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Genome-wide association analysis of radiation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Vaisnav Mahesh, Xing Chao, Ku Hung-Chih, Hwang Daniel, Stojadinovic Strahinja, Pertsemlidis Alexander, Abrams John M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ionizing radiation is genotoxic to cells. Healthy tissue toxicity in patients and radiation resistance in tumors present common clinical challenges in delivering effective radiation therapies. Radiation response is a complex, polygenic trait with unknown genetic determinants. The Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel (DGRP) provides a model to investigate the genetics of natural variation for sensitivity...
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