The missense mutation in Abcg5 gene in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) segregates with phytosterolemia but not hypertension.

abstract：:Only one genome scan to date has attempted to make use of the longitudinal data available in the Framingham Heart Study, and this attempt yielded evidence of linkage to a gene for mean systolic blood pressure. We show how the additional information available in these longitudinal data can be utilized to examine linkag...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Jacobs KB,Gray-McGuire C,Cartier KC,Elston RC

更新日期：2003-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Female lions generally do not disperse far beyond their natal range, while males can disperse distances of over 200 km. However, in bush-like ecosystems dispersal distances less than 25 km are reported. Here, we investigate dispersal in lions sampled from the northern and southern extremes of Kruger National...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： van Hooft P,Keet DF,Brebner DK,Bastos ADS

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuropeptide Y is a key neurotransmitter of the central nervous system which plays a vital role in the feed energy homeostasis in mammals. Mutations in the regulatory and coding regions of the bovine NPY gene can potentially affect the neuronal regulation of appetite and feeding behaviour in cattle. The obje...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Bahar B,Sweeney T

更新日期：2008-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:African Americans experience disproportionately higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes and related risk factors. Little research has been done on the association of ADIPOQ gene on type 2 diabetes, plasma adiponectin, blood glucose, HOMA-IR and body mass index (BMI) in African Americans. The objective of our re...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Davis SK,Xu R,Gebreab SY,Riestra P,Gaye A,Khan RJ,Wilson JG,Bidulescu A

更新日期：2015-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hip dysplasia remains one of the most serious hereditary diseases occurring in dogs despite long-standing evaluation schemes designed to aid selection for healthy joints. Many researchers have recommended the use of estimated breeding values (EBV) to improve the rate of genetic progress from selection agains...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Lewis TW,Blott SC,Woolliams JA

更新日期：2013-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Mitotic Exit Network (MEN) proteins - including the protein kinase Cdc15 and the protein phosphatase Cdc14 - are essential for exit from mitosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To identify downstream targets of the MEN, we sought telophase arrest bypassed (tab) mutations that bypassed the essential requirem...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Shou W,Deshaies RJ

更新日期：2002-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human glycosylase IV is involved in GLUT2 transporter regulation in pancreatic beta cells. A KO of this gene along with a high fat diet in a mice model has been associated with the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). The aims of this study were to measure and compare the MGAT4A mRNA levels in white blood c...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： López-Orduña E,Cruz M,García-Mena J

更新日期：2007-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genomic selection exploits dense genome-wide marker data to predict breeding values. In this study we used a large sugar beet population of 924 lines representing different germplasm types present in breeding populations: unselected segregating families and diverse lines from more advanced stages of selectio...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Würschum T,Reif JC,Kraft T,Janssen G,Zhao Y

更新日期：2013-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trait variances among genotype groups at a locus are expected to differ in the presence of an interaction between this locus and another locus or environment. A simple maximum test on variance heterogeneity can thus be used to identify potentially interacting single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). RESULTS:...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Hothorn LA,Libiger O,Gerhard D

更新日期：2012-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Association mapping studies offer great promise to identify polymorphisms associated with phenotypes and for understanding the genetic basis of quantitative trait variation. To date, almost all association mapping studies based on structured plant populations examined the main effects of genetic factors on t...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Saïdou AA,Thuillet AC,Couderc M,Mariac C,Vigouroux Y

更新日期：2014-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A thorough genetic mapping study was performed to identify predisposing genes for alcoholism dependence using the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) data. The procedure comprised whole-genome linkage and confirmation analyses, single locus and haplotype fine mapping analyses, and gene x environme...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Yang HC,Chang CC,Lin CY,Chen CL,Lin CY,Fann CS

更新日期：2005-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods to handle missing data have been an area of statistical research for many years. Little has been done within the context of pedigree analysis. In this paper we present two methods for imputing missing data for polygenic models using family data. The imputation schemes take into account familial relationships a...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Fridley B,Rabe K,de Andrade M

更新日期：2003-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on genetic effects of coffee consumption are scarce for Asian populations. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of habitual coffee consumption in Japan using a self-reporting online survey. RESULTS:Candidate genetic loci associated with habitual coffee consumption were searched within...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Jia H,Nogawa S,Kawafune K,Hachiya T,Takahashi S,Igarashi M,Saito K,Kato H

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Marek's disease (MD) is a highly neoplastic disease primarily affecting chickens, and remains as a chronic infectious disease that threatens the poultry industry. Copy number variation (CNV) has been examined in many species and is recognized as a major source of genetic variation that directly contributes t...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Bai H,He Y,Ding Y,Chu Q,Lian L,Heifetz EM,Yang N,Cheng HH,Zhang H,Chen J,Song J

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an important oil and food crop in the world. Pod- and kernel-related traits are direct factors involved in determining the yield of the peanut. However, the genetic basis underlying pod- and kernel-related traits in the peanut remained largely unknown, which ham...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Chen W,Jiao Y,Cheng L,Huang L,Liao B,Tang M,Ren X,Zhou X,Chen Y,Jiang H

更新日期：2016-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported the need for a more detailed acknowledgement of the source of the samples that were analyzed and their coordinates, which are discussed in the 'Methods' section of the article. This Correction provides an addition to the 'Methods' section, and a s...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Omari S,Kamenir Y,Benichou JIC,Pariente S,Sela H,Perl-Treves R

更新日期：2018-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We analyzed 143 pedigrees (364 nuclear families) in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) data provided to the participants in the Genetic Analysis Workshop 14 (GAW14) with the goal of comparing results obtained from genome linkage analysis using microsatellite and with results obtaine...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Chen G,Adeyemo A,Zhou J,Yuan A,Chen Y,Rotimi C

更新日期：2005-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus, GC), as the highest-output fish in China, is economically important. The production of gynogenetic grass carp (GGC) will provide important germplasm resource for producing improved GC. At present, knowledge regarding the heterologous sperm DNA in gynogenetic offspring is...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Mao Z,Fu Y,Wang Y,Wang S,Zhang M,Gao X,Luo K,Qin Q,Zhang C,Tao M,Yao Z,Liu S

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anopheles gambiae females are the world's most successful vectors of human malaria. However, a fraction of these mosquitoes is refractory to Plasmodium development. L3-5, a laboratory selected refractory strain, encapsulates transforming ookinetes/early oocysts of a wide variety of Plasmodium species. Previo...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Zheng L,Wang S,Romans P,Zhao H,Luna C,Benedict MQ

更新日期：2003-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kernel length is an important target trait in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) breeding programs. However, the number of known quantitative trait loci (QTLs) controlling kernel length is limited. In the present study, we aimed to identify major QTLs for kernel length, as well as putative candidate genes that migh...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Zhou H,Liu S,Liu Y,Liu Y,You J,Deng M,Ma J,Chen G,Wei Y,Liu C,Zheng Y

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many QTL have been detected in pigs, but very few of them have been fine-mapped up to the causal mutation. On SSC2, the IGF2-intron3-G3072A mutation has been described as the causative polymorphism for a QTL underlying muscle mass and backfat deposition, but further studies have demonstrated that at least on...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Tortereau F,Sanchez MP,Fève K,Gilbert H,Iannuccelli N,Billon Y,Milan D,Bidanel JP,Riquet J

更新日期：2011-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Questions remain regarding the utility of self-reported ethnicity (SRE) in genetic and epidemiologic research. It is not clear whether conditioning on SRE provides adequate protection from inflated type I error rates due to population stratification and admixture. We address this question using data obtained...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Divers J,Redden DT,Rice KM,Vaughan LK,Padilla MA,Allison DB,Bluemke DA,Young HJ,Arnett DK

更新日期：2011-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The high mobility group A1 proteins (HMGA1a/HMGA1b) are highly conserved between mammalian species and widely described as participating in various cellular processes. By inducing DNA conformation changes the HMGA1 proteins indirectly influence the binding of various transcription factors and therefore effec...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Beuing C,Soller JT,Muth M,Wagner S,Dolf G,Schelling C,Richter A,Willenbrock S,Reimann-Berg N,Winkler S,Nolte I,Bullerdiek J,Murua Escobar H

更新日期：2008-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) possesses a large genome that contains 1.6 x 1010 bp of DNA. Isolation of a large number of gene sequences from complex gene families with a high level of gene sequence identity from genomic DNA is therefore difficult and time-consuming. Bacterial artificial chromosome ...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Huang XQ,Cloutier S

更新日期：2007-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-pathological cognitive ageing is a distressing condition affecting an increasing number of people in our 'ageing society'. Oxidative stress is hypothesised to have a major role in cellular ageing, including brain ageing. RESULTS:Associations between cognitive ageing and 325 single nucleotide polymorphis...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Harris SE,Fox H,Wright AF,Hayward C,Starr JM,Whalley LJ,Deary IJ

更新日期：2007-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hu sheep, a unique Chinese breed with high reproductive performance, are also well known for their rare white lambskin in China. The quality of lambskin is affected by hair follicles, and dermal papilla cells are an important component of hair follicles that plays a key role in hair follicle growth and devel...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Lv X,Gao W,Jin C,Wang L,Wang Y,Chen W,Zou S,Huang S,Li Z,Wang J,Sun W

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine if variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) in the second intron (STin2) of the serotonin transporter (SLC6A4) gene was associated with tobacco use disorder, successful smoking cessation, or smoking characteristics. In this case-control study, patients with current toba...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Pizzo de Castro MR,Maes M,Guembarovski RL,Ariza CB,Reiche EM,Vargas HO,Vargas MM,de Melo LG,Dodd S,Berk M,Watanabe MA,Nunes SO

更新日期：2014-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital heart defects (CHD) is the most common cause of death from a congenital structure abnormality in newborns and is often associated with fetal loss. There are many types of CHD. Human genetic studies have identified genes that are responsible for the inheritance of a particular type of CHD and for s...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Flaquer A,Baumbach C,Piñero E,García Algas F,de la Fuente Sanchez MA,Rosell J,Toquero J,Alonso-Pulpon L,Garcia-Pavia P,Strauch K,Heine-Suñer D

更新日期：2013-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acipenseriformes is a basal lineage of ray-finned fishes and comprise 27 extant species of sturgeons and paddlefishes. They are characterized by several specific genomic features as broad ploidy variation, high chromosome numbers, presence of numerous microchromosomes and propensity to interspecific hybridiz...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Symonová R,Havelka M,Amemiya CT,Howell WM,Kořínková T,Flajšhans M,Gela D,Ráb P

更新日期：2017-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The disease gene of fragile X syndrome, FMR1 gene, encodes fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). The alternative splicing (AS) of FMR1 can affect the structure and function of FMRP. However, the biological functions of alternatively spliced isoforms remain elusive. In a previous study, we identified a...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Yang WJ,Yan AZ,Xu YJ,Guo XY,Fu XG,Li D,Liao J,Zhang D,Lan FH

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00