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A genome-wide scan for quantitative trait loci affecting limb bone lengths and areal bone mineral density of the distal femur in a White Duroc x Erhualian F2 population
Huirong Mao, Yuanmei Guo, Guangcheng Yang, Bin Yang, Jun Ren, Sanfeng Liu, Huashui Ai, Junwu Ma, Bertram Brenig, Lusheng Huang
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:63 (8October2008)
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Detecting the effects of selection at the population level in six bovine immune genes
Abigail R Freeman, David J Lynn, Caitriona Murray, Daniel G Bradley
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:62 (6October2008)
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Linkage disequilibrium compared between five populations of domestic sheep
Jennifer RS Meadows, Eva KF Chan, James W Kijas
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:61 (30September2008)
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Methodology article
Measuring differentiation among populations at different levels of genetic integration
Elizabeth M Gillet, Hans-Rolf Gregorius
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:60 (30September2008)
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Genetic and histological studies on the delayed systemic movement of Tobacco Mosaic Virus in Arabidopsis thaliana
Carolina Serrano, Javiera Gonz lez-Cruz, Francisca Jauregui, Consuelo Medina, Pablo Mancilla, Jos Toms Matus, Patricio Arce-Johnson
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:59 (26September2008)
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In search of causal variants: refining disease association signals using cross-population contrasts
Nancy L Saccone, Scott F Saccone, Alison M Goate, Richard A Grucza, Anthony L Hinrichs, John P Rice, Laura J Bierut
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:58 (29August2008)
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Methodology article
Influence of genotyping error in linkage mapping for complex traits  an analytic study
Jrmie JP Lebrec, Hein Putter, Jeanine J Houwing-Duistermaat, Hans C van Houwelingen
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:57 (25August2008)
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Implementation of a model for identifying Essentially Derived Varieties in vegetatively propagated Calluna vulgaris varieties
Thomas Borchert, Joerg Krueger, Annette Hohe
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:56 (20August2008)
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Methodology article
A method for genotype validation and primer assessment in heterozygote-deficient species, as demonstrated in the prosobranch mollusc Hydrobia ulvae
Robert J Brownlow, Deborah A Dawson, Gavin J Horsburgh, James J Bell, John D Fish
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:55 (19August2008)
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Population substructure in Finland and Sweden revealed by the use of spatial coordinates and a small number of unlinked autosomal SNPs
Ulf Hannelius, Elina Salmela, Tuuli Lappalainen, Gilles Guillot, Cecilia M Lindgren, Ulrika von D beln, P ivi Lahermo, Juha Kere
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:54 (19August2008)
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Chicken meat quality: genetic variability and relationship with growth and muscle characteristics
Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval, Martine Debut, Ccile M Berri, Nadine Sellier, Vronique Sant-Lhoutellier, Yves Jgo, Catherine Beaumont
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:53 (18August2008)
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Genetic variation in a member of the laminin gene family affects variation in body composition in Drosophila and humans
Maria De Luca, Michelle Moses Chambers, Krista Casazza, Kerry H Lok, Gary R Hunter, Barbara A Gower, Jos R Fernndez
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:52 (11August2008)
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Use of latent class models to accommodate inter-laboratory variation in assessing genetic polymorphisms associated with disease risk
Stephen D Walter, Eduardo L Franco
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:51 (8August2008)
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Bovine CD14 gene characterization and relationship between polymorphisms and surface expression on monocytes and polymorphonuclear neutrophils
Eveline M Ibeagha-Awemu, Jai-Wei Lee, Aloysius E Ibeagha, Xin Zhao
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:50 (8August2008)
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Genomic characterisation, chromosomal assignment and in vivo localisation of the canine High Mobility Group A1 (HMGA1) gene
Claudia Beuing, Jan T Soller, Michaela Muth, Sigfried Wagner, Gaudenz Dolf, Claude Schelling, Andreas Richter, Saskia Willenbrock, Nicola Reimann-Berg, Susanne Winkler, Ingo Nolte, Jorn Bullerdiek, Hugo Murua Escobar
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:49 (23July2008)
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Methodology article
Multitrait analysis of quantitative trait loci using Bayesian composite space approach
Ming Fang, Dan Jiang, Li Jun Pu, Hui Jiang Gao, Peng Ji, Hong Yi Wang, Run Qing Yang
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:48 (18July2008)
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Culture creates genetic structure in the Caucasus: Autosomal, mitochondrial, and Y-chromosomal variation in Daghestan
Elizabeth E Marchani, W Scott Watkins, Kazima Bulayeva, Henry C Harpending, Lynn B Jorde
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:47 (17July2008)
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Systematic genetic array analysis links the Saccharomyces cerevisiae SAGA/SLIK and NuA4 component Tra1 to multiple cellular processes
Stephen MT Hoke, Julie Guzzo, Brenda Andrews, Christopher J Brandl
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:46 (10July2008)
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High density linkage disequilibrium maps of chromosome 14 in Holstein and Angus cattle
Elisa Marques, Robert D Schnabel, Paul Stothard, Davood Kolbehdari, Zhiquan Wang, Jeremy F Taylor, Stephen S Moore
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:45 (8July2008)
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Population-based estimate of sibling risk for preterm birth, preterm premature rupture of membranes, placental abruption and pre-eclampsia
Jevon Plunkett, Ingrid Borecki, Thomas Morgan, David Stamilio, Louis J Muglia
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:44 (8July2008)
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Analysis of heterogeneity and epistasis in physiological mixed populations by combined structural equation modelling and latent class analysis
Mogens Fenger, Allan Linneberg, Thomas Werge, Torben J rgensen
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:43 (8July2008)
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Methodology article
Combining identity by descent and association in genetic case-control studies
Qingrun Zhang, Shuang Wang, Jurg Ott
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:42 (5July2008)
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Variation at the Calpain 3 gene is associated with meat tenderness in zebu and composite breeds of cattle
William Barendse, Blair E Harrison, Rowan J Bunch, Merle B Thomas
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:41 (1July2008)
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Characterization, expression profiles, intracellular distribution and association analysis of porcine PNAS-4 gene with production traits
Delin Mo, Zhengmao Zhu, Marinus FW te Pas, Xinyun Li, Shulin Yang, Heng Wang, Huanling Wang, Kui Li
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:40 (30June2008)
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Selection, diversity and evolutionary patterns of the MHC class II DAB in free-ranging Neotropical marsupials
Yvonne Meyer-Lucht, Celine Otten, Thomas P ttker, Simone Sommer
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:39 (5June2008)
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Sequencing and genotypic analysis of the triosephosphate isomerase (TPI1) locus in a large sample of long-lived Germans
Markus Ralser, Almut Nebel, Rabea Kleindorp, Sylvia Krobitsch, Hans Lehrach, Stefan Schreiber, Richard Reinhardt, Bernd Timmermann
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:38 (29May2008)
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An assessment of population structure in eight breeds of cattle using a whole genome SNP panel
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, Zhiquan Wang, Curt P Van Tassell, John L Williams, Jeremy F Taylor, Stephen S Moore
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:37 (20May2008)
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PGA: power calculator for case-control genetic association analyses
Idan Menashe, Philip S Rosenberg, Bingshu E Chen
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:36 (13May2008)
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Precision-mapping and statistical validation of quantitative trait loci by machine learning
Justin Bedo, Peter Wenzl, Adam Kowalczyk, Andrzej Kilian
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:35 (2May2008)
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Overexpression of Scg5 increases enzymatic activity of PCSK2 and is inversely correlated with body weight in congenic mice
Charles R Farber, James Chitwood, Sang-Nam Lee, Ricardo A Verdugo, Alma Islas-Trejo, Gonzalo Rincon, Iris Lindberg, Juan F Medrano
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:34 (25April2008)
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A single nucleotide polymorphism in CAPN1 associated with marbling score in Korean cattle
Hyun Sub Cheong, Du-Hak Yoon, Byung Lae Park, Lyoung Hyo Kim, Joon Seol Bae, Sohg Namgoong, Hae Won Lee, Chang Soo Han, Ji On Kim, Il-Cheong Cheong, Hyoung Doo Shin
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:33 (19April2008)
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Autosomal mutations affecting Y chromosome loops in Drosophila melanogaster
Francesca Ceprani, Grazia D Raffa, Romano Petrucci, Roberto Piergentili
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:32 (11April2008)
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Nucleotide diversity and population differentiation of the Melanocortin 1 Receptor gene, MC1R
Sharon A Savage, Meg R Gerstenblith, Alisa M Goldstein, Lisa Mirabello, Maria Concetta Fargnoli, Ketty Peris, Maria Teresa Landi
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:31 (10April2008)
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GpnmbR150X allele must be present in bone marrow derived cells to mediate DBA/2J glaucoma
Michael G Anderson, K Saidas Nair, Leslie A Amonoo, Adrienne Mehalow, Colleen M Trantow, Sharmila Masli, Simon WM John
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:30 (10April2008)
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Polymorphisms of Glutathione S-transferases Omega-1 among ethnic populations in China
Songbo Fu, Jie Wu, Feng Chen, Dianjun Sun, Songbin Fu
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:29 (10April2008)
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Very mild disease phenotype of congenic CftrTgH(neoim)Hgu cystic fibrosis mice
Balzs T th, Martina Wilke, Frauke Stanke, Martina Dorsch, Silke Jansen, Dirk Wedekind, Nikoletta Charizopoulou, Alice Bot, Marion Burmester, Sabine Leonhard-Marek, Hugo R de Jonge, Hans-Jrgen Hedrich, Gerhard Breves, Burkhard Tmmler
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:28 (9April2008)
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Improved detection of global copy number variation using high density, non-polymorphic oligonucleotide probes
Fan Shen, Jing Huang, Karen R Fitch, Vivi B Truong, Andrew Kirby, Wenwei Chen, Jane Zhang, Guoying Liu, Steven A McCarroll, Keith W Jones, Michael H Shapero
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:27 (28March2008)
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Association of dopaminergic pathway gene polymorphisms with chronic renal insufficiency among Asian Indians with type-2 diabetes
Pushplata Prasad, KM Prasanna Kumar, AC Ammini, Arvind Gupta, Rajeev Gupta, BK Thelma
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:26 (22March2008)
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Methodology article
Establishment of a new method for precisely determining the functions of individual mitochondrial genes, using Dictyostelium cells
Junji Chida, Aiko Amagai, Masashi Tanaka, Yasuo Maeda
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:25 (21March2008)
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Analysis of four achaete-scute homologs in Bombyx mori reveals new viewpoints of the evolution and functions of this gene family
Qingxiang Zhou, Tianyi Zhang, Weihua Xu, Linlin Yu, Yongzhu Yi, Zhifang Zhang
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:24 (6March2008)
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Software
HaploSNPer: a web-based allele and SNP detection tool
Jifeng Tang, Jack AM Leunissen, Roeland E Voorrips, C Gerard van der Linden, Ben Vosman
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:23 (28February2008)
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Genome-wide identification of quantitative trait loci in a cross between Hampshire and Landrace II: Meat quality traits
Ellen Markljung, Martin H Braunschweig, Peter Karlskov-Mortensen, Camilla S Bruun, Milena Sawera, In-Cheol Cho, Ingela Hedebro-Velander,  sa Josell, Kerstin Lundstrm, Gertrud von Seth, Claus B Jrgensen, Merete Fredholm, Leif Andersson
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:22 (28February2008)
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Worldwide distribution of NAT2 diversity: Implications for NAT2 evolutionary history
Audrey Sabbagh, Andr Langaney, Pierre Darlu, Nathalie Grard, Rajagopal Krishnamoorthy, Estella S Poloni
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:21 (27February2008)
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The PIT1 gene polymorphisms were associated with chicken growth traits
Qinghua Nie, Meixia Fang, Liang Xie, Min Zhou, Zhangmin Liang, Ziping Luo, Guohuang Wang, Wensen Bi, Canjian Liang, Wei Zhang, Xiquan Zhang
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:20 (27February2008)
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An evaluation of the performance of HapMap SNP data in a Shanghai Chinese population: Analyses of allele frequency, linkage disequilibrium pattern and tagging SNPs transferability on chromosome 1q21-q25
Cheng Hu, Weiping Jia, Weihua Zhang, Congrong Wang, Rong Zhang, Jie Wang, Xiaojing Ma, The International Type 2 Diabetes 1q Consortium, Kunsan Xiang
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:19 (27February2008)
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Identification and characterisation of novel SNP markers in Atlantic cod: Evidence for directional selection
Thomas Moen, Ben Hayes, Frank Nilsen, Madjid Delghandi, Kjersti T Fjalestad, Svein-Erik Fevolden, Paul R Berg, Sigbjrn Lien
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:18 (26February2008)
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Methodology article
A complete classification of epistatic two-locus models
Ingileif B Hallgr msdttir, Debbie S Yuster
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:17 (19February2008)
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Research article
Association mapping of partitioning loci in barley
James Cockram, Jon White, Fiona J Leigh, Vincent J Lea, Elena Chiapparino, David A Laurie, Ian J Mackay, Wayne Powell, Donal M O'Sullivan
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:16 (18February2008)
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Sequence variation in the human transcription factor gene POU5F1
Shehnaz K Hussain, Reynaldo Sequerra, Caterina Bertucci, Noel C Hastings, Mark Rieder, Stephen M Schwartz
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:15 (6February2008)
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Analysis of genetic variation in Ashkenazi Jews by high density SNP genotyping
Adam B Olshen, Bert Gold, Kirk E Lohmueller, Jeffery P Struewing, Jaya Satagopan, Stefan A Stefanov, Eleazar Eskin, Tomas Kirchhoff, James A Lautenberger, Robert J Klein, Eitan Friedman, Larry Norton, Nathan A Ellis, Agnes Viale, Catherine S Lee, Patrick I Borgen, Andrew G Clark, Kenneth Offit, Jeff Boyd
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:14 (5February2008)
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Prevalence of common disease-associated variants in Asian Indians
Trevor J Pemberton, Niyati U Mehta, David Witonsky, Anna Di Rienzo, Hooman Allayee, David V Conti, Pragna I Patel
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:13 (4February2008)
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Interpopulation differences in expression of candidate genes for salinity tolerance in winter migrating anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta L.)
Peter F Larsen, Einar E Nielsen, Anders Koed, Dennis S Thomsen, P l A Olsvik, Volker Loeschcke
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:12 (29January2008)
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Research article
Microsatellite-based phylogeny of Indian domestic goats
Pramod K Rout, Manjunath B Joshi, Ajoy Mandal, D Laloe, Lalji Singh, Kumarasamy Thangaraj
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:11 (28January2008)
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in coding regions of canine dopamine- and serotonin-related genes
Jrn Vge, Frode Lingaas
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:10 (28January2008)
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Methodology article
Estimating effects of rare haplotypes on failure time using a penalized Cox proportional hazards regression model
Olga W Souverein, Aeilko H Zwinderman, J Wouter Jukema, Michael WT Tanck
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:9 (25January2008)
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Insertion-deletion polymorphisms (indels) as genetic markers in natural populations
 lo Vli, Mikael Brandstrm, Malin Johansson, Hans Ellegren
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:8 (22January2008)
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A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the lavender plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken
Mohsen Vaez, Sarah A Follett, Bertrand Bed'hom, David Gourichon, Mich le Tixier-Boichard, Terry Burke
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:7 (15January2008)
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Methodology article
A hierarchical and modular approach to the discovery of robust associations in genome-wide association studies from pooled DNA samples
Paola Sebastiani, Zhenming Zhao, Maria M Abad-Grau, Alberto Riva, Stephen W Hartley, Amanda E Sedgewick, Alessandro Doria, Monty Montano, Efthymia Melista, Dellara Terry, Thomas T Perls, Martin H Steinberg, Clinton T Baldwin
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:6 (14January2008)
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Correlated effects of selection for immunity in White Leghorn chicken lines on natural antibodies and specific antibody responses to KLH and M. butyricum
Giulietta Minozzi, Henk K Parmentier, Sandrine Mignon-Grasteau, Mike GB Nieuwland, Bertrand Bed'hom, David Gourichon, Francis Minvielle, Marie-Helen Pinard-van der Laan
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:5 (14January2008)
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Reduced body weight is a common effect of gene knockout in mice
Danielle R Reed, Maureen P Lawler, Michael G Tordoff
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:4 (8January2008)
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Disentangling genetic vs. environmental causes of sex determination in the common frog, Rana temporaria
Chikako Matsuba, Ikuo Miura, Juha Meril
BMC Genetics 2008, 9:3 (8January2008)
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