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Volume 9;  2008
Correspondence
Reduced body weight is a common effect of gene knockout in mice
Danielle R Reed, Maureen P Lawler, Michael G Tordoff
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 4. Published online 2008 January 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-4
PMCID:
PMC2263071
Abstract Full Text PDF–273K
Database
Towards systems genetic analyses in barley: Integration of phenotypic, expression and genotype data into GeneNetwork
Arnis Druka, Ilze Druka, Arthur G Centeno, Hongqiang Li, Zhaohui Sun, William TB Thomas, Nicola Bonar, Brian J Steffenson, Steven E Ullrich, Andris Kleinhofs, Roger P Wise, Timothy J Close, Elena Potokina, Zewei Luo, Carola Wagner, Günther F Schweizer, David F Marshall, Michael J Kearsey, Robert W Williams, Robbie Waugh
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 73. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-73
PMCID:
PMC2630324
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.2M Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 23. Published online 2008 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-23
PMCID:
PMC2288614
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.0M
PGA: power calculator for case-control genetic association analyses
Idan Menashe, Philip S Rosenberg, Bingshu E Chen
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 36. Published online 2008 May 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-36
PMCID:
PMC2387159
Abstract Full Text PDF–372K Supplementary Material
Research Articles
Multiple forms of atypical rearrangements generating supernumerary derivative chromosome 15
Nicholas J Wang, Alexander S Parokonny, Karen N Thatcher, Jennette Driscoll, Barbara M Malone, Naghmeh Dorrani, Marian Sigman, Janine M LaSalle, N Carolyn Schanen
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 2. Published online 2008 January 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-2
PMCID:
PMC2249594
Abstract Full Text PDF–396K
Disentangling genetic vs. environmental causes of sex determination in the common frog, Rana temporaria
Chikako Matsuba, Ikuo Miura, Juha Merilä
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 3. Published online 2008 January 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-3
PMCID:
PMC2265737
Abstract Full Text PDF–396K
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 5. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-5
PMCID:
PMC2246150
Abstract Full Text PDF–337K
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, Michèle Tixier-Boichard, Terry Burke
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 7. Published online 2008 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-7
PMCID:
PMC2253553
Abstract Full Text PDF–642K
Insertion-deletion polymorphisms (indels) as genetic markers in natural populations
Ülo Väli, Mikael Brandström, Malin Johansson, Hans Ellegren
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 8. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-8
PMCID:
PMC2266919
Abstract Full Text PDF–397K
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in coding regions of canine dopamine- and serotonin-related genes
Jørn Våge, Frode Lingaas
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 10. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-10
PMCID:
PMC2268707
Abstract Full Text PDF–289K Supplementary Material
Microsatellite-based phylogeny of Indian domestic goats
Pramod K Rout, Manjunath B Joshi, Ajoy Mandal, D Laloe, Lalji Singh, Kumarasamy Thangaraj
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 11. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-11
PMCID:
PMC2268706
Abstract Full Text PDF–658K
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, Pål A Olsvik, Volker Loeschcke
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 12. Published online 2008 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-12
PMCID:
PMC2254441
Abstract Full Text PDF–306K
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 13. Published online 2008 February 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-13
PMCID:
PMC2267478
Abstract Full Text PDF–872K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 14. Published online 2008 February 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-14
PMCID:
PMC2259380
Abstract Full Text PDF–679K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 15. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-15
PMCID:
PMC2275747
Abstract Full Text PDF–784K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 16. Published online 2008 February 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-16
PMCID:
PMC2276512
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.6M Supplementary Material
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, Sigbjørn Lien
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 18. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-18
PMCID:
PMC2288615
Abstract Full Text PDF–829K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 19. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-19
PMCID:
PMC2292209
Abstract Full Text PDF–283K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 20. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-20
PMCID:
PMC2267206
Abstract Full Text PDF–269K
Worldwide distribution of NAT2 diversity: Implications for NAT2 evolutionary history
Audrey Sabbagh, André Langaney, Pierre Darlu, Nathalie Gérard, Rajagopal Krishnamoorthy, Estella S Poloni
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 21. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-21
PMCID:
PMC2292740
Abstract Full Text PDF–573K Supplementary Material
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, Åsa Josell, Kerstin Lundström, Gertrud von Seth, Claus B Jørgensen, Merete Fredholm, Leif Andersson
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 22. Published online 2008 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-22
PMCID:
PMC2294140
Abstract Full Text PDF–427K
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 24. Published online 2008 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-24
PMCID:
PMC2315653
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.5M
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 26. Published online 2008 March 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-26
PMCID:
PMC2287188
Abstract Full Text PDF–304K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 27. Published online 2008 March 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-27
PMCID:
PMC2374799
Abstract Full Text PDF–666K Supplementary Material
Very mild disease phenotype of congenic CftrTgH(neoim)Hgu cystic fibrosis mice
Balázs Tóth, Martina Wilke, Frauke Stanke, Martina Dorsch, Silke Jansen, Dirk Wedekind, Nikoletta Charizopoulou, Alice Bot, Marion Burmester, Sabine Leonhard-Marek, Hugo R de Jonge, Hans-Jürgen Hedrich, Gerhard Breves, Burkhard Tümmler
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 28. Published online 2008 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-28
PMCID:
PMC2323021
Abstract Full Text PDF–339K Supplementary Material
Polymorphisms of Glutathione S-transferases Omega-1 among ethnic populations in China
Songbo Fu, Jie Wu, Feng Chen, Dianjun Sun, Songbin Fu
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 29. Published online 2008 April 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-29
PMCID:
PMC2323397
Abstract Full Text PDF–297K
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 30. Published online 2008 April 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-30
PMCID:
PMC2373794
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.1M Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 31. Published online 2008 April 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-31
PMCID:
PMC2324112
Abstract Full Text PDF–318K
Autosomal mutations affecting Y chromosome loops in Drosophila melanogaster
Francesca Ceprani, Grazia D Raffa, Romano Petrucci, Roberto Piergentili
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 32. Published online 2008 April 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-32
PMCID:
PMC2386818
Abstract Full Text PDF–2.2M
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 33. Published online 2008 April 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-33
PMCID:
PMC2386817
Abstract Full Text PDF–452K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 34. Published online 2008 April 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-34
PMCID:
PMC2386500
Abstract Full Text PDF–445K Supplementary Material
Precision-mapping and statistical validation of quantitative trait loci by machine learning
Justin Bedo, Peter Wenzl, Adam Kowalczyk, Andrzej Kilian
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 35. Published online 2008 May 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-35
PMCID:
PMC2409372
Abstract Full Text PDF–595K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 37. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-37
PMCID:
PMC2408608
Abstract Full Text PDF–395K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 38. Published online 2008 May 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-38
PMCID:
PMC2424074
Abstract Full Text PDF–208K Supplementary Material
Selection, diversity and evolutionary patterns of the MHC class II DAB in free-ranging Neotropical marsupials
Yvonne Meyer-Lucht, Celine Otten, Thomas Püttker, Simone Sommer
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 39. Published online 2008 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-39
PMCID:
PMC2442840
Abstract Full Text PDF–401K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 40. Published online 2008 June 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-40
PMCID:
PMC2464599
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.0M
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 41. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-41
PMCID:
PMC2474649
Abstract Full Text PDF–335K
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 Jørgensen
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 43. Published online 2008 July 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-43
PMCID:
PMC2483291
Abstract Full Text PDF–446K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 44. Published online 2008 July 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-44
PMCID:
PMC2483292
Abstract Full Text PDF–281K
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 45. Published online 2008 July 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-45
PMCID:
PMC2478670
Abstract Full Text PDF–787K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 46. Published online 2008 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-46
PMCID:
PMC2495005
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.0M
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 47. Published online 2008 July 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-47
PMCID:
PMC2488347
Abstract Full Text PDF–448K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 49. Published online 2008 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-49
PMCID:
PMC2500044
Abstract Full Text PDF–418K
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 50. Published online 2008 August 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-50
PMCID:
PMC2536669
Abstract Full Text PDF–932K
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 51. Published online 2008 August 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-51
PMCID:
PMC2536667
Abstract Full Text PDF–276K
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, José R Fernández
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 52. Published online 2008 August 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-52
PMCID:
PMC2533007
Abstract Full Text PDF–341K Supplementary Material
Chicken meat quality: genetic variability and relationship with growth and muscle characteristics
Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval, Martine Debut, Cécile M Berri, Nadine Sellier, Véronique Santé-Lhoutellier, Yves Jégo, Catherine Beaumont
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 53. Published online 2008 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-53
PMCID:
PMC2533670
Abstract Full Text PDF–245K
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 Döbeln, Päivi Lahermo, Juha Kere
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 54. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-54
PMCID:
PMC2527025
Abstract Full Text PDF–755K Supplementary Material
Implementation of a model for identifying Essentially Derived Varieties in vegetatively propagated Calluna vulgaris varieties
Thomas Borchert, Joerg Krueger, Annette Hohe
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 56. Published online 2008 August 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-56
PMCID:
PMC2536668
Abstract Full Text PDF–683K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 58. Published online 2008 August 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-58
PMCID:
PMC2556340
Abstract Full Text PDF–539K
Genetic and histological studies on the delayed systemic movement of Tobacco Mosaic Virus in Arabidopsis thaliana
Carolina Serrano, Javiera González-Cruz, Francisca Jauregui, Consuelo Medina, Pablo Mancilla, José Tomás Matus, Patricio Arce-Johnson
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 59. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-59
PMCID:
PMC2563018
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.0M
Linkage disequilibrium compared between five populations of domestic sheep
Jennifer RS Meadows, Eva KF Chan, James W Kijas
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 61. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-61
PMCID:
PMC2572059
Abstract Full Text PDF–374K Supplementary Material
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 62. Published online 2008 October 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-62
PMCID:
PMC2576349
Abstract Full Text PDF–642K Supplementary Material
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 × Erhualian F2 population
Huirong Mao, Yuanmei Guo, Guangcheng Yang, Bin Yang, Jun Ren, Sanfeng Liu, Huashui Ai, Junwu Ma, Bertram Brenig, Lusheng Huang
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 63. Published online 2008 October 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-63
PMCID:
PMC2613148
Abstract Full Text PDF–301K
Homoeologous gene silencing in tissue cultured wheat callus
Andrew Bottley, Natalie H Chapman, Robert MD Koebner
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 65. Published online 2008 October 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-65
PMCID:
PMC2576348
Abstract Full Text PDF–234K
Calculating expected DNA remnants from ancient founding events in human population genetics
Andrew Stacey, Nathan C Sheffield, Keith A Crandall
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 66. Published online 2008 October 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-66
PMCID:
PMC2588638
Abstract Full Text PDF–540K
Canine fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 sequence is conserved across dogs of divergent skeletal size
Logan B Smith, Danika L Bannasch, Amy E Young, Deborah I Grossman, Janelle M Belanger, Anita M Oberbauer
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 67. Published online 2008 October 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-67
PMCID:
PMC2576350
Abstract Full Text PDF–245K
Polymorphisms of the IGF1R gene and their genetic effects on chicken early growth and carcass traits
Mingming Lei, Xia Peng, Min Zhou, Chenglong Luo, Qinghua Nie, Xiquan Zhang
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 70. Published online 2008 November 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-70
PMCID:
PMC2628351
Abstract Full Text PDF–260K Supplementary Material
Application of two machine learning algorithms to genetic association studies in the presence of covariates
Bareng AS Nonyane, Andrea S Foulkes
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 71. Published online 2008 November 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-71
PMCID:
PMC2620353
Abstract Full Text PDF–284K
Heterozygosity increases microsatellite mutation rate, linking it to demographic history
William Amos, Jonathan Flint, Xin Xu
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 72. Published online 2008 November 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-72
PMCID:
PMC2615044
Abstract Full Text PDF–324K Supplementary Material
A second generation genetic map for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Caird E Rexroad, III, Yniv Palti, Scott A Gahr, Roger L Vallejo
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 74. Published online 2008 November 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-74
PMCID:
PMC2605456
Abstract Full Text PDF–534K Supplementary Material
Chromosomal evidence for a putative cryptic species in the Gymnotus carapo species-complex (Gymnotiformes, Gymnotidae)
Susana SR Milhomem, Julio C Pieczarka, William GR Crampton, Danillo S Silva, Augusto CP De Souza, Jaime R Carvalho, Jr, Cleusa Y Nagamachi
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 75. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-75
PMCID:
PMC2654040
Abstract Full Text PDF–2.5M
Intergenic DNA sequences from the human X chromosome reveal high rates of global gene flow
Murray P Cox, August E Woerner, Jeffrey D Wall, Michael F Hammer
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 76. Published online 2008 November 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-76
PMCID:
PMC2620354
Abstract Full Text PDF–1020K Supplementary Material
Simple sequence repeat markers useful for sorghum downy mildew (Peronosclerospora sorghi) and related species
Ramasamy Perumal, Padmavathi Nimmakayala, Saradha R Erattaimuthu, Eun-Gyu No, Umesh K Reddy, Louis K Prom, Gary N Odvody, Douglas G Luster, Clint W Magill
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 77. Published online 2008 November 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-77
PMCID:
PMC2620352
Abstract Full Text PDF–590K Supplementary Material
Genomic complexity of the variable region-containing chitin-binding proteins in amphioxus
Larry J Dishaw, M Gail Mueller, Natasha Gwatney, John P Cannon, Robert N Haire, Ronda T Litman, Chris T Amemiya, Tatsuya Ota, Lee Rowen, Gustavo Glusman, Gary W Litman
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 78. Published online 2008 December 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-78
PMCID:
PMC2632668
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.0M Supplementary Material
Gene flow and genetic structure in the Galician population (NW Spain) according to Alu insertions
Tito A Varela, José Fariña, Lois Pérez Diéguez, Rosa Lodeiro
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 79. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-79
PMCID:
PMC2630999
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.1M Supplementary Material
A globally occurring indel polymorphism in the promoter of the IFNA2 gene is not associated with severity of malaria but with the positivity rate of HCV
Cristina Tena-Tomás, Iara de Messias-Reason, Le H Song, Jürgen Tomiuk, Peter G Kemsner, Jürgen FJ Kun
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 80. Published online 2008 December 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-80
PMCID:
PMC2612697
Abstract Full Text PDF–208K
Multiple-trait quantitative trait locus mapping with incomplete phenotypic data
Zhigang Guo, James C Nelson
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 82. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-82
PMCID:
PMC2639387
Abstract Full Text PDF–608K
Comparison of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay efficiency in various murine tissues
Almoutassem B Zetoune, Sandra Fontanière, Delphine Magnin, Olga Anczuków, Monique Buisson, Chang X Zhang, Sylvie Mazoyer
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 83. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-83
PMCID:
PMC2607305
Abstract Full Text PDF–459K Supplementary Material
Association between fatty acid compositions and genotypes of FABP4 and LXR-alpha in Japanese Black cattle
Shogo Hoashi, Tomoko Hinenoya, Atsuko Tanaka, Hideki Ohsaki, Shinji Sasazaki, Masaaki Taniguchi, Kenji Oyama, Fumio Mukai, Hideyuki Mannen
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 84. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-84
PMCID:
PMC2628680
Abstract Full Text PDF–222K
Genetic variation in South Indian castes: evidence from Y-chromosome, mitochondrial, and autosomal polymorphisms
WS Watkins, R Thara, BJ Mowry, Y Zhang, DJ Witherspoon, W Tolpinrud, MJ Bamshad, S Tirupati, R Padmavati, H Smith, D Nancarrow, C Filippich, LB Jorde
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 86. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-86
PMCID:
PMC2621241
Abstract Full Text PDF–405K Supplementary Material
Equine Multiple Congenital Ocular Anomalies maps to a 4.9 megabase interval on horse chromosome 6
Lisa S Andersson, Rytis Juras, David T Ramsey, Jessica Eason-Butler, Susan Ewart, Gus Cothran, Gabriella Lindgren
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 88. Published online 2008 December 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-88
PMCID:
PMC2653074
Abstract Full Text PDF–1007K Supplementary Material
A multilocus assay reveals high nucleotide diversity and limited differentiation among Scandinavian willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Sofia Berlin, Maria Quintela, Jacob Höglund
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 89. Published online 2008 December 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-89
PMCID:
PMC2628942
Abstract Full Text PDF–427K
Mapping of the transcription start site (TSS) and identification of SNPs in the bovine neuropeptide Y (NPY) gene
Bojlul Bahar, Torres Sweeney
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 91. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-91
PMCID:
PMC2657160
Abstract Full Text PDF–998K
A large-scale survey of genetic copy number variations among Han Chinese residing in Taiwan
Chien-Hsing Lin, Ling-Hui Li, Sheng-Feng Ho, Tzu-Po Chuang, Jer-Yuarn Wu, Yuan-Tsong Chen, Cathy SJ Fann
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 92. Published online 2008 December 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-92
PMCID:
PMC2629477
Abstract Full Text PDF–575K Supplementary Material
Methodology Articles
Maximum likelihood estimates of two-locus recombination fractions under some natural inequality restrictions
Ying Zhou, Ning-Zhong Shi, Wing-Kam Fung, Jianhua Guo
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 1. Published online 2008 January 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-1
PMCID:
PMC2249595
Abstract Full Text PDF–304K
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 6. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-6
PMCID:
PMC2248205
Abstract Full Text PDF–482K
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 9. Published online 2008 January 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-9
PMCID:
PMC2254440
Abstract Full Text PDF–293K
A complete classification of epistatic two-locus models
Ingileif B Hallgrímsdóttir, Debbie S Yuster
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 17. Published online 2008 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-17
PMCID:
PMC2289835
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.2M
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 25. Published online 2008 March 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-25
PMCID:
PMC2330148
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.0M Supplementary Material
Combining identity by descent and association in genetic case-control studies
Qingrun Zhang, Shuang Wang, Jurg Ott
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 42. Published online 2008 July 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-42
PMCID:
PMC2483716
Abstract Full Text PDF–358K
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 48. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-48
PMCID:
PMC2515852
Abstract Full Text PDF–374K
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 Genet. 2008; 9: 55. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-55
PMCID:
PMC2536670
Abstract Full Text PDF–295K Supplementary Material
Influence of genotyping error in linkage mapping for complex traits – an analytic study
Jérémie JP Lebrec, Hein Putter, Jeanine J Houwing-Duistermaat, Hans C van Houwelingen
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 57. Published online 2008 August 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-57
PMCID:
PMC2533351
Abstract Full Text PDF–274K
Measuring differentiation among populations at different levels of genetic integration
Elizabeth M Gillet, Hans-Rolf Gregorius
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 60. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-60
PMCID:
PMC2584060
Abstract Full Text PDF–457K
A highly polymorphic insertion in the Y-chromosome amelogenin gene can be used for evolutionary biology, population genetics and sexing in Cetacea and Artiodactyla
Matthias Macé, Brigitte Crouau-Roy
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 64. Published online 2008 October 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-64
PMCID:
PMC2580767
Abstract Full Text PDF–536K
Fully Bayesian tests of neutrality using genealogical summary statistics
Alexei J Drummond, Marc A Suchard
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 68. Published online 2008 October 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-68
PMCID:
PMC2645432
Abstract Full Text PDF–447K
A Strategy to Setup Codominant Microsatellite Analysis for High-Resolution-Melting-Curve-Analysis (HRM)
Eduard Mader, Brigitte Lukas, Johannes Novak
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 69. Published online 2008 November 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-69
PMCID:
PMC2588637
Abstract Full Text PDF–362K
SNP discovery in swine by reduced representation and high throughput pyrosequencing
Ralph T Wiedmann, Timothy PL Smith, Dan J Nonneman
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 81. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-81
PMCID:
PMC2612698
Abstract Full Text PDF–297K Supplementary Material
Imputation of missing genotypes: an empirical evaluation of IMPUTE
Zhenming Zhao, Nadia Timofeev, Stephen W Hartley, David HK Chui, Supan Fucharoen, Thomas T Perls, Martin H Steinberg, Clinton T Baldwin, Paola Sebastiani
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 85. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-85
PMCID:
PMC2636842
Abstract Full Text PDF–467K
A systematic search for SNPs/haplotypes associated with disease phenotypes using a haplotype-based stepwise procedure
Yin Yang, Shuying Sue Li, Jason W Chien, Jessica Andriesen, Lue Ping Zhao
BMC Genet. 2008; 9: 90. Published online 2008 December 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-90
PMCID:
PMC2680203
Abstract Full Text PDF–330K
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