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Genome-wide association study in RPGRIP1(-/-) dogs identifies a modifier locus that determines the onset of retinal degeneration.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Feb 2012
Miyadera Keiko, Kato Kumiko, Boursnell Mike, Mellersh Cathryn S, Sargan David R
Abstract excerpt
Cone-rod dystrophy (CRD) is a form of inherited retinal degeneration (RD) causing blindness in man as well as in several breeds of dog. Previously, a 44 bp insertion in RPGRIP1 (retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator interacting protein-1) was associated with a recessive early-onset CRD (cone-rod dystrophy 1, cord1) in a Miniature longhaired dachshund (MLHD) research colony. Yet in the MLHD pet population,...
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