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Genome-wide association studies for multiple diseases of the German Shepherd Dog.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Feb 2012
Tsai Kate L, Noorai Rooksana E, Starr-Moss Alison N, Quignon Pascale, Rinz Caitlin J, Ostrander Elaine A, Steiner Jörg M, Murphy Keith E, Clark Leigh Anne
Abstract excerpt
The German Shepherd Dog (GSD) is a popular working and companion breed for which over 50 hereditary diseases have been documented. Herein, SNP profiles for 197 GSDs were generated using the Affymetrix v2 canine SNP array for a genome-wide association study to identify loci associated with four diseases: pituitary dwarfism, degenerative myelopathy (DM), congenital megaesophagus (ME), and pancreatic acinar atrophy...
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