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		Research article Reintroductions and genetic introgression from domestic pigs have shaped the genetic population structure of Northwest European wild boar Daniel J Goedbloed, Pim van Hooft, Hendrik-Jan Megens, Katharina Langenbeck, Walburga Lutz, Richard PMA Crooijmans, Sip E van Wieren, Ron C Ydenberg, Herbert HT Prins BMC Genetics 2013, 14:43 (20 May 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Genome-wide association study of antibody response to Newcastle disease virus in chicken Chenglong Luo, Hao Qu, Jie Ma, Jie Wang, Chunyu Li, Chunfen Yang, Xiaoxiang Hu, Ning Li, Dingming Shu BMC Genetics 2013, 14:42 (10 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Variants in the 3' UTR of General Transcription Factor IIF, polypeptide 2 affect female calving efficiency in Japanese Black cattle Shinji Sasaki, Takayuki Ibi, Toshio Watanabe, Tamako Matsuhashi, Shogo Ikeda, Yoshikazu Sugimoto BMC Genetics 2013, 14:41 (10 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article The juvenile alopecia mutation (jal) maps to mouse Chromosome 2, and is an allele of GATA binding protein 3 (Gata3) Francisco Ramirez, Aaron M Feliciano, Elisabeth B Adkins, Kevin M Child, Legairre A Radden II, Alexis Salas, Nelson Vila-Santana, José M Horák, Samantha R Hughes, Damek V Spacek, Thomas R King BMC Genetics 2013, 14:40 (9 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Review Candidate gene association studies: a comprehensive guide to useful in silico tools Radhika Patnala, Judith Clements, Jyotsna Batra BMC Genetics 2013, 14:39 (9 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A review of computational tools to select candidate genes for association studies provides a user-friendly guide to help identify disease-associated genetic variants, aimed particularly for use in the medical and cancer research communities.
		Research article Genotype imputation accuracy in a F2 pig population using high density and low density SNP panels Jose L Gualdrón Duarte, Ronald O Bates, Catherine W Ernst, Nancy E Raney, Rodolfo JC Cantet, Juan P Steibel BMC Genetics 2013, 14:38 (8 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Methodology article Detecting negative selection on recurrent mutations using gene genealogy Kiyoshi Ezawa, Giddy Landan, Dan Graur BMC Genetics 2013, 14:37 (7 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Accuracy of the unified approach in maternally influenced traits - illustrated by a simulation study in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) Pooja Gupta, Norbert Reinsch, Andreas Spötter, Tim Conrad, Kaspar Bienefeld BMC Genetics 2013, 14:36 (6 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The unified approach for estimating breeding values for maternally influenced traits in honey bees is an accurate and useful methodology for genetic evaluation, especially for traits of apicultural interest such as resistance to Varroa mites.
		Research article Genetic background (DDD/Sgn versus C57BL/6J) strongly influences postnatal growth of male mice carrying the Ay allele at the agouti locus: identification of quantitative trait loci associated with diabetes and body weight loss Jun-ichi Suto, Kunio Satou BMC Genetics 2013, 14:35 (4 May 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Molecular diversity and population structure at the Cytochrome P450 3A5 gene in Africa Ripudaman K Bains, Mirna Kovacevic, Christopher A Plaster, Ayele Tarekegn, Endashaw Bekele, Neil N Bradman, Mark G Thomas BMC Genetics 2013, 14:34 (3 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Variability in the gene encoding the drug metabolizing enzyme Cytochrome P450 3A5 (CYP3A5) from 36 ethnically diverse populations in Africa reveals that 43% of individuals express this gene, consistent with it playing a role in salt-retention.
		Research article Investigation of gene-by-sex interactions for lipid traits in diverse populations from the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology study Kira C Taylor, Cara L Carty, Logan Dumitrescu, Petra B¿¿ková, Shelley A Cole, Lucia Hindorff, Fred R Schumacher, Lynne R Wilkens, Ralph V Shohet, P Miguel Quibrera, Karen C Johnson, Brian E Henderson, Jeff Haessler, Nora Franceschini, Charles B Eaton, David J Duggan, Barbara Cochran, Iona Cheng, Chris S Carlson, Kristin Brown-Gentry, Garnet Anderson, Jose Luis Ambite, Christopher Haiman, Loïc Le Marchand, Charles Kooperberg, Dana C Crawford, Steven Buyske, Kari E North, Myriam Fornage BMC Genetics 2013, 14:33 (1 May 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Stability of genomic imprinting in human induced pluripotent stem cells Hitoshi Hiura, Masashi Toyoda, Hiroaki Okae, Masahiro Sakurai, Naoko Miyauchi, Akiko Sato, Nobutaka Kiyokawa, Hajime Okita, Yoshitaka Miyagawa, Hidenori Akutsu, Koichiro Nishino, Akihiro Umezawa, Takahiro Arima BMC Genetics 2013, 14:32 (30 April 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Identification of Lens culinaris defense genes responsive to the anthracnose pathogen Colletotrichum truncatum Vijai Bhadauria, Kirstin E Bett, Tengsheng Zhou, Albert Vandenberg, Yangdou Wei, Sabine Banniza BMC Genetics 2013, 14:31 (30 April 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Effect of interleukin-6 polymorphism on risk of preterm birth within population strata: a meta-analysis Wilfred Wu, Erin A S Clark, Gregory J Stoddard, W Scott Watkins, M Sean Esplin, Tracy A Manuck, Jinchuan Xing, Michael W Varner, Lynn B Jorde BMC Genetics 2013, 14:30 (25 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Evolutionary history of black grouse major histocompatibility complex class IIB genes revealed through single locus sequence-based genotyping Tanja Strand, Biao Wang, Yvonne Meyer-Lucht, Jacob Höglund BMC Genetics 2013, 14:29 (24 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A powerful single locus genotyping method for amplifying MHC class IIB loci in black grouse indicate that duplication of the BLB gene occurred before the species diverged from chickens and pheasants.
		Research article Carriers of a novel frame-shift insertion in WNT16a possess elevated pancreatic expression of TCF7L2 Eric W Howard, Latonya F Been, Megan Lerner, Daniel Brackett, Stan Lightfoot, Elizabeth C Bullen, Dharambir K Sanghera BMC Genetics 2013, 14:28 (23 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Genomic deletion of CNGB3 is identical by descent in multiple canine breeds and causes achromatopsia Connie Y Yeh, Orly Goldstein, Anna V Kukekova, Debbie Holley, Amy M Knollinger, Heather J Huson, Susan E Pearce-Kelling, Gregory M Acland, András M Komáromy BMC Genetics 2013, 14:27 (20 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Cytological maps of lampbrush chromosomes of European water frogs (Pelophylax esculentus complex) from the Eastern Ukraine Dmitry Dedukh, Glib Mazepa, Dmitry Shabanov, Juriy Rosanov, Spartak Litvinchuk, Leo Borkin, Alsu Saifitdinova, Alla Krasikova BMC Genetics 2013, 14:26 (16 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Hybrids between common and Antarctic minke whales are fertile and can back-cross Kevin A Glover, Naohisa Kanda, Tore Haug, Luis A Pastene, Nils Øien, Bjørghild B Seliussen, Anne G E Sørvik, Hans J Skaug BMC Genetics 2013, 14:25 (15 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Correction Correction: Comparative chromosome mapping of repetitive sequences. Implications for genomic evolution in the fish, Hoplias malabaricus Marcelo B Cioffi, Cesar Martins, Luiz AC Bertollo BMC Genetics 2013, 14:24 (9 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Genome-wide association study of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis in Angus cattle Kadir Kizilkaya, Richard G Tait, Dorian J Garrick, Rohan L Fernando, James M Reecy BMC Genetics 2013, 14:23 (26 March 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A genome-wide association study in Angus cattle to detect susceptibility to infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (pinkeye) identifies several SNPs in linkage disequilibrium with the phenotype, which may lead to identification of causative genetic variants.
		Reviewer acknowledgement Annual acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers Simon Harold BMC Genetics 2013, 14:15 (20 March 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Comparative analysis of quantitative trait loci for body weight, growth rate and growth curve parameters from 3 to 72 weeks of age in female chickens of a broiler–layer cross Baitsi K Podisi, Sara A Knott, David W Burt, Paul M Hocking BMC Genetics 2013, 14:22 (13 March 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Proechimys (Rodentia, Echimyidae): characterization and taxonomic considerations of a form with a very low diploid number and a multiple sex chromosome system Paulo JS Amaral, Cleusa Y Nagamachi, Renata CR Noronha, Marlyson JR Costa, Adenilson L Pereira, Rogerio V Rossi, Ana C Mendes-Oliveira, Julio C Pieczarka BMC Genetics 2013, 14:21 (11 March 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Can DNA barcoding accurately discriminate megadiverse Neotropical freshwater fish fauna? Luiz HG Pereira, Robert Hanner, Fausto Foresti, Claudio Oliveira BMC Genetics 2013, 14:20 (9 March 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed

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		Research article Reintroductions and genetic introgression from domestic pigs have shaped the genetic population structure of Northwest European wild boar Daniel J Goedbloed, Pim van Hooft, Hendrik-Jan Megens, Katharina Langenbeck, Walburga Lutz, Richard PMA Crooijmans, Sip E van Wieren, Ron C Ydenberg, Herbert HT Prins BMC Genetics 2013, 14:43 (20 May 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Genome-wide association study of antibody response to Newcastle disease virus in chicken Chenglong Luo, Hao Qu, Jie Ma, Jie Wang, Chunyu Li, Chunfen Yang, Xiaoxiang Hu, Ning Li, Dingming Shu BMC Genetics 2013, 14:42 (10 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Variants in the 3' UTR of General Transcription Factor IIF, polypeptide 2 affect female calving efficiency in Japanese Black cattle Shinji Sasaki, Takayuki Ibi, Toshio Watanabe, Tamako Matsuhashi, Shogo Ikeda, Yoshikazu Sugimoto BMC Genetics 2013, 14:41 (10 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article The juvenile alopecia mutation (jal) maps to mouse Chromosome 2, and is an allele of GATA binding protein 3 (Gata3) Francisco Ramirez, Aaron M Feliciano, Elisabeth B Adkins, Kevin M Child, Legairre A Radden II, Alexis Salas, Nelson Vila-Santana, José M Horák, Samantha R Hughes, Damek V Spacek, Thomas R King BMC Genetics 2013, 14:40 (9 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Review Candidate gene association studies: a comprehensive guide to useful in silico tools Radhika Patnala, Judith Clements, Jyotsna Batra BMC Genetics 2013, 14:39 (9 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A review of computational tools to select candidate genes for association studies provides a user-friendly guide to help identify disease-associated genetic variants, aimed particularly for use in the medical and cancer research communities.
		Research article Genotype imputation accuracy in a F2 pig population using high density and low density SNP panels Jose L Gualdrón Duarte, Ronald O Bates, Catherine W Ernst, Nancy E Raney, Rodolfo JC Cantet, Juan P Steibel BMC Genetics 2013, 14:38 (8 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Methodology article Detecting negative selection on recurrent mutations using gene genealogy Kiyoshi Ezawa, Giddy Landan, Dan Graur BMC Genetics 2013, 14:37 (7 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Accuracy of the unified approach in maternally influenced traits - illustrated by a simulation study in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) Pooja Gupta, Norbert Reinsch, Andreas Spötter, Tim Conrad, Kaspar Bienefeld BMC Genetics 2013, 14:36 (6 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The unified approach for estimating breeding values for maternally influenced traits in honey bees is an accurate and useful methodology for genetic evaluation, especially for traits of apicultural interest such as resistance to Varroa mites.
		Research article Genetic background (DDD/Sgn versus C57BL/6J) strongly influences postnatal growth of male mice carrying the Ay allele at the agouti locus: identification of quantitative trait loci associated with diabetes and body weight loss Jun-ichi Suto, Kunio Satou BMC Genetics 2013, 14:35 (4 May 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Molecular diversity and population structure at the Cytochrome P450 3A5 gene in Africa Ripudaman K Bains, Mirna Kovacevic, Christopher A Plaster, Ayele Tarekegn, Endashaw Bekele, Neil N Bradman, Mark G Thomas BMC Genetics 2013, 14:34 (3 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Variability in the gene encoding the drug metabolizing enzyme Cytochrome P450 3A5 (CYP3A5) from 36 ethnically diverse populations in Africa reveals that 43% of individuals express this gene, consistent with it playing a role in salt-retention.
		Research article Investigation of gene-by-sex interactions for lipid traits in diverse populations from the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology study Kira C Taylor, Cara L Carty, Logan Dumitrescu, Petra B¿¿ková, Shelley A Cole, Lucia Hindorff, Fred R Schumacher, Lynne R Wilkens, Ralph V Shohet, P Miguel Quibrera, Karen C Johnson, Brian E Henderson, Jeff Haessler, Nora Franceschini, Charles B Eaton, David J Duggan, Barbara Cochran, Iona Cheng, Chris S Carlson, Kristin Brown-Gentry, Garnet Anderson, Jose Luis Ambite, Christopher Haiman, Loïc Le Marchand, Charles Kooperberg, Dana C Crawford, Steven Buyske, Kari E North, Myriam Fornage BMC Genetics 2013, 14:33 (1 May 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Stability of genomic imprinting in human induced pluripotent stem cells Hitoshi Hiura, Masashi Toyoda, Hiroaki Okae, Masahiro Sakurai, Naoko Miyauchi, Akiko Sato, Nobutaka Kiyokawa, Hajime Okita, Yoshitaka Miyagawa, Hidenori Akutsu, Koichiro Nishino, Akihiro Umezawa, Takahiro Arima BMC Genetics 2013, 14:32 (30 April 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Identification of Lens culinaris defense genes responsive to the anthracnose pathogen Colletotrichum truncatum Vijai Bhadauria, Kirstin E Bett, Tengsheng Zhou, Albert Vandenberg, Yangdou Wei, Sabine Banniza BMC Genetics 2013, 14:31 (30 April 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Effect of interleukin-6 polymorphism on risk of preterm birth within population strata: a meta-analysis Wilfred Wu, Erin A S Clark, Gregory J Stoddard, W Scott Watkins, M Sean Esplin, Tracy A Manuck, Jinchuan Xing, Michael W Varner, Lynn B Jorde BMC Genetics 2013, 14:30 (25 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Evolutionary history of black grouse major histocompatibility complex class IIB genes revealed through single locus sequence-based genotyping Tanja Strand, Biao Wang, Yvonne Meyer-Lucht, Jacob Höglund BMC Genetics 2013, 14:29 (24 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A powerful single locus genotyping method for amplifying MHC class IIB loci in black grouse indicate that duplication of the BLB gene occurred before the species diverged from chickens and pheasants.
		Research article Carriers of a novel frame-shift insertion in WNT16a possess elevated pancreatic expression of TCF7L2 Eric W Howard, Latonya F Been, Megan Lerner, Daniel Brackett, Stan Lightfoot, Elizabeth C Bullen, Dharambir K Sanghera BMC Genetics 2013, 14:28 (23 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Genomic deletion of CNGB3 is identical by descent in multiple canine breeds and causes achromatopsia Connie Y Yeh, Orly Goldstein, Anna V Kukekova, Debbie Holley, Amy M Knollinger, Heather J Huson, Susan E Pearce-Kelling, Gregory M Acland, András M Komáromy BMC Genetics 2013, 14:27 (20 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Cytological maps of lampbrush chromosomes of European water frogs (Pelophylax esculentus complex) from the Eastern Ukraine Dmitry Dedukh, Glib Mazepa, Dmitry Shabanov, Juriy Rosanov, Spartak Litvinchuk, Leo Borkin, Alsu Saifitdinova, Alla Krasikova BMC Genetics 2013, 14:26 (16 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Hybrids between common and Antarctic minke whales are fertile and can back-cross Kevin A Glover, Naohisa Kanda, Tore Haug, Luis A Pastene, Nils Øien, Bjørghild B Seliussen, Anne G E Sørvik, Hans J Skaug BMC Genetics 2013, 14:25 (15 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Correction Correction: Comparative chromosome mapping of repetitive sequences. Implications for genomic evolution in the fish, Hoplias malabaricus Marcelo B Cioffi, Cesar Martins, Luiz AC Bertollo BMC Genetics 2013, 14:24 (9 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Genome-wide association study of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis in Angus cattle Kadir Kizilkaya, Richard G Tait, Dorian J Garrick, Rohan L Fernando, James M Reecy BMC Genetics 2013, 14:23 (26 March 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A genome-wide association study in Angus cattle to detect susceptibility to infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (pinkeye) identifies several SNPs in linkage disequilibrium with the phenotype, which may lead to identification of causative genetic variants.
		Reviewer acknowledgement Annual acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers Simon Harold BMC Genetics 2013, 14:15 (20 March 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Comparative analysis of quantitative trait loci for body weight, growth rate and growth curve parameters from 3 to 72 weeks of age in female chickens of a broiler–layer cross Baitsi K Podisi, Sara A Knott, David W Burt, Paul M Hocking BMC Genetics 2013, 14:22 (13 March 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Proechimys (Rodentia, Echimyidae): characterization and taxonomic considerations of a form with a very low diploid number and a multiple sex chromosome system Paulo JS Amaral, Cleusa Y Nagamachi, Renata CR Noronha, Marlyson JR Costa, Adenilson L Pereira, Rogerio V Rossi, Ana C Mendes-Oliveira, Julio C Pieczarka BMC Genetics 2013, 14:21 (11 March 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Can DNA barcoding accurately discriminate megadiverse Neotropical freshwater fish fauna? Luiz HG Pereira, Robert Hanner, Fausto Foresti, Claudio Oliveira BMC Genetics 2013, 14:20 (9 March 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed