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Three novel mutations in KIF21A highlight the importance of the third coiled-coil stalk domain in the etiology of CFEOM1

Wai-Man Chan, Caroline Andrews, Laryssa Dragan, Douglas Fredrick, Linlea Armstrong, Christopher Lyons, Michael T Geraghty, David G Hunter, Ahmad Yazdani, Elias I Traboulsi, Jan WR Pott, Nicholas J Gutowski, Sian Ellard, Elizabeth Young, Frank Hanisch, Feray Koc, Bruce Schnall, Elizabeth C Engle BMC Genetics 2007, 8:26 (18 May 2007)

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Variation of the Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein gene is not primarily associated with multiple sclerosis in the Sardinian population

Maria Marrosu, Raffaele Murru, Gianna Costa, Maria Melis, Marcella Rolesu, Lucia Schirru, Elisabetta Solla, Stefania Cuccu, Maria Secci, Michael B Whalen, Eleonora Cocco, Maura Pugliatti, Stefano Sotgiu, Giulio Rosati, Francesco Cucca BMC Genetics 2007, 8:25 (17 May 2007)

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Sequencing and association analysis of the type 1 diabetes – linked region on chromosome 10p12-q11

Sergey Nejentsev, Luc J Smink, Deborah Smyth, Rebecca Bailey, Christopher E Lowe, Felicity Payne, Jennifer Masters, Lisa Godfrey, Alex Lam, Oliver Burren, Helen Stevens, Sarah Nutland, Neil M Walker, Anne Smith, Rebecca Twells, Bryan J Barratt, Charmain Wright, Lisa French, Yuan Chen, Panagiotis Deloukas, Jane Rogers, Ian Dunham, John A Todd BMC Genetics 2007, 8:24 (17 May 2007)

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X chromosome transmission ratio distortion in Cftr +/- intercross-derived mice

Christina K Haston, Daryl G Humes, Melanie Lafleur BMC Genetics 2007, 8:23 (16 May 2007)

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The combined effect of two mutations that alter serially homologous color pattern elements on the fore and hindwings of a butterfly

Antónia Monteiro, Bin Chen, Lauren C Scott, Lindsey Vedder, H Joop Prijs, Alan Belicha-Villanueva, Paul M Brakefield BMC Genetics 2007, 8:22 (11 May 2007)

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Demographic changes and marker properties affect detection of human population differentiation

Jennifer B Listman, Robert T Malison, Atapol Sughondhabirom, Bao-Zhu Yang, Ryan L Raaum, Nuntika Thavichachart, Kittipong Sanichwankul, Henry R Kranzler, Sookjaroen Tangwonchai, Apiwat Mutirangura, Todd R Disotell, Joel Gelernter BMC Genetics 2007, 8:21 (11 May 2007)

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A pragmatic suggestion for dealing with results for candidate genes obtained from genome wide association studies

David Curtis, Anna E Vine, Jo Knight BMC Genetics 2007, 8:20 (10 May 2007)

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Bayesian estimation of genetic parameters for multivariate threshold and continuous phenotypes and molecular genetic data in simulated horse populations using Gibbs sampling

Kathrin F Stock, Ottmar Distl, Ina Hoeschele BMC Genetics 2007, 8:19 (9 May 2007)

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Hemi-nested touchdown PCR combined with primer-template mismatch PCR for rapid isolation and sequencing of low molecular weight glutenin subunit gene family from a hexaploid wheat BAC library

Xiu-Qiang Huang, Sylvie Cloutier BMC Genetics 2007, 8:18 (4 May 2007)

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Mutation screen and association studies in the Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase homolog 2 gene (DGAT2), a positional candidate gene for early onset obesity on chromosome 11q13

Susann Friedel, Kathrin Reichwald, André Scherag, Harald Brumm, Anne-Kathrin Wermter, Hans-Rudolf Fries, Kerstin Koberwitz, Martin Wabitsch, Thomas Meitinger, Matthias Platzer, Heike Biebermann, Anke Hinney, Johannes Hebebrand BMC Genetics 2007, 8:17 (3 May 2007)

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