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Bartusiak ER, Barrabes M, Rymbekova A, Gimbernat-Mayol J, Lopez C, Barberis L, Montserrat DM, Giro-I-Nieto X, Ioannidis AG. Predicting Dog Phenotypes from Genotypes. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2022; 2022:3558-3562. [PMID: 36085664 DOI: 10.1109/embc48229.2022.9870905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We analyze dog genotypes (i.e., positions of dog DNA sequences that often vary between different dogs) in order to predict the corresponding phenotypes (i.e., unique observed characteristics). More specifically, given chromosome data from a dog, we aim to predict the breed, height, and weight. We explore a variety of linear and non-linear classification and regression techniques to accomplish these three tasks. We also investigate the use of a neural network (both in linear and non-linear modes) for breed classification and compare the performance to traditional statistical methods. We show that linear methods generally outperform or match the performance of non-linear methods for breed classification. However, we show that the reverse is true for height and weight regression. Finally, we evaluate the results of all of these methods based on the number of input features used in the analysis. We conduct experiments using different fractions of the full genomic sequences, resulting in input sequences ranging from 20 SNPs to ∼200k SNPs. In doing so, we explore the impact of using a very limited number of SNPs for prediction. Our experiments demonstrate that these phenotypes in dogs can be predicted with as few as 0.5% of randomly selected SNPs (i.e., 992 SNPs) and that dog breeds can be classified with 50% balanced accuracy with as few as 0.02% SNPs (i.e., 40 SNPs).
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SANDHU YOGESHWAR, MAHAJAN SHASHIKANT, SETHI RS, ARORA JS, MUKHOPADHYAY CS. Differential karyotype profiling of three popular breeds of dogs in India. THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.56093/ijans.v90i11.111496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The present investigation aims to study the karyology of the three most popular dog breeds as well as indigenous local dog. In this study, we identified the most popular dog breeds of the Punjab region which are maintained as companion animals, or for guarding. Metaphase plates were prepared after culturing of lymphocytes isolated from heparinized blood collected from the identified three most popular canine breeds. The isolated lymphocyte cells were cultured for 70-72 h following the cell cycle arrest at metaphase. The G-banding of the chromosomes was done by Giemsa staining through a standard protocol. The most popular three breeds of dog in the sub-tropical region were Labrador, the German Shepherd, and Pug. There were no significant distinguishable differences between the karyotypes of the dog breeds studied. This study gives insight into karyology information, which can be beneficial to the researchers, dog breeders, and kennel clubs. Moreover, it provides information about chromosomal abnormalities which may lead to the study of various fertility, growth, and phenotypic abnormalities problems in dog breeds.
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Szczerbal I, Switonski M. Clinical Cytogenetics of the Dog: A Review. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:947. [PMID: 33801756 PMCID: PMC8066086 DOI: 10.3390/ani11040947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The dog is an important companion animal and has been recognized as a model in biomedical research. Its karyotype is characterized by a high chromosome number (2n = 78) and by the presence of one-arm autosomes, which are mostly small in size. This makes the dog a difficult subject for cytogenetic studies. However, there are some chromosome abnormalities that can be easily identified, such as sex chromosome aneuploidies, XX/XY leukocyte chimerism, and centric fusions (Robertsonian translocations). Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with the use of whole-chromosome painting or locus-specific probes has improved our ability to identify and characterize chromosomal abnormalities, including reciprocal translocations. The evaluation of sex chromosome complement is an important diagnostic step in dogs with disorders of sex development (DSD). In such cases, FISH can detect the copy number variants (CNVs) associated with the DSD phenotype. Since cancers are frequently diagnosed in dogs, cytogenetic evaluation of tumors has also been undertaken and specific chromosome mutations for some cancers have been reported. However, the study of meiotic, gamete, and embryo chromosomes is not very advanced. Knowledge of canine genome organization and new molecular tools, such as aCGH (array comparative genome hybridization), SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) microarray, and ddPCR (droplet digital PCR) allow the identification of chromosomal rearrangements. It is anticipated that the comprehensive use of chromosome banding, FISH, and molecular techniques will substantially improve the diagnosis of chromosome abnormalities in dogs.
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- Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznan, Poland;
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Harrison BM, Loukopoulos P. Genomics and transcriptomics in veterinary oncology. Oncol Lett 2021; 21:336. [PMID: 33692868 PMCID: PMC7933772 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2021.12597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The sequencing of the canine genome, combined with additional genomic technologies, has created opportunities for research linking veterinary genomics with naturally occurring cancer in dogs. Also, as numerous canine cancers have features in common with human cancers, comparative studies can be performed to evaluate the use of cancers in dogs as models for human cancer. There have been several reviews of veterinary genomics but, to the best of our knowledge, there has been no comprehensive review of the literature of canine cancer genomics. PubMed and CAB Abstracts databases were searched to retrieve relevant literature using the search terms ‘veterinary’, ‘cancer’ or ‘oncology’, and ‘genomics’ or ‘transcriptomics’. Results were manually assessed and grouped based on the techniques used, the cancer type investigated and genomic lesions targeted. The search resulted in the retrieval of 44 genomic and transcriptomic studies, with the most common technique employed being comparative genomic hybridization. Across both fields, the most commonly studied cancer type was canine osteosarcoma. Genomic and transcriptomic aberrations in canine cancer often reflected those reported in the corresponding human cancers. Analysis of the literature indicated that employing genomic and transcriptomic technologies has been instrumental in developing the understanding of the origin, development and pathogenesis of several canine cancers. However, their use in canine oncology is at an early phase, and there appears to be comparatively little understanding of certain canine cancer types in contrast to their human forms. Aberrations detected in all tumors were tabulated, and the results for osteosarcoma, lymphoma and leukemia, mast cell tumor, transmissible venereal tumor and urothelial carcinoma discussed in detail.
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- Bridget Marie Harrison
- Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Werribee, Victoria 3030, Australia
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- Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Werribee, Victoria 3030, Australia
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Roode SC, Rotroff D, Richards KL, Moore P, Motsinger-Reif A, Okamura Y, Mizuno T, Tsujimoto H, Suter SE, Breen M. Comprehensive genomic characterization of five canine lymphoid tumor cell lines. BMC Vet Res 2016; 12:207. [PMID: 27639374 PMCID: PMC5027081 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-016-0836-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Leukemia/lymphoma cell lines have been critical in the investigation of the pathogenesis and therapy of hematological malignancies. While human LL cell lines have generally been found to recapitulate the primary tumors from which they were derived, appropriate characterization including cytogenetic and transcriptional assessment is crucial for assessing their clinical predictive value. RESULTS In the following study, five canine LL cell lines, CLBL-1, Ema, TL-1 (Nody-1), UL-1, and 3132, were characterized using extensive immunophenotyping, karyotypic analysis, oligonucleotide array comparative genomic hybridization (oaCGH), and gene expression profiling. Genome-wide DNA copy number data from the cell lines were also directly compared with 299 primary canine round cell tumors to determine whether the cell lines represent primary tumors, and, if so, what subtype each most closely resembled. CONCLUSIONS Based on integrated analyses, CLBL-1 was classified as B-cell lymphoma, Ema and TL-1 as T-cell lymphoma, and UL-1 as T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 3132, originally classified as a B-cell lymphoma, was reclassified as a histiocytic sarcoma based on characteristic cytogenomic properties. In combination, these data begin to elucidate the clinical predictive value of these cell lines which will enhance the appropriate selection of in vitro models for future studies of canine hematological malignancies.
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- Sarah C Roode
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, CVM Research Building - Room 348, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, 27607, NC, USA
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- Bioinformatics Research Center, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Cancer Genetics Program, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- KLR current address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Bioinformatics Research Center, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan
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- Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
- Cancer Genetics Program, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, CVM Research Building - Room 308, 1051 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, CVM Research Building - Room 348, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, 27607, NC, USA.
- Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
- Cancer Genetics Program, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Baird A, Barsby T, Guest DJ. Derivation of Canine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Reprod Domest Anim 2015; 50:669-76. [PMID: 26074059 DOI: 10.1111/rda.12562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Dogs and humans have many inherited genetic diseases in common and conditions that are increasingly prevalent in humans also occur naturally in dogs. The use of dogs for the experimental and clinical testing of stem cell and regenerative medicine products would benefit canine health and welfare and provide relevant animal models for the translation of therapies to the human field. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have the capacity to turn into all cells of the body and therefore have the potential to provide cells for therapeutic use and for disease modelling. The objective of this study was to derive and characterize iPSCs from karyotypically abnormal adult canine cells. Aneuploid adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (AdMSCs) from an adult female Weimeraner were re-programmed into iPSCs via overexpression of four human pluripotency factors (Oct 4, Sox2, Klf4 and c-myc) using retroviral vectors. The iPSCs showed similarity to human ESCs with regard to morphology, pluripotency marker expression and the ability to differentiate into derivatives of all three germ layers in vitro (endoderm, ectoderm and mesoderm). The iPSCs also demonstrated silencing of the viral transgenes and re-activation of the silent X chromosome, suggesting full reprogramming had occurred. The levels of aneuploidy observed in the AdMSCs were maintained in the iPSCs. This finding demonstrates the potential for generating canine induced pluripotent stem cells for use as disease models in addition to regenerative medicine and pharmaceutical testing.
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- Aeg Baird
- Animal Health Trust, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, UK
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- Animal Health Trust, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, UK
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- Animal Health Trust, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, UK
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Parker HG, Gilbert SF. From caveman companion to medical innovator: genomic insights into the origin and evolution of domestic dogs. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 5:239-255. [PMID: 28490917 DOI: 10.2147/agg.s57678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The phenotypic and behavioral diversity of the domestic dog has yet to be matched by any other mammalian species. In their current form, which comprises more than 350 populations known as breeds, there is a size range of two orders of magnitude and morphological features reminiscent of not only different species but also different phylogenetic families. The range of both appearance and behavior found in the dog is the product of millennia of human interference, and though humans created the diversity it remains a point of fascination to both lay and scientific communities. In this review we summarize the current understanding of the history of dog domestication based on molecular data. We will examine the ways that canine genetic and genomic studies have evolved and look at examples of dog genetics in the light of human disease.
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- Heidi G Parker
- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, 20892 USA
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, 20892 USA
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Avila F, Baily MP, Perelman P, Das PJ, Pontius J, Chowdhary R, Owens E, Johnson WE, Merriwether DA, Raudsepp T. A comprehensive whole-genome integrated cytogenetic map for the alpaca (Lama pacos). Cytogenet Genome Res 2015; 144:196-207. [PMID: 25662411 DOI: 10.1159/000370329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Genome analysis of the alpaca (Lama pacos, LPA) has progressed slowly compared to other domestic species. Here, we report the development of the first comprehensive whole-genome integrated cytogenetic map for the alpaca using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and CHORI-246 BAC library clones. The map is comprised of 230 linearly ordered markers distributed among all 36 alpaca autosomes and the sex chromosomes. For the first time, markers were assigned to LPA14, 21, 22, 28, and 36. Additionally, 86 genes from 15 alpaca chromosomes were mapped in the dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius, CDR), demonstrating exceptional synteny and linkage conservation between the 2 camelid genomes. Cytogenetic mapping of 191 protein-coding genes improved and refined the known Zoo-FISH homologies between camelids and humans: we discovered new homologous synteny blocks (HSBs) corresponding to HSA1-LPA/CDR11, HSA4-LPA/CDR31 and HSA7-LPA/CDR36, and revised the location of breakpoints for others. Overall, gene mapping was in good agreement with the Zoo-FISH and revealed remarkable evolutionary conservation of gene order within many human-camelid HSBs. Most importantly, 91 FISH-mapped markers effectively integrated the alpaca whole-genome sequence and the radiation hybrid maps with physical chromosomes, thus facilitating the improvement of the sequence assembly and the discovery of genes of biological importance.
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- Felipe Avila
- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tex., USA
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Koh S, Piedrahita JA. From "ES-like" cells to induced pluripotent stem cells: a historical perspective in domestic animals. Theriogenology 2014; 81:103-11. [PMID: 24274415 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2013] [Revised: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Pluripotent stem cells such as embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) provide great potential as cell sources for gene editing to generate genetically modified animals, as well as in the field of regenerative medicine. Stable, long-term ESCs have been established in laboratory mouse and rat; however, isolation of true pluripotent ESCs in domesticated animals such as pigs and dogs have been less successful. Initially, domesticated animal pluripotent cell lines were referred to as "embryonic stem-like" cells owing to their similar morphologic characteristics to mouse ESCs, but accompanied by a limited ability to proliferate in vitro in an undifferentiated state. That is, they shared some but not all the characteristics of true ESCs. More recently, advances in reprogramming using exogenous transcription factors, combined with the utilization of small chemical inhibitors of key biochemical pathways, have led to the isolation of iPSCs. In this review, we provide a historical perspective of the isolation of various types of pluripotent stem cells in domesticated animals. In addition, we summarize the latest progress and limitations in the derivation and application of iPSCs.
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- Sehwon Koh
- Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Genomics Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Switonski M, Mankowska M. Dog obesity--the need for identifying predisposing genetic markers. Res Vet Sci 2013; 95:831-6. [PMID: 24034586 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Revised: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 08/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Incidence of overweight and obesity in dogs exceeds 30%, and several breeds are predisposed to this heritable phenotype. Rapid progress of canine genomics and advanced knowledge on the genetic background of human obesity bring a unique opportunity to perform such studies in dogs. Natural candidate genes for obesity are these encoding adipokines. Extended studies in humans indicated that polymorphisms of three of them, i.e. ADIPOQ, IL1 and TNF, are associated with predisposition to obesity. On the other hand, the use of genome-wide association studies revealed an association between human obesity and polymorphism of more than 50 other genes. Until now only few preliminary reports on polymorphism of canine FTO, MC4R, MC3R and PPARG genes have been published. Since the dog is a valuable model organism for human diseases one can foresee that such studies may also contribute to an in-depth understanding of human obesity pathogenesis.
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- M Switonski
- Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wołynska 33, 60-637 Poznan, Poland.
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Hematopoietic Tumors. WITHROW AND MACEWEN'S SMALL ANIMAL CLINICAL ONCOLOGY 2013. [PMCID: PMC7161412 DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4377-2362-5.00032-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Boerkamp KM, Rutteman GR, Kik MJL, Kirpensteijn J, Schulze C, Grinwis GCM. Nuclear DNA-Content in Mesenchymal Lesions in Dogs: Its Value as Marker of Malignancy and Extent of Genomic Instability. Cancers (Basel) 2012; 4:1300-17. [PMID: 24213507 PMCID: PMC3712725 DOI: 10.3390/cancers4041300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Revised: 11/16/2012] [Accepted: 11/26/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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DNA-aneuploidy may reflect the malignant nature of mesenchymal proliferations and herald gross genomic instability as a mechanistic factor in tumor genesis. DNA-ploidy and -index were determined by flow cytometry in canine inflammatory or neoplastic mesenchymal tissues and related to clinico-pathological features, biological behavior and p53 gene mutational status. Half of all sarcomas were aneuploid. Benign mesenchymal neoplasms were rarely aneuploid and inflammatory lesions not at all. The aneuploidy rate was comparable to that reported for human sarcomas with significant variation amongst subtypes. DNA-ploidy status in canines lacked a relation with histological grade of malignancy, in contrast to human sarcomas. While aneuploidy was related to the development of metastases in soft tissue sarcomas it was not in osteosarcomas. No relation amongst sarcomas was found between ploidy status and presence of P53 gene mutations. Heterogeneity of the DNA index between primary and metastatic sarcoma sites was present in half of the cases examined. Hypoploidy is more common in canine sarcomas and hyperploid cases have less deviation of the DNA index than human sarcomas. The variation in the presence and extent of aneuploidy amongst sarcoma subtypes indicates variation in genomic instability. This study strengthens the concept of interspecies variation in the evolution of gross chromosomal aberrations during cancer development.
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- Kim M. Boerkamp
- Department of Clinical Science of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UU, Yalelaan 104, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands; E-Mails: (G.R.R.); (J.K.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel: +31-30-253-5243; Fax: +31-30-251-8126
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- Department of Clinical Science of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UU, Yalelaan 104, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands; E-Mails: (G.R.R.); (J.K.)
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- Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UU, Yalelaan 1, 3508 TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands; E-Mails: (M.J.L.K.); (C.S.); (G.C.M.G.)
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- Department of Clinical Science of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UU, Yalelaan 104, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands; E-Mails: (G.R.R.); (J.K.)
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- Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UU, Yalelaan 1, 3508 TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands; E-Mails: (M.J.L.K.); (C.S.); (G.C.M.G.)
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- Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UU, Yalelaan 1, 3508 TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands; E-Mails: (M.J.L.K.); (C.S.); (G.C.M.G.)
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Koh S, Thomas R, Tsai S, Bischoff S, Lim JH, Breen M, Olby NJ, Piedrahita JA. Growth requirements and chromosomal instability of induced pluripotent stem cells generated from adult canine fibroblasts. Stem Cells Dev 2012; 22:951-63. [PMID: 23016947 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2012.0393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In mice and humans, it has been shown that embryonic and adult fibroblasts can be reprogrammed into pluripotency by introducing 4 transcription factors, Oct3/4, Klf4, Sox2, and c-Myc (OKSM). Here, we report the derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from adult canine fibroblasts by retroviral OKSM transduction. The isolated canine iPSCs (ciPSCs) were expanded in 3 different culture media [fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2), leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), or FGF2 plus LIF]. Cells cultured in both FGF2 and LIF expressed pluripotency markers [POU5F1 (OCT4), SOX2, NANOG, and LIN28] and embryonic stem cell (ESC)-specific genes (PODXL, DPPA5, FGF5, REX1, and LAMP1) and showed strong levels of alkaline phosphatase expression. In vitro differentiation by formation of embryoid bodies and by directed differentiation generated cell derivatives of all 3 germ layers as confirmed by mRNA and protein expression. In vivo, the ciPSCs created solid tumors, which failed to reach epithelial structure formation, but expressed markers for all 3 germ layers. Array comparative genomic hybridization and chromosomal fluorescence in situ hybridization analyses revealed that while retroviral transduction per se did not result in significant DNA copy number imbalance, there was evidence for the emergence of low-level aneuploidy during prolonged culture or tumor formation. In summary, we were able to derive ciPSCs from adult fibroblasts by using 4 transcription factors. The isolated iPSCs have similar characteristics to ESCs from other species, but the exact cellular mechanisms behind their unique co-dependency on both FGF2 and LIF are still unknown.
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- Sehwon Koh
- Genomics Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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Avila F, Das PJ, Kutzler M, Owens E, Perelman P, Rubes J, Hornak M, Johnson WE, Raudsepp T. Development and application of camelid molecular cytogenetic tools. J Hered 2012; 105:858-69. [PMID: 23109720 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/ess067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Cytogenetic chromosome maps offer molecular tools for genome analysis and clinical cytogenetics and are of particular importance for species with difficult karyotypes, such as camelids (2n = 74). Building on the available human-camel zoo-fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) data, we developed the first cytogenetic map for the alpaca (Lama pacos, LPA) genome by isolating and identifying 151 alpaca bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones corresponding to 44 specific genes. The genes were mapped by FISH to 31 alpaca autosomes and the sex chromosomes; 11 chromosomes had 2 markers, which were ordered by dual-color FISH. The STS gene mapped to Xpter/Ypter, demarcating the pseudoautosomal region, whereas no markers were assigned to chromosomes 14, 21, 22, 28, and 36. The chromosome-specific markers were applied in clinical cytogenetics to identify LPA20, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-carrying chromosome, as a part of an autosomal translocation in a sterile male llama (Lama glama, LGL; 2n = 73,XY). FISH with LPAX BACs and LPA36 paints, as well as comparative genomic hybridization, were also used to investigate the origin of the minute chromosome, an abnormally small LPA36 in infertile female alpacas. This collection of cytogenetically mapped markers represents a new tool for camelid clinical cytogenetics and has applications for the improvement of the alpaca genome map and sequence assembly.
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- Felipe Avila
- From the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Avila, Das, and Raudsepp); Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 (Kutzler); Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Owens); Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 (Perelman and Johnson); Laboratory of Cytogenetics of Animals, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Novosibirsk, Russia (Perelman); and Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic (Rubes and Hornak)
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- From the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Avila, Das, and Raudsepp); Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 (Kutzler); Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Owens); Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 (Perelman and Johnson); Laboratory of Cytogenetics of Animals, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Novosibirsk, Russia (Perelman); and Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic (Rubes and Hornak)
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- From the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Avila, Das, and Raudsepp); Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 (Kutzler); Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Owens); Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 (Perelman and Johnson); Laboratory of Cytogenetics of Animals, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Novosibirsk, Russia (Perelman); and Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic (Rubes and Hornak)
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- From the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Avila, Das, and Raudsepp); Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 (Kutzler); Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Owens); Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 (Perelman and Johnson); Laboratory of Cytogenetics of Animals, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Novosibirsk, Russia (Perelman); and Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic (Rubes and Hornak)
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- From the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Avila, Das, and Raudsepp); Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 (Kutzler); Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Owens); Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 (Perelman and Johnson); Laboratory of Cytogenetics of Animals, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Novosibirsk, Russia (Perelman); and Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic (Rubes and Hornak)
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- From the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Avila, Das, and Raudsepp); Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 (Kutzler); Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Owens); Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 (Perelman and Johnson); Laboratory of Cytogenetics of Animals, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Novosibirsk, Russia (Perelman); and Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic (Rubes and Hornak)
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- From the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Avila, Das, and Raudsepp); Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 (Kutzler); Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Owens); Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 (Perelman and Johnson); Laboratory of Cytogenetics of Animals, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Novosibirsk, Russia (Perelman); and Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic (Rubes and Hornak)
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- From the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Avila, Das, and Raudsepp); Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 (Kutzler); Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Owens); Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 (Perelman and Johnson); Laboratory of Cytogenetics of Animals, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Novosibirsk, Russia (Perelman); and Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic (Rubes and Hornak)
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- From the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Avila, Das, and Raudsepp); Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 (Kutzler); Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Owens); Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 (Perelman and Johnson); Laboratory of Cytogenetics of Animals, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Novosibirsk, Russia (Perelman); and Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic (Rubes and Hornak).
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Maeda J, Yurkon CR, Fujisawa H, Kaneko M, Genet SC, Roybal EJ, Rota GW, Saffer ER, Rose BJ, Hanneman WH, Thamm DH, Kato TA. Genomic instability and telomere fusion of canine osteosarcoma cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43355. [PMID: 22916246 PMCID: PMC3420908 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2011] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Canine osteosarcoma (OSA) is known to present with highly variable and chaotic karyotypes, including hypodiploidy, hyperdiploidy, and increased numbers of metacentric chromosomes. The spectrum of genomic instabilities in canine OSA has significantly augmented the difficulty in clearly defining the biological and clinical significance of the observed cytogenetic abnormalities. In this study, eight canine OSA cell lines were used to investigate telomere fusions by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using a peptide nucleotide acid probe. We characterized each cell line by classical cytogenetic studies and cellular phenotypes including telomere associated factors and then evaluated correlations from this data. All eight canine OSA cell lines displayed increased abnormal metacentric chromosomes and exhibited numerous telomere fusions and interstitial telomeric signals. Also, as evidence of unstable telomeres, colocalization of γ-H2AX and telomere signals in interphase cells was observed. Each cell line was characterized by a combination of data representing cellular doubling time, DNA content, chromosome number, metacentric chromosome frequency, telomere signal level, cellular radiosensitivity, and DNA-PKcs protein expression level. We have also studied primary cultures from 10 spontaneous canine OSAs. Based on the observation of telomere aberrations in those primary cell cultures, we are reasonably certain that our observations in cell lines are not an artifact of prolonged culture. A correlation between telomere fusions and the other characteristics analyzed in our study could not be identified. However, it is important to note that all of the canine OSA samples exhibiting telomere fusion utilized in our study were telomerase positive. Pending further research regarding telomerase negative canine OSA cell lines, our findings may suggest telomere fusions can potentially serve as a novel marker for canine OSA.
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- Junko Maeda
- Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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For nearly 350 years, veterinary medicine and human medicine have been separate entities, with one geared toward the diagnosis and treatment in animals and the other toward parallel goals in the owners. However, that model no longer fits, since research on diseases of humans and companion animals has coalesced.– The catalyst for this union has been the completion of the human genome sequence, coupled with draft sequence assemblies of genomes for companion animals., Here, we summarize the critical events in canine genetics and genomics that have led to this development, review major applications in canine health that will be of interest to human caregivers, and discuss expectations for the future.
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- Elaine A Ostrander
- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Perelman P, Beklemisheva V, Yudkin D, Petrina T, Rozhnov V, Nie W, Graphodatsky A. Comparative Chromosome Painting in Carnivora and Pholidota. Cytogenet Genome Res 2012; 137:174-93. [DOI: 10.1159/000341389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Bautista-Gómez LG, Martínez-Castañeda S, Córdova-Alarcón E, Vázquez-Chagoyán JC. Analysis of canine transmissible veneral tumor genotypes using the D-loop region of mitochondrial DNA. Genes Genet Syst 2012; 86:351-5. [PMID: 22362033 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.86.351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT) is the only neoplasm that can be spread among dogs through cell transplantation. Therefore, this tumor does not originate from host cell transformation. Although CTVT has a monophyletic origin, several studies have shown the presence of genetic diversity which was probably acquired after the development of its original clone. To investigate the genetic diversity of CTVT in Mexico and its relation with CTVTs disseminated worldwide, we sequenced a fragment of mitochondrial DNA in 50 tumor samples and matched blood samples from dog hosts from Mexico. We found ten new haplotypes in tumor samples, which were all distinct from their matched host. The TVT1 haplotype was the most frequent in our samples, suggesting that it could be the origin of the others. We found that haplotypes in Mexico and other countries are distributed in two well-defined clusters. Our data also suggest a close relationship among American haplotypes (Mexico, USA, Chile and Brazil). Interestingly, these American haplotypes were also closely related to Asian haplotypes. Taking into account the estimated timing of the origin of CTVT, we propose that CTVT might have originated in Asia; consequently, haplotypes currently present in America could descend from Asiatic lineages.
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- Linda G Bautista-Gómez
- Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados en Salud Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca Edo, Mexico
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Figueiredo JF, Culver S, Behling-Kelly E, Breen M, Friedrichs KR. Acute myeloblastic leukemia with associated BCR-ABL translocation in a dog. Vet Clin Pathol 2012; 41:362-368. [PMID: 22747755 DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165x.2012.00450.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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An 8-year-old male neutered Labrador Retriever was referred to the University of Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital with a presumptive diagnosis of leukemia. Hematologic abnormalities included normal neutrophil count with a left shift, monocytosis, eosinophilia, thrombocytopenia, and circulating immature mononuclear cells. Bone marrow was effaced by immature hematopoietic cells of various morphologic appearances. In addition, large multinucleated cells were observed frequently. Flow cytometric analysis of nucleated cells in blood revealed 34% CD34(+) cells, consistent with acute leukemia. By immunocytochemical analysis of cells in blood and bone marrow, some mononuclear cells expressed CD18, myeloperoxidase, and CD11b, indicating myeloid origin; some, but not all, large multinucleated cells expressed CD117 and CD42b, the latter supporting megakaryocytic lineage. The diagnosis was acute myeloblastic leukemia without maturation (AML-M1). To identify genetic aberrations associated with this malignancy, cells from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded bone marrow were analyzed cytogenetically by multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Co-localization of bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) containing BCR and ABL was evident in 32% of cells. This confirmed the presence of the canine BCR-ABL translocation or Raleigh chromosome. In people, the analogous translocation or Philadelphia chromosome is characteristic of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and is rarely reported in AML. BCR-ABL translocation also has been identified in dogs with CML; however, to our knowledge this is the first report of AML with a BCR-ABL translocation in a domestic animal.
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- Josely F Figueiredo
- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.,Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.,Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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Seiser EL, Thomas R, Richards KL, Kelley MK, Moore P, Suter SE, Breen M. Reading between the lines: molecular characterization of five widely used canine lymphoid tumour cell lines. Vet Comp Oncol 2011; 11:30-50. [PMID: 22236332 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5829.2011.00299.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Molecular characterization of tumour cell lines is increasingly regarded as a prerequisite for defining their validity as models of in vivo neoplasia. We present the first comprehensive catalogue of genomic and transcriptional characteristics of five widely used canine lymphoid tumour cell lines. High-resolution microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization defined their unique profiles of genomic DNA copy number imbalance. Multicolour fluorescence in situ hybridization identified aberrant gains of MYC, KIT and FLT3 and deletions of PTEN and CDKN2 in individual cell lines, and also revealed examples of extensive structural chromosome reorganization. Gene expression profiling and RT-PCR analyses defined the relationship between genomic imbalance and transcriptional dysregulation in each cell line, clarifying their relevance as models of discrete functional pathways with biological and therapeutic significance. In combination, these data provide an extensive resource of molecular data for directing the appropriate use of these cell lines as tools for studying canine lymphoid neoplasia.
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- E L Seiser
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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Thomas R, Seiser EL, Motsinger-Reif A, Borst L, Valli VE, Kelley K, Suter SE, Argyle D, Burgess K, Bell J, Lindblad-Toh K, Modiano JF, Breen M. Refining tumor-associated aneuploidy through 'genomic recoding' of recurrent DNA copy number aberrations in 150 canine non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Leuk Lymphoma 2011; 52:1321-35. [PMID: 21375435 PMCID: PMC4304668 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2011.559802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Identification of the genomic regions most intimately associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) pathogenesis is confounded by the genetic heterogeneity of human populations. We hypothesize that the restricted genetic variation of purebred dogs, combined with the contrasting architecture of the human and canine karyotypes, will increase the penetrance of fundamental NHL-associated chromosomal aberrations in both species. We surveyed non-random aneuploidy in 150 canine NHL cases, revealing limited genomic instability compared to their human counterparts and no evidence for CDKN2A/B deletion in canine B-cell NHL. 'Genomic recoding' of canine NHL data into a 'virtual human' chromosome format showed remarkably few regions of copy number aberration (CNA) shared between both species, restricted to regions of dog chromosomes 13 and 31, and human chromosomes 8 and 21. Our data suggest that gene discovery in NHL may be enhanced through comparative studies exploiting the less complex association between CNAs and tumor pathogenesis in canine patients.
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- Rachael Thomas
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- Department of Statistics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University, Patterson Hall, 2501 Founders Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Cancer Genetics Program, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- VDx Veterinary Diagnostics, 2019 Anderson Rd Suite C, Davis CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- Cancer Genetics Program, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Grafton, MA 01536, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Grafton, MA 01536, USA
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 582, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- Cancer Genetics Program, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Switonski M, Szczerbal I, Nizanski W, Kociucka B, Bartz M, Dzimira S, Mikolajewska N. Robertsonian Translocation in a Sex Reversal Dog (XX, SRY negative) May Indicate that the Causative Mutation for This Intersexuality Syndrome Resides on Canine Chromosome 23 (CFA23). Sex Dev 2011; 5:141-6. [DOI: 10.1159/000324689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Juopperi TA, Bienzle D, Bernreuter DC, Vernau W, Thrall MA, McManus PM. Prognostic markers for myeloid neoplasms: a comparative review of the literature and goals for future investigation. Vet Pathol 2010; 48:182-97. [PMID: 21139142 DOI: 10.1177/0300985810389317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Myeloid neoplasms include cancers associated with both rapid (acute myeloid leukemias) and gradual (myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative neoplasms) disease progression. Percentage of blast cells in marrow is used to separate acute (rapid) from chronic (gradual) and is the most consistently applied prognostic marker in veterinary medicine. However, since there is marked variation in tumor progression within groups, there is a need for more complex schemes to stratify animals into specific risk groups. In people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), pretreatment karyotyping and molecular genetic analysis have greater utility as prognostic markers than morphologic and immunologic phenotypes. Karyotyping is not available as a prognostic marker for AML in dogs and cats, but progress in molecular genetics has created optimism about the eventual ability of veterinarians to discern conditions potentially responsive to medical intervention. In people with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), detailed prognostic scoring systems have been devised that use various combinations of blast cell percentage, hematocrit, platelet counts, unilineal versus multilineal cytopenias and dysplasia, karyotype, gender, age, immunophenotype, transfusion dependence, and colony-forming assays. Predictors of outcome for animals with MDS have been limited to blast cell percentage, anemia versus multilineal cytopenias, and morphologic phenotype. Prognostic markers for myeloproliferative neoplasms (eg, polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia) include clinical and hematological factors and in people also include cytogenetics and molecular genetics. Validation of prognostic markers for myeloid neoplasms in animals has been thwarted by the lack of a large case series that requires cooperation across institutions and veterinary specialties. Future progress requires overcoming these barriers.
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- T A Juopperi
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Goto M, Sube A, Mikashima S, Kaneda M, Shibata H, Kanda N. Polymorphism of rRNA gene loci in the dog. J Vet Med Sci 2010; 73:475-7. [PMID: 21081838 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.10-0266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We examined the number of ribosomal gene (rDNA) loci in the metaphase spreads of 54 dogs by FISH method. We found that in 16 dogs (30%) one or two loci were missing. The total number of rDNA loci was varied from 5 to 7 in males and from 4 to 6 in females. As the male dog consistently bears the rDNA on the Y chromosome, the polymorphism of the rDNA locus was ascribed to the absence of autosomal rDNA loci. Indeed, the frequency of polymorphism is almost equivalent in both sexes in the beagle. In one female beagle dog, remarkable intense fluorescence signals were observed at the four autosomal loci, indicating the in situ amplification of rDNA.
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- Motoki Goto
- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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Summers JF, Diesel G, Asher L, McGreevy PD, Collins LM. Inherited defects in pedigree dogs. Part 2: Disorders that are not related to breed standards. Vet J 2009; 183:39-45. [PMID: 19963415 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Revised: 11/03/2009] [Accepted: 11/05/2009] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Recent debate concerning health problems in pedigree animals has highlighted gaps in current knowledge of the prevalence, severity and welfare implications of deleterious inherited traits within the pedigree-dog population. In this second part of a two-part review, inherited disorders in the top 50 UK Kennel Club registered breeds were researched using systematic searches of existing databases. A set of inclusion and exclusion criteria, including an evidence strength scale (SEHB), were applied to search results. A total of 312 non-conformation linked inherited disorders was identified, with German shepherd dogs and Golden retrievers associated with the greatest number of disorders. The most commonly reported mode of inheritance was autosomal recessive (71%; 57 breed-disorder combinations), and the most common primarily affected body system was the nervous sensory system. To provide a true assessment of the scale of inherited disorders in the pedigree dogs studied more effort is required to collect accurate prevalence data.
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- Jennifer F Summers
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, UK
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, UK
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, UK
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- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, UK.
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Thomas R, Duke SE, Wang HJ, Breen TE, Higgins RJ, Linder KE, Ellis P, Langford CF, Dickinson PJ, Olby NJ, Breen M. 'Putting our heads together': insights into genomic conservation between human and canine intracranial tumors. J Neurooncol 2009; 94:333-49. [PMID: 19333554 PMCID: PMC3225023 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-9877-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2008] [Accepted: 03/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Numerous attributes render the domestic dog a highly pertinent model for cancer-associated gene discovery. We performed microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization analysis of 60 spontaneous canine intracranial tumors to examine the degree to which dog and human patients exhibit aberrations of ancestrally related chromosome regions, consistent with a shared pathogenesis. Canine gliomas and meningiomas both demonstrated chromosome copy number aberrations (CNAs) that share evolutionarily conserved synteny with those previously reported in their human counterpart. Interestingly, however, genomic imbalances orthologous to some of the hallmark aberrations of human intracranial tumors, including chromosome 22/NF2 deletions in meningiomas and chromosome 1p/19q deletions in oligodendrogliomas, were not major events in the dog. Furthermore, and perhaps most significantly, we identified highly recurrent CNAs in canine intracranial tumors for which the human orthologue has been reported previously at low frequency but which have not, thus far, been associated intimately with the pathogenesis of the tumor. The presence of orthologous CNAs in canine and human intracranial cancers is strongly suggestive of their biological significance in tumor development and/or progression. Moreover, the limited genetic heterogenity within purebred dog populations, coupled with the contrasting organization of the dog and human karyotypes, offers tremendous opportunities for refining evolutionarily conserved regions of tumor-associated genomic imbalance that may harbor novel candidate genes involved in their pathogenesis. A comparative approach to the study of canine and human intracranial tumors may therefore provide new insights into their genetic etiology, towards development of more sophisticated molecular subclassification and tailored therapies in both species.
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- Rachael Thomas
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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Thomas R, Wang HJ, Tsai PC, Langford CF, Fosmire SP, Jubala CM, Getzy DM, Cutter GR, Modiano JF, Breen M. Influence of genetic background on tumor karyotypes: evidence for breed-associated cytogenetic aberrations in canine appendicular osteosarcoma. Chromosome Res 2009; 17:365-377. [PMID: 19337847 PMCID: PMC3758998 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-009-9028-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2008] [Revised: 12/15/2008] [Accepted: 12/15/2008] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Recurrent chromosomal aberrations in solid tumors can reveal the genetic pathways involved in the evolution of a malignancy and in some cases predict biological behavior. However, the role of individual genetic backgrounds in shaping karyotypes of sporadic tumors is unknown. The genetic structure of purebred dog breeds, coupled with their susceptibility to spontaneous cancers, provides a robust model with which to address this question. We tested the hypothesis that there is an association between breed and the distribution of genomic copy number imbalances in naturally occurring canine tumors through assessment of a cohort of Golden Retrievers and Rottweilers diagnosed with spontaneous appendicular osteosarcoma. Our findings reveal significant correlations between breed and tumor karyotypes that are independent of gender, age at diagnosis, and histological classification. These data indicate for the first time that individual genetic backgrounds, as defined by breed in dogs, influence tumor karyotypes in a cancer with extensive genomic instability.
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- Rachael Thomas
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Department of Statistics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Microarray Facility, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 80214, USA
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- Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 80214, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 80214, USA
- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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Tackling the characterization of canine chromosomal breakpoints with an integrated in-situ/in-silico approach: The canine PAR and PAB. Chromosome Res 2008; 16:1193-202. [DOI: 10.1007/s10577-008-1268-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2008] [Revised: 09/11/2008] [Accepted: 09/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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