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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.
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BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :67
Large introns in the Drosophila Bru-3 gene promote both alternative splicing by exon skipping and exon turnover during evolution, suggesting that large introns could be a reservoir of genetic diversity.
BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :66
The successful design of universal conditions for direct sequencing of any gene allows automation and optimization of the detection of mutations and simplifes the screening of multiple candidate genes to find the defect underlying an inherited disease or trait.
BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :49
Turkic and Indo-Iranian populations show differences in paternal and maternally inherited genetic markers that suggest social boundaries to gene flow between ethnic groups have existed for a millennium, longer than expected from historical records.
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Optimization of selection contribution and mate allocations in monoecious tree breeding populations Jon Hallander, Patrik Waldmann BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :70 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
Developing a set of ancestry-sensitive DNA markers reflecting continental origins of humans. Paula Kersbergen, Kate van Duijn, Ate D Kloosterman, Johan T den Dunnen, Manfred Kayser, Peter de Knijff BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :69 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Microsatellite markers of water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis - development, characterisation and linkage disequilibrium studies Muniyandi Nagarajan, Niraj Kumar, Gopala Nishanth, Ramachandran Haribaskar, Karthikeyani Paranthaman, Jalaj Gupta, Manish Mishra, R Vaidhegi, Shantanu Kumar, Amresh K Ranjan, Satish Kumar BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :68 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Large introns in relation to alternative splicing and gene evolution: a case study of Drosophila bruno-3 Nikolai P Kandul, Mohamed AF Noor BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :67 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Methodology article
Automated DNA mutation detection using universal conditions direct sequencing: application to ten muscular dystrophy genes
Richard R Bennett, Hal E Schneider, Elicia Estrella, Stephanie Burgess, Andrew S Cheng, Caitlin Barrett, Va Lip, Poh San Lai, Yiping Shen, Bai-Lin Wu, Basil T Darras, Alan H Beggs, Louis M Kunkel BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :66 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Population genetics of the understory fishtail palm Chamaedorea ernesti-augusti in Belize: high genetic connectivity with local differentiation Ang BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :65 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Molecular cloning and characterization of the porcine prostaglandin transporter (SLCO2A1 ): evaluation of its role in F4 mediated neonatal diarrhoea Mario Van Poucke, Vesna Melkebeek, Tim Erkens, Alex Van Zeveren, Eric Cox, Luc J Peelman BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :64 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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High resolution analysis of the human transcriptome: detection of extensive alternative splicing independent of transcriptional activity Weiyin Zhou, Margaret A Calciano, Heather Jordan, Michael Brenner, Seth Johnson, Darong Wu, Lin Lei, Diego Pallares, Pascale Beurdeley, Fabien Rouet, Pritmohinder S Gill, Laurent Bracco, Cyril Soucaille, Richard Einstein BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :63 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Haplotype frequencies at the DRD2 locus in populations of the East European Plain Olga V Flegontova, Andrey V Khrunin, Olga I Lylova, Larisa A Tarskaia, Victor A Spitsyn, Alexey I Mikulich, Svetlana A Limborska BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :62 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Microsatellite based genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered Spanish Guadarrama goat breed Magdalena Serrano, Jorge H Calvo, Marta Mart BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :61 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Short Report
Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida isolated from a human in Arizona Dawn N Birdsell, Tasha Stewart, Amy J Vogler, Elisabeth Lawaczeck, Alisa Diggs, Tammy L Sylvester, Jordan L Buchhagen, Raymond K Auerbach, Paul Keim, David M Wagner BMC Research Notes 2009, 2 :223 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Short communication
No effect of cancer-associated SNP rs6983267 in the 8q24 region on co-expression of MYC and TCF7L2 in normal colon tissue Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson, Jennifer L. Hall Molecular Cancer 2009, 8 :96 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Large-scale insertional mutagenesis of a coleopteran stored grain pest, the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, identifies embryonic lethal mutations and enhancer traps Jochen Trauner, Johannes Schinko, Marce D Lorenzen, Teresa D Shippy, Ernst A Wimmer, Richard W Beeman, Martin Klingler, Gregor Bucher, Susan J Brown BMC Biology 2009, 7 :73 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Estimated breeding values and association mapping for persistency and total milk yield using natural cubic smoothing splines Klara L Verbyla, Arunas P Verbyla Genetics Selection Evolution 2009, 41 :48 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Lack of association between mutations of gene encoding mitochondrial D310 (displacement loop) mononucleotide repeat and oxidative stress in chronic dialysis patients in Taiwan Jin-Bor Chen, Tsu-Kung Lin, Shang-Chih Liao, Wen-Chin Lee, Lung-Chih Lee, Chia-Wei Liou, Pei-Wen Wang, Mao-Meng Tiao Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2009, 8 :10 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Information-theoretic gene-gene and gene-environment interaction analysis of quantitative traits Pritam Chanda, Lara Sucheston, Song Liu, Aidong Zhang, Murali Ramanathan BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :509 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Expression of SORL1 and a novel SORL1 splice variant in
normal and Alzheimers disease brain
Karrie E Grear, I-Fang Ling, James F Simpson, Jennifer L Furman, Christopher R Simmons, Shawn L Peterson, Frederick A Schmitt, William R Markesbery, Qiang Liu, Julia E Crook, Steven G Younkin, Guojun Bu, Steven Estus Molecular Neurodegeneration 2009, 4 :46 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Genome-wide analysis reveals rapid and dynamic changes in miRNA and siRNA sequence and expression during ovule and fiber development in allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L) Mingxiong Pang, Andrew W Woodward, Vikram Agarwal, Xueying Guan, Misook Ha, Vanitharani Ramachandran, Xuemei Chen, Barbara A Triplett, David M Stelly, Z Jeffrey Chen Genome Biology 2009, 10 :R122 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Computational prediction of splicing regulatory elements shared by Tetrapoda organisms Alexander Churbanov, Igor Vorechovsky, Chindo Hicks BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :508 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Recurrent microdeletion at 17q12 as a cause of Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome: two case reports Laura Bernardini, Stefania Gimelli, Cristina Gervasini, Massimo Carella, Anwar Baban, Giada Frontino, Giancarlo Barbano, Maria Teresa Divizia, Luigi Fedele, Antonio Novelli, Frederique Bena, Faustina Lalatta, Monica Miozzo, Bruno Dallapiccola Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2009, 4 :25 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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