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Genetic modulation of the iris transillumination defect: a systems genetics analysis using the expanded family of BXD glaucoma strains.
Pigment cell & melanoma research - 1 Jul 2013
Swaminathan Shankar, Lu Hong, Williams Robert W, Lu Lu, Jablonski Monica M
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We investigated the contributions of Tyrp1 and Gpnmb to the iris transillumination defect (TID) in five age cohorts of BXD mice. Using systems genetics, we also evaluated the role of other known pigmentation genes (PGs). Mapping studies indicate that Tyrp1 contributes to the phenotype at all ages, yet the TID maps to Gpnmb only in the oldest cohort. Composite interval mapping reveals secondary loci viz. Oca2,...
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