Genome-Wide Analysis Reveals Selection for Important Traits in Domestic Horse Breeds

MSTNgenotypes in Thoroughbred horses influence skeletal muscle gene expression and racetrack performance

(2012) Beatrice A. McGivney et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Personal and population genomics of human regulatory variation

(2012) B. Vernot et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Mutations in DMRT3 affect locomotion in horses and spinal circuit function in mice

(2012) Lisa S. Andersson et al.   NATURE

An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

(2012)   NATURE

A Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Loci Influencing Height and Other Conformation Traits in Horses

(2012) Heidi Signer-Hasler et al.   PLoS One

Four Loci Explain 83% of Size Variation in the Horse

(2012) Shokouh Makvandi-Nejad et al.   PLoS One

Systematic Localization of Common Disease-Associated Variation in Regulatory DNA

(2012) M. T. Maurano et al.   SCIENCE

Genome-Wide Analysis of the World's Sheep Breeds Reveals High Levels of Historic Mixture and Strong Recent Selection

(2012) James W. Kijas et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

A High Density SNP Array for the Domestic Horse and Extant Perissodactyla: Utility for Association Mapping, Genetic Diversity, and Phylogeny Studies

(2012) Molly E. McCue et al.   PLoS Genetics

The SNP c.1326T>G in the non-SMC condensin I complex, subunit G (NCAPG) gene encoding a p.Ile442Met variant is associated with an increase in body frame size at puberty in cattle

(2011) K. Setoguchi et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

A cohort study of racing performance in Japanese Thoroughbred racehorses using genome information on ECA18

(2011) T. Tozaki et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Whole mitochondrial genome sequencing of domestic horses reveals incorporation of extensive wild horse diversity during domestication

(2011) Sebastian Lippold et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A selective sweep of >8 Mb on chromosome 26 in the Boxer genome

(2011) Javier Quilez et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Application of site and haplotype-frequency based approaches for detecting selection signatures in cattle

(2011) Saber Qanbari et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Polymorphic Regions Affecting Human Height Also Control Stature in Cattle

(2011) J. E. Pryce et al.   GENETICS

Sequence Variants at the myostatin Gene Locus Influence the Body Composition of Thoroughbred Horses

(2011) Teruaki TOZAKI et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE

Identification of Genomic Regions Associated with Phenotypic Variation between Dog Breeds using Selection Mapping

(2011) Amaury Vaysse et al.   PLoS Genetics

A Novel Unstable Duplication Upstream of HAS2 Predisposes to a Breed-Defining Skin Phenotype and a Periodic Fever Syndrome in Chinese Shar-Pei Dogs

(2011) Mia Olsson et al.   PLoS Genetics

Morphological variation in the horse: defining complex traits of body size and shape

(2010) S. A. Brooks et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Targets of selection in the Thoroughbred genome contain exercise-relevant gene SNPs associated with elite racecourse performance

(2010) E. W. Hill et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Identification of the myostatin locus (MSTN) as having a major effect on optimum racing distance in the Thoroughbred horse in the USA

(2010) M. M. Binns et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Association of sequence variants in CKM (creatine kinase, muscle) and COX4I2 (cytochrome c oxidase, subunit 4, isoform 2) genes with racing performance in Thoroughbred horses

(2010) J. GU et al.   EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL

A genome-wide association study in 19 633 Japanese subjects identified LHX3-QSOX2 and IGF1 as adult height loci

(2010) Yukinori Okada et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

A Sequence Polymorphism in MSTN Predicts Sprinting Ability and Racing Stamina in Thoroughbred Horses

(2010) Emmeline W. Hill et al.   PLoS One

Tracking footprints of artificial selection in the dog genome

(2010) J. M. Akey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Simple Genetic Architecture Underlies Morphological Variation in Dogs

(2010) Adam R. Boyko et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Myostatin regulates fiber-type composition of skeletal muscle by regulating MEF2 and MyoD gene expression

(2009) Alex Hennebry et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Cross-breed comparisons identified a critical 591-kb region for bovine carcass weight QTL (CW-2) on chromosome 6 and the Ile-442-Met substitution in NCAPG as a positional candidate

(2009) Kouji Setoguchi et al.   BMC GENETICS

Genome wide signatures of positive selection: The comparison of independent samples and the identification of regions associated to traits

(2009) William Barendse et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Dissection of Genetic Factors Modulating Fetal Growth in Cattle Indicates a Substantial Role of the Non-SMC Condensin I Complex, Subunit G (NCAPG) Gene

(2009) A. Eberlein et al.   GENETICS

Genetic Mapping of Fixed Phenotypes: Disease Frequency as a Breed Characteristic

(2009) K. Chase et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Inheritance of racing performance of trotter horses: An overview

(2009) A.K. Thiruvenkadan et al.   Livestock Science

A Genome Scan for Positive Selection in Thoroughbred Horses

(2009) Jingjing Gu et al.   PLoS One

Morphology and Myofiber Composition of Skeletal Musculature of the Forelimb in Young and Aged Wild Type and Myostatin Null Mice

(2009) Mohamed I. Elashry et al.   REJUVENATION RESEARCH

Coat Color Variation at the Beginning of Horse Domestication

(2009) A. Ludwig et al.   SCIENCE

The Earliest Horse Harnessing and Milking

(2009) A. K. Outram et al.   SCIENCE

Genome-Wide Survey of SNP Variation Uncovers the Genetic Structure of Cattle Breeds

(2009) et al.   SCIENCE

Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Scans for Human Adult Stature Identifies Novel Loci and Associations with Measures of Skeletal Frame Size

(2009) Nicole Soranzo et al.   PLoS Genetics

Single-Nucleotide-Polymorphism-Based Association Mapping of Dog Stereotypes

(2008) Paul Jones et al.   GENETICS

A crucial role of a high mobility group protein HMGA2 in cardiogenesis

(2008) Koshiro Monzen et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A cis-acting regulatory mutation causes premature hair graying and susceptibility to melanoma in the horse

(2008) Gerli Rosengren Pielberg et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Sizing up human height variation

(2008) Peter M Visscher   NATURE GENETICS

Genome-wide association analysis identifies 20 loci that influence adult height

(2008) Michael N Weedon et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Many sequence variants affecting diversity of adult human height

(2008) Daniel F Gudbjartsson et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Identification of ten loci associated with height highlights new biological pathways in human growth

(2008) Guillaume Lettre et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Missense Mutation in Exon 2 of SLC36A1 Responsible for Champagne Dilution in Horses

(2008) Deborah Cook et al.   PLoS Genetics