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Glomerulopathy and mutations in NPHS1 and KIRREL2 in soft-coated Wheaten Terrier dogs.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Apr 2013
Littman Meryl P, Wiley Claire A, Raducha Michael G, Henthorn Paula S
Abstract excerpt
Dogs of the soft-coated wheaten terrier breed (SCWT) are predisposed to adult-onset, genetically complex, protein-losing nephropathy (average onset age = 6.3 ± 2.0 years). A genome-wide association study using 62 dogs revealed a chromosomal region containing three statistically significant SNPs (p(raw) ≤ 4.13 × 10(-8); p(genome) ≤ 0.005) when comparing DNA samples from affected and geriatric (≥14 years)...
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