMC Biology 2006, 4:37 (18October2006)
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Research article
The eggshell is required for meiotic fidelity, polar-body extrusion and polarization of the C. elegans embryo
Wendy L Johnston, Aldis Krizus, James W Dennis
BMC Biology 2006, 4:35 (16October2006)
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Methodology article
Modulation of A42 low-n oligomerization using a novel yeast reporter system
Sviatoslav Bagriantsev, Susan Liebman
BMC Biology 2006, 4:32 (26September2006)
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Expression of mammalian GPCRs in C. elegans generates novel behavioural responses to human ligands
Michelle S Teng, Martijn PJ Dekkers, Bee Ling Ng, Suzanne Rademakers, Gert Jansen, Andrew G Fraser, John McCafferty
BMC Biology 2006, 4:22 (20July2006)
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Neuromuscular organization and aminergic modulation of contractions in the Drosophila ovary
C Adam Middleton, Upendra Nongthomba, Katherine Parry, Sean T Sweeney, John C Sparrow, Christopher JH Elliott
BMC Biology 2006, 4:17 (12June2006)
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Research article
Compensation by tumor suppressor genes during retinal development in mice and humans
Stacy L Donovan, Brett Schweers, Rodrigo Martins, Dianna Johnson, Michael A Dyer
BMC Biology 2006, 4:14 (3May2006)
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Research article
Polyphyly and gene flow between non-sibling Heliconius species
Vanessa Bull, Margarita Beltrn, Chris D Jiggins, W Owen McMillan, Eldredge Bermingham, James Mallet
BMC Biology 2006, 4:11 (21April2006)
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Corto and DSP1 interact and bind to a maintenance element of the Scr Hox gene: understanding the role of Enhancers of trithorax and Polycomb
Juliette Salvaing, Martine Decoville, Emmanule Mouchel-Vielh, Marianne Bussire, Anne Daulny, Lidiya Boldyreva, Igor Zhimulev, Daniel Locker, Frdrique Peronnet
BMC Biology 2006, 4:9 (14April2006)
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IL-10, IL-6 and CD14 polymorphisms and sepsis outcome in ventilated very low birth weight infants
R John Baier, John Loggins, Krishna Yanamandra
BMC Medicine 2006, 4:10 (12April2006)
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Long-term starvation and ageing induce AGE-1/PI 3-kinase-dependent translocation of DAF-16/FOXO to the cytoplasm
David Weinkove, Jonathan R Halstead, David Gems, Nullin Divecha
BMC Biology 2006, 4:1 (3February2006)
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Paucity of chimeric gene-transposable element transcripts in the Drosophila melanogaster genome
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BMC Biology 2005, 3:24 (12November2005)
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Wnt5 signaling in vertebrate pancreas development
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A mutation in the centriole-associated protein centrin causes genomic instability via increased chromosome loss in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
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PCI proteins eIF3e and eIF3m define distinct translation initiation factor 3 complexes
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BMC Biology 2005, 3:14 (17May2005)
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BMC Biology 2005, 3:2 (28January2005)
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The methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene variant C677T influences susceptibility to migraine with aura
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BMC Medicine 2004, 2:3 (12February2004)
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The colonization of land by animals: molecular phylogeny and divergence times among arthropods
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BMC Biology 2004, 2:1 (19January2004)
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