Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Complex disease and phenotype mapping in the domestic dog

  • Jessica J. Hayward,
  • Marta G. Castelhano,
  • Kyle C. Oliveira,
  • Elizabeth Corey,
  • Cheryl Balkman,
  • Tara L. Baxter,
  • Margret L. Casal,
  • Sharon A. Center,
  • Meiying Fang,
  • Susan J. Garrison,
  • Sara E. Kalla,
  • Pavel Korniliev,
  • Michael I. Kotlikoff,
  • N. S. Moise,
  • Laura M. Shannon,
  • Kenneth W. Simpson,
  • Nathan B. Sutter,
  • Rory J. Todhunter,
  • Adam R. Boyko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10460
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The domestic dog is an important model organism for our understanding of cancer and other diseases. Here the authors conduct a genome-wide association study across multiple breeds and identify novel loci significantly associated with several complex diseases and morphological traits.