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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, Scopus, EMBASE, Zoological Record, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :19
The haplotype block structure of beef and dairy breeds of cattle are unexpectedly similar and estimates of effective population sizes reflect ancient cattle domestication and more recent population bottlenecks.
BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :15
The generation of the first copy number variation (CNV) map in African Americans identified 1362 CNVs, two of which displayed a marked difference in frequency compared to White Americans.
BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :4
Wild rats from areas exposed to warfarin carry new polymorphisms that modify function in VKORC1, the coagulation enzyme targeted by the poison, confirming that VKORC1 gene evolution is still the key to resistance.
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Methodology article
Modelling dominance in a flexible intercross analysis Lars Ronnegard, Francois Besnier, Orjan Carlborg BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :30 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Genotyping
human ancient mtDNA control and coding region polymorphisms with a multiplexed Single-Base-Extension
assay: the singular maternal history of the Tyrolean Iceman Phillip Endicott, Juan J Sanchez, Irene Pichler, Paul Brotherton, Jerome Brooks, Eduard Egarter-Vigl, Alan Cooper, Peter Pramstaller BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :29 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Software
Parallelization and optimization of genetic analyses in isolation by distance web service Julia L Turner, Scott T Kelley, James S Otto, Faramarz Valafar, Andrew J Bohonak BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :28 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Accuracy of genome-wide imputation of untyped markers and impacts on statistical power for association studies Ke Hao, Eugene Chudin, Joshua McElwee, Eric E Schadt BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :27 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Software
LD2SNPing: linkage disequilibrium plotter and RFLP enzyme mining for tag SNPs Hsueh-Wei Chang, Li-Yeh Chuang, Yan-Jhu Chang, Yu-Huei Cheng, Yu-Chen Hung, Hsiang-Chi Chen, Cheng-Hong Yang BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :26 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Pairing and recombination features during meiosis in Cebus paraguayanus (Primates: Platyrrhini) Raquel Garcia-Cruz, Pedro Robles, Eliana R Steinberg, Nuria Camats, Miguel A Brie BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :25 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Development of an integrative database with 499 novel microsatellite markers for Macaca fascicularis Atsunori Higashino, Naoki Osada, Yumiko Suto, Makoto Hirata, Yosuke Kameoka, Ichiro Takahashi, Keiji Terao BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :24 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Methodology article
Disentangling molecular relationships with a causal inference test Joshua Millstein, Bin Zhang, Jun Zhu, Eric E Schadt BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :23 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Similar patterns of linkage disequilibrium and nucleotide diversity in native and introduced populations of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum Jennifer A Brisson, Sergey V Nuzhdin, David L Stern BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :22 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Novel mutations in TLR genes cause hyporesponsiveness to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection Mangesh R Bhide, Rastislav Mucha, Ivan Mikula Jr, Lucia Kisova, Rostislav Skrabana, Michal Novak, Ivan Mikula sr BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :21 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Sequence diversity in three tomato species: SNPs, markers, and molecular evolution Jose M Jimenez-Gomez, Julin N Maloof BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :85 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Review
Nuclear accumulation of polyglutamine disease proteins and neuropathology Lauren S Havel, Shihua Li, Xiao-Jiang Li Molecular Brain 2009, 2 :21 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Review
Regulation of DNA replication by the S-Phase DNA damage checkpoint Nicholas Willis, Nicholas Rhind Cell Division 2009, 4 :13 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Minireview
Exploring the unknown: assumptions about allelic architecture and strategies for susceptibility variant discovery Mark I McCarthy Genome Med 2009, 1 :66 (3 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ]
Research article
Representative transcript sets for evaluating a translational initiation sites predictor Jia Zeng, Reda Alhajj, Douglas J Demetrick BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 :206 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
A BAC-based physical map of the Hessian fly genome anchored to polytene chromosomes Rajat Aggarwal, Thiago R Bennati, Navdeep Gill, Chaoyang Zhao, Ming-Shun Chen, John P Fellers, Brandon J Schemerhorn, Jeff J Stuart BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :293 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
Mitochondrial and Y-chromosome diversity of the Tharus (Nepal): a reservoir of genetic variation Simona Fornarino, Maria Pala, Vincenza Battaglia, Ramona Maranta, Alessandro Achilli, Guido Modiano, Antonio Torroni, Ornella Semino, Silvana A Santachiara-Benerecetti BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :154 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
The vasa regulatory region mediates germline expression and maternal transmission of proteins in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae: a versatile tool for genetic control strategies Philippos A Papathanos, Nikolai Windbichler, Miriam Menichelli, Austin Burt, Andrea Crisanti BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10 :65 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Technical Note
Construction and analysis of cotton (Gossypium arboreum L.) drought-related cDNA library Ling Zhang, Fu-Guang Li, Chuan-Liang Liu, Chao-Jun Zhang, Xue-Yan Zhang BMC Research Notes 2009, 2 :120 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Genetic variation in the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR, rs25531) influences the analgesic response to the short acting opioid Remifentanil in humans Eva Kosek, Karin B Jensen, Tina B Lonsdorf, Martin Schalling, Martin Ingvar Molecular Pain 2009, 5 :37 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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