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Screening ADAMTS10 in dog populations supports Gly661Arg as the glaucoma-causing variant in beagles.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 13 Mar 2013
Kuchtey John, Kunkel Jessica, Esson Douglas, Sapienza John S, Ward Daniel A, Plummer Caryn E, Gelatt Kirk N, Kuchtey Rachel W
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PURPOSE: Previously, we mapped the disease locus in the beagle model of autosomal recessive primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) to a 4-Mb interval on chromosome 20, and identified a Gly661Arg variant in ADAMTS10 as the candidate disease-causing variant. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the Gly661Arg variant of ADAMTS10 causes glaucoma by genotyping dogs of various breeds affected and...
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