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	1. 1069 Accesses	Research article Genotype -- environment correlations in corals from the Great Barrier Reef Petra Lundgren, Juan C Vera, Lesa Peplow, Stephanie Manel, Madeleine JH van Oppen BMC Genetics 2013, 14:9 (22 February 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Significant correlations between environmental factors and genetic polymorphisms in two species of reef-building coral on the Great Barrier Reef provides a first step toward identifying populations that could be robust to future climatic change.
	2. 963 Accesses	Research article A de novo germline mutation in MYH7 causes a progressive dominant myopathy in pigs Leonardo Murgiano, Imke Tammen, Barbara Harlizius, Cord Drögemüller BMC Genetics 2012, 13:99 (15 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A spontaneous mutation in the porcine MYH7 gene is identified as the causative mutation for Campus syndrome in pigs, representing the first case of a disorder caused by a mutation in this gene in a non-human mammalian species.
	3. 690 Accesses	Research article Genome-level identification, gene expression, and comparative analysis of porcine ß-defensin genes Min-Kyeung Choi, Minh Le, Dinh Nguyen, Hojun Choi, Won Kim, Jin-Hoi Kim, Jungwan Chun, Jiyeon Hyeon, Kunho Seo, Chankyu Park BMC Genetics 2012, 13:98 (15 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Comparative analysis of beta-defensin genes in the pig genome shows structural conservation of syntenic regions compared with humans and cattle, with 29 porcine beta-defensin (pBD) genelike sequences identified, 17 of which are previously unreported in the porcine genome.
	4. 652 Accesses	Research article Genetic diversity in Capsicum baccatum is significantly influenced by its ecogeographical distribution Elena Albrecht, Dapeng Zhang, Anne Mays, Robert A Saftner, John R Stommel BMC Genetics 2012, 13:68 (6 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	5. 647 Accesses	Research article Assessment of clinical analytical sensitivity and specificity of next-generation sequencing for detection of simple and complex mutations Ephrem L Chin, Cristina da Silva, Madhuri Hegde BMC Genetics 2013, 14:6 (19 February 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
	6. 603 Accesses	Methodology article Empirical Bayesian LASSO-logistic regression for multiple binary trait locus mapping Anhui Huang, Shizhong Xu, Xiaodong Cai BMC Genetics 2013, 14:5 (15 February 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
	7. 579 Accesses	Research article QTL mapping and epistatic interaction analysis in asparagus bean for several characterized and novel horticulturally important traits Pei Xu, Xiaohua Wu, Baogen Wang, Tingting Hu, Zhongfu Lu, Yonghua Liu, Dehui Qin, Sha Wang, Guojing Li BMC Genetics 2013, 14:4 (2 February 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
	8. 578 Accesses	Research article Long term persistence of clonal malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum lineages in the Colombian Pacific region Diego F Echeverry, Shalini Nair, Lyda Osorio, Sanjay Menon, Claribel Murillo, Tim JC Anderson BMC Genetics 2013, 14:2 (7 January 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum parasites from malaria patients in Colombia reveals strong subdivision and long-term persistence of clonal populations, highlighting that these aspects of population structure should be taken into account when designing drug resistance studies.
	9. 576 Accesses	Research article Impacts of recent cultivation on genetic diversity pattern of a medicinal plant, Scutellaria baicalensis (Lamiaceae) Qing-Jun Yuan, Zhi-Yong Zhang, Juan Hu, Lan-Ping Guo, Ai-Juan Shao, Lu-Qi Huang BMC Genetics 2010, 11:29 (29 April 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	10. 535 Accesses	Methodology article Discriminant analysis of principal components: a new method for the analysis of genetically structured populations Thibaut Jombart, Sébastien Devillard, François Balloux BMC Genetics 2010, 11:94 (15 October 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| F1000 Biology \| Editor’s summary A new multivariate method for the analysis of genetically structured populations, Discriminant Analysis of Principal Components (DAPC), is better able to characterize population subdivision, and performs faster, than current Bayesian clustering algorithms.
	11. 469 Accesses	Research article Genetic determinants of hair and eye colours in the Scottish and Danish populations Jonas Mengel-From, Terence H Wong, Niels Morling, Jonathan L Rees, Ian J Jackson BMC Genetics 2009, 10:88 (30 December 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Scottish and Danish populations are famed for being ‘redheads' and a study of 33 genes shows that red hair color is associated with polymorphisms in melanin pigmentation and albinism genes, such as MC1R.
	12. 441 Accesses	Research article Regions of XY homology in the pig X chromosome and the boundary of the pseudoautosomal region Benjamin M Skinner, Kim Lachani, Carole A Sargent, Nabeel A Affara BMC Genetics 2013, 14:3 (15 January 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	13. 426 Accesses	Research article A missense mutation in growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) is strongly associated with litter size in sheep Dag I Våge, Maren Husdal, Matthew P Kent, Gunnar Klemetsdal, Inger A Boman BMC Genetics 2013, 14:1 (2 January 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	14. 410 Accesses	Research article Most of the extant mtDNA boundaries in South and Southwest Asia were likely shaped during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans Mait Metspalu, Toomas Kivisild, Ene Metspalu, Jüri Parik, Georgi Hudjashov, Katrin Kaldma, Piia Serk, Monika Karmin, Doron M Behar, M Thomas P Gilbert, Phillip Endicott, Sarabjit Mastana, Surinder S Papiha, Karl Skorecki, Antonio Torroni, Richard Villems BMC Genetics 2004, 5:26 (31 August 2004) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	15. 398 Accesses	Research article A genetic dissection of breed composition and performance enhancement in the Alaskan sled dog Heather J Huson, Heidi G Parker, Jonathan Runstadler, Elaine A Ostrander BMC Genetics 2010, 11:71 (22 July 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The Alaskan sled dog has been bred for performance rather than appearance and its genetic profile is comprised of several different lineages that have influenced the speed, endurance, and work ethic of this particular dog breed.
	16. 395 Accesses	Research article Genetic affinities among the lower castes and tribal groups of India: inference from Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA Ismail Thanseem, Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Vijay Singh, Lakkakula VKS Bhaskar, B Mohan Reddy, Alla G Reddy, Lalji Singh BMC Genetics 2006, 7:42 (7 August 2006) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| 2 comments
	17. 383 Accesses	Research article Simultaneous SNP identification and assessment of allele-specific bias from ChIP-seq data Yunyun Ni, Amelia Weber Hall, Anna Battenhouse, Vishwanath R Iyer BMC Genetics 2012, 13:46 (5 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A new approach to simultaneously discover SNPs and perform transcription factor binding bias analysis using ChIP-seq data generated in the ENCODE Project reveals widespread heritable allele-specific binding and significant enrichment for disease-associated variants.
	18. 371 Accesses	Research article 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 2009, 10:34 (7 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	19. 359 Accesses	Research article Historically low mitochondrial DNA diversity in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) Kyriakos Tsangaras, María C Ávila-Arcos, Yasuko Ishida, Kristofer M Helgen, Alfred L Roca, Alex D Greenwood BMC Genetics 2012, 13:92 (24 October 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Comparing museum specimens with modern populations reveals little evidence that hunting of koalas in the early 20th century caused the low genetic diversity currently seen in this species, suggesting a more ancient factor is to blame.
	20. 339 Accesses	Research article Gene-Based Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Markers for Genetic and Association Mapping in Common Bean Carlos H Galeano, Andrés J Cortés, Andrea C Fernández, Álvaro Soler, Natalia Franco-Herrera, Godwill Makunde, Jos Vanderleyden, Matthew W Blair BMC Genetics 2012, 13:48 (26 June 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| 1 comment
	21. 318 Accesses	Methodology article The complete compositional epistasis detection in genome-wide association studies Xiang Wan, Can Yang, Qiang Yang, Hongyu Zhao, Weichuan Yu BMC Genetics 2013, 14:7 (19 February 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
	22. 315 Accesses	Research article SNP identification, verification, and utility for population genetics in a non-model genus Larissa M Williams, Xin Ma, Adam R Boyko, Carlos D Bustamante, Marjorie F Oleksiak BMC Genetics 2010, 11:32 (30 April 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	23. 314 Accesses	Software CpGPAP: CpG island predictor analysis platform Li-Yeh Chuang, Cheng-Huei Yang, Ming-Cheng Lin, Cheng-Hong Yang BMC Genetics 2012, 13:13 (2 March 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	24. 303 Accesses	Research article Identification of candidate genes of QTLs for seed weight in Brassica napus through comparative mapping among Arabidopsis and Brassica species Guangqin Cai, Qingyong Yang, Qian Yang, Zhenxing Zhao, Hao Chen, Jian Wu, Chuchuan Fan, Yongming Zhou BMC Genetics 2012, 13:105 (6 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	25. 301 Accesses	Research article Saudi Arabian Y-Chromosome diversity and its relationship with nearby regions Khaled K Abu-Amero, Ali Hellani, Ana M González, Jose M Larruga, Vicente M Cabrera, Peter A Underhill BMC Genetics 2009, 10:59 (22 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed