Including endophenotypes as covariates in variance component heritability and linkage analysis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The establishment of the bisexual fertile fish hybrid lineage including the allodiploid and allotetraploid hybrids, from interspecific hybridization of red crucian carp (Carassius auratus red var. 2n = 100, 2n = AA) (♀) × common carp (Cyprinus carpio L. 2n = 100, 2n = BB) (♂), provided a good platform to inv...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Zhang C,Ye L,Chen Y,Xiao J,Wu Y,Tao M,Xiao Y,Liu S

更新日期：2015-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sox domain containing genes are important metazoan transcriptional regulators implicated in a wide rage of developmental processes. The vertebrate B subgroup contains the Sox1, Sox2 and Sox3 genes that have early functions in neural development. Previous studies show that Drosophila Group B genes have been f...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： McKimmie C,Woerfel G,Russell S

更新日期：2005-05-19 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:Recent advances in sequencing technologies have allowed for the retrieval of ancient DNA data (aDNA) from skeletal remains, providing direct genetic snapshots from diverse periods of human prehistory. Comparing samples taken in the same region but at different times, hereafter called "serial samples", may in...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Silva NM,Rio J,Currat M

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic improvement of beef quality will benefit both producers and consumers, and can be achieved by selecting animals that carry desired quantitative trait nucleotides (QTN), which result from intensive searches using genetic markers. This paper presents a genome-wide association approach utilizing single ...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Lu D,Sargolzaei M,Kelly M,Vander Voort G,Wang Z,Mandell I,Moore S,Plastow G,Miller SP

更新日期：2013-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We propose a gene-level association test that accounts for individual relatedness and population structures in pedigree data in the framework of linear mixed models (LMMs). Our method data-adaptively combines the results across a class of score-based tests, only requiring fitting a single null model (under t...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Park JY,Wu C,Pan W

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Land plants have evolved several measures to maintain their life against abiotic stresses. The accumulation of proline is the most generalized response of plants under drought, heat or salt stress conditions. It is known as an osmoprotectant which also acts as an instant source of energy during drought recov...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Sayed MA,Schumann H,Pillen K,Naz AA,Léon J

更新日期：2012-07-20 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：:Alcohol dependence is a serious public health problem. We studied data from families participating in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) and made available to participants in the Genetic Analysis Workshop 14 (GAW14) in order to search for genes predisposing to alcohol dependence. Using factor...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Yu Y,Meng Y,Ma Q,Farrell J,Farrer LA,Wilcox MA

更新日期：2005-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Framingham Heart Study provides a unique source of longitudinal family data related to CVD risk factors. Age-stratified heritability estimates were obtained over three age groups (31-49 years, 50-60 years, and 61-79 years), reflecting the longitudinal nature of the data, for four quantitative traits. Age-adjusted ...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Brown WM,Beck SR,Lange EM,Davis CC,Kay CM,Langefeld CD,Rich SS,Framingham Heart Study.

更新日期：2003-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is an autosomal recessive hereditary pigmentation disorder affecting humans and several other animal species. Oculocutaneous albinism was studied in a herd of Murrah buffalo to determine the clinical presentation and genetic basis of albinism in this species. RESULTS:Clinical e...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Damé MC,Xavier GM,Oliveira-Filho JP,Borges AS,Oliveira HN,Riet-Correa F,Schild AL

更新日期：2012-07-20 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:The oxytocin (OT) system is known to be implicated in the regulation of complex social behavior, particularly empathy and parenting. The goal of this study was to estimate the gender and population differences in polymorphisms of two oxytocin receptor gene SNPs, rs53576 and rs2254298, in four populations. R...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Butovskaya PR,Lazebny OE,Sukhodolskaya EM,Vasiliev VA,Dronova DA,Fedenok JN,Rosa A,Peletskaya EN,Ryskov AP,Butovskaya ML

更新日期：2016-01-06 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：BACKGROUND:Linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping is commonly used to evaluate markers for genome-wide association studies. Most types of LD software focus strictly on LD analysis and visualization, but lack supporting services for genotyping. RESULTS:We developed a freeware called LD2SNPing, which provides a complete pa...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Chang HW,Chuang LY,Chang YJ,Cheng YH,Hung YC,Chen HC,Yang CH

更新日期：2009-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Monogenic diabetes is a genetic disease often caused by mutations in genes involved in beta-cell function. Correct sub-categorization of the disease is a prerequisite for appropriate treatment and genetic counseling. Target-region capture sequencing is a combination of genomic region enrichment and next gene...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Gao R,Liu Y,Gjesing AP,Hollensted M,Wan X,He S,Pedersen O,Yi X,Wang J,Hansen T

更新日期：2014-01-29 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:Several lines of evidence including allozyme analysis, restriction digest patterns and sequencing of mtDNA as well as mini- and micro-satellite allele frequencies indicate that Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from North America and Europe are genetically distinct. These observations are supported by karyotype ...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Lubieniecki KP,Jones SL,Davidson EA,Park J,Koop BF,Walker S,Davidson WS

更新日期：2010-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Associations between haplotypes and quantitative traits provide valuable information about the genetic basis of complex human diseases. Haplotypes also provide an effective way to deal with untyped SNPs. Two major challenges arise in haplotype-based association analysis of family data. First, haplotypes may ...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Diao G,Lin DY

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:South African (SA) Black women have a high prevalence of preeclampsia and HIV, both conditions associated with increased inflammation. miR-146a is an inflammatory-associated miR and a common single nucleotide polymorphism (rs2910164) has been associated with several disease conditions. To date, this SNP has ...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Maharaj NR,Ramkaran P,Pillay S,Chuturgoon AA

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brachygnathia, cardiomegaly and renal hypoplasia syndrome (BCRHS, OMIA 001595-9940 ) is a previously reported recessively inherited disorder in Australian Poll Merino/Merino sheep. Affected lambs are stillborn with various congenital defects as reflected in the name of the disease, as well as short stature, ...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Woolley SA,Hayes SE,Shariflou MR,Nicholas FW,Willet CE,O'Rourke BA,Tammen I

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) gene plays a crucial role in the metabolism of many drugs and xenobiotics. As it represents a likely target of population-specific selection pressures, we fully sequenced the NAT2 coding region in 97 Mandenka individuals from Senegal, and compared these sequences to extant da...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Sabbagh A,Langaney A,Darlu P,Gérard N,Krishnamoorthy R,Poloni ES

更新日期：2008-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Analyses of genetic data at the level of haplotypes provide increased accuracy and power to infer genotype-phenotype correlations and evolutionary history of a locus. However, empirical determination of haplotypes is expensive and laborious. Therefore, several methods of inferring haplotypes from unphased ge...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Adkins RM

更新日期：2004-08-03 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hybrid breakdown has been well documented in various species. Relationships between genomic heterozygosity and traits-fitness have been extensively explored especially in the natural populations. But correlations between genomic heterozygosity and vegetative and reproductive traits in cotton interspecific po...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Dai B,Guo H,Huang C,Zhang X,Lin Z

更新日期：2016-04-12 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:Genetic maps based on single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) are increasingly being used as an alternative to microsatellite maps. This study compares linkage results for both types of maps for a neurophysiology phenotype and for an alcohol dependence phenotype. Our analysis used two SNP maps on the Illumina ...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Dunn G,Hinrichs AL,Bertelsen S,Jin CH,Kauwe JS,Suarez BK,Bierut LJ

更新日期：2005-12-30 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:Cytoplasmic effects on agronomic traits--involving cytoplasmic and nuclear genomes of either different species or different cultivars--are well documented in wheat but have seldom been demonstrated in rice (Oryza sativa L.). To detect cytoplasmic effects, we introgressed the nuclear genomes of three indica c...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Tao D,Xu P,Zhou J,Deng X,Li J,Deng W,Yang J,Yang G,Li Q,Hu F

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Linkage maps are essential tools for the study of several topics in genome biology. High density linkage maps for the porcine autosomes have been constructed exploiting the high density data provided by the PorcineSNP60 BeadChip. However, a high density SSCX linkage map has not been reported up to date. The ...

journal_title：BMC genetics

authors： Fernández AI,Muñoz M,Alves E,Folch JM,Noguera JL,Enciso MP,Rodríguez Mdel C,Silió L

更新日期：2014-12-20 00:00:00