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Volume 75(2);  2004 Aug

This Month in the Journal

This Month in the Journal
Kathryn Garber
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): i–ii.
PMCID:
PMC1196353
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Obituary

Jane M. Olson (December 6, 1952–May 2, 2004)
Robert C. Elston, Katrina A. B. Goddard
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 159–160.
PMCID:
PMC1216051
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Articles

Meta-Analysis of 13 Genome Scans Reveals Multiple Cleft Lip/Palate Genes with Novel Loci on 9q21 and 2q32-35
Mary L. Marazita, Jeffrey C. Murray, Andrew C. Lidral, Mauricio Arcos-Burgos, Margaret E. Cooper, Toby Goldstein, Brion S. Maher, Sandra Daack-Hirsch, Rebecca Schultz, M. Adela Mansilla, L. Leigh Field, You-e Liu, Natalie Prescott, Sue Malcolm, Robin Winter, Ajit Ray, Lina Moreno, Consuelo Valencia, Katherine Neiswanger, Diego F. Wyszynski, Joan E. Bailey-Wilson, Hasan Albacha-Hejazi, Terri H. Beaty, Iain McIntosh, Jacqueline B. Hetmanski, Gökhan Tunçbilek, Matthew Edwards, Louise Harkin, Rodney Scott, Laurence G. Roddick
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 161–173. Published online 2004 Jun 4. doi: 10.1086/422475
PMCID:
PMC1216052
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Age-Related Maculopathy: A Genomewide Scan with Continued Evidence of Susceptibility Loci within the 1q31, 10q26, and 17q25 Regions
Daniel E. Weeks, Yvette P. Conley, Hui-Ju Tsai, Tammy S. Mah, Silke Schmidt, Eric A. Postel, Anita Agarwal, Jonathan L. Haines, Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Philip J. Rosenfeld, T. Otis Paul, Andrew W. Eller, Lawrence S. Morse, J. P. Dailey, Robert E. Ferrell, Michael B. Gorin
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 174–189. Published online 2004 May 27. doi: 10.1086/422476
PMCID:
PMC1216053
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Large-Scale Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) and Haplotype Analyses, Using Dense SNP Maps, of 199 Drug-Related Genes in 752 Subjects: the Analysis of the Association between Uncommon SNPs within Haplotype Blocks and the Haplotypes Constructed with Haplotype-Tagging SNPs
Naoyuki Kamatani, Akihiro Sekine, Takuya Kitamoto, Aritoshi Iida, Susumu Saito, Akifumi Kogame, Eisuke Inoue, Manabu Kawamoto, Masayoshi Harigai, Yusuke Nakamura
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 190–203. Published online 2004 Jun 16. doi: 10.1086/422853
PMCID:
PMC1216054
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Genomewide Linkage Scan for Bipolar-Disorder Susceptibility Loci among Ashkenazi Jewish Families
M. Daniele Fallin, Virginia K. Lasseter, Paula S. Wolyniec, John A. McGrath, Gerald Nestadt, David Valle, Kung-Yee Liang, Ann E. Pulver
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 204–219. Published online 2004 Jun 18. doi: 10.1086/422474
PMCID:
PMC1216055
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Common Variants in the 5′ Region of the Leptin Gene Are Associated with Body Mass Index in Men from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study
Y. Jiang, J. B. Wilk, I. Borecki, S. Williamson, A. L. DeStefano, G. Xu, J. Liu, R. C. Ellison, M. Province, R. H. Myers
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 220–230. Published online 2004 Jun 11. doi: 10.1086/422699
PMCID:
PMC1216056
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Genotype-Phenotype Correlations for Nervous System Tumors in Neurofibromatosis 2: A Population-Based Study
Michael E. Baser, Lisa Kuramoto, Harry Joe, J. M. Friedman, Andrew J. Wallace, James E. Gillespie, Richard T. Ramsden, D. Gareth R. Evans
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 231–239. Published online 2004 Jun 9. doi: 10.1086/422700
PMCID:
PMC1216057
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Authenticity of Ancient-DNA Results: A Statistical Approach
Matthew Spencer, Christopher J. Howe
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 240–250. Published online 2004 Jun 15. doi: 10.1086/422826
PMCID:
PMC1216058
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Mutations in the Gene Encoding Gap Junction Protein α12 (Connexin 46.6) Cause Pelizaeus-Merzbacher–Like Disease
Birgit Uhlenberg, Markus Schuelke, Franz Rüschendorf, Nico Ruf, Angela M. Kaindl, Marco Henneke, Holger Thiele, Gisela Stoltenburg-Didinger, Fuat Aksu, Haluk Topaloğlu, Peter Nürnberg, Christoph Hübner, Bernhard Weschke, Jutta Gärtner
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 251–260. Published online 2004 Jun 10. doi: 10.1086/422763
Correction in:
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Oct; 75(4): 737.
PMCID:
PMC1216059
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Mutations in Microcephalin Cause Aberrant Regulation of Chromosome Condensation
Marc Trimborn, Sandra M. Bell, Clive Felix, Yasmin Rashid, Hussain Jafri, Paul D. Griffiths, Luitgard M. Neumann, Alice Krebs, André Reis, Karl Sperling, Heidemarie Neitzel, Andrew P. Jackson
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 261–266. Published online 2004 Jun 15. doi: 10.1086/422855
PMCID:
PMC1216060
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High-Resolution Molecular Characterization of 15q11-q13 Rearrangements by Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (Array CGH) with Detection of Gene Dosage
Nicholas J. Wang, Dahai Liu, Alexander S. Parokonny, N. Carolyn Schanen
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 267–281. Published online 2004 Jun 11. doi: 10.1086/422854
PMCID:
PMC1216061
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A Population-Genetic Test of Founder Effects and Implications for Ashkenazi Jewish Diseases
Montgomery Slatkin
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 282–293. Published online 2004 Jun 18. doi: 10.1086/423146
PMCID:
PMC1216062
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A Susceptibility Locus for Myopia in the Normal Population Is Linked to the PAX6 Gene Region on Chromosome 11: A Genomewide Scan of Dizygotic Twins
Christopher J. Hammond, Toby Andrew, Ying Tat Mak, Tim D. Spector
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 294–304. Published online 2004 Jun 24. doi: 10.1086/423148
PMCID:
PMC1216063
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Reports

Mutations in the FTSJ1 Gene Coding for a Novel S-Adenosylmethionine–Binding Protein Cause Nonsyndromic X-Linked Mental Retardation
Kristine Freude, Kirsten Hoffmann, Lars-Riff Jensen, Martin B. Delatycki, Vincent des Portes, Bettina Moser, Ben Hamel, Hans van Bokhoven, Claude Moraine, Jean-Pierre Fryns, Jamel Chelly, Jozef Gécz, Steffen Lenzner, Vera M. Kalscheuer, Hans-Hilger Ropers
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 305–309. Published online 2004 May 25. doi: 10.1086/422507
PMCID:
PMC1216064
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Autosomal Dominant Avascular Necrosis of Femoral Head in Two Taiwanese Pedigrees and Linkage to Chromosome 12q13
Wei-Ming Chen, Yu-Fen Liu, Ming-Wei Lin, I-Chun Chen, Pei-Yu Lin, Guan-Lu Lin, Yuh-Shan Jou, Yang-Te Lin, Cathy S. J. Fann, Jer-Yuarn Wu, Kwang-Jen Hsiao, Shih-Feng Tsai
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 310–317. Published online 2004 Jun 3. doi: 10.1086/422702
PMCID:
PMC1216065
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Mutations in the DLG3 Gene Cause Nonsyndromic X-Linked Mental Retardation
Patrick Tarpey, Josep Parnau, Matthew Blow, Hayley Woffendin, Graham Bignell, Charles Cox, James Cox, Helen Davies, Sarah Edkins, Simon Holden, Angelique Korny, Uma Mallya, Jenny Moon, Sarah O’Meara, Adrian Parker, Philip Stephens, Claire Stevens, Jon Teague, Andrew Donnelly, Marie Mangelsdorf, John Mulley, Michael Partington, Gillian Turner, Roger Stevenson, Charles Schwartz, Ian Young, Douglas Easton, Martin Bobrow, P. Andrew Futreal, Michael R. Stratton, Jozef Gecz, Richard Wooster, F. Lucy Raymond
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 318–324. Published online 2004 Jun 7. doi: 10.1086/422703
PMCID:
PMC1216066
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Intergenerational Instability of the Expanded CTG Repeat in the DMPK Gene: Studies in Human Gametes and Preimplantation Embryos
Nele De Temmerman, Karen Sermon, Sara Seneca, Martine De Rycke, Pierre Hilven, Willy Lissens, André Van Steirteghem, Inge Liebaers
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 325–329. Published online 2004 Jun 7. doi: 10.1086/422762
PMCID:
PMC1216067
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A Missense Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism in a Gene Encoding a Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase (PTPN22) Is Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ann B. Begovich, Victoria E. H. Carlton, Lee A. Honigberg, Steven J. Schrodi, Anand P. Chokkalingam, Heather C. Alexander, Kristin G. Ardlie, Qiqing Huang, Ashley M. Smith, Jill M. Spoerke, Marion T. Conn, Monica Chang, Sheng-Yung P. Chang, Randall K. Saiki, Joseph J. Catanese, Diane U. Leong, Veronica E. Garcia, Linda B. McAllister, Douglas A. Jeffery, Annette T. Lee, Franak Batliwalla, Elaine Remmers, Lindsey A. Criswell, Michael F. Seldin, Daniel L. Kastner, Christopher I. Amos, John J. Sninsky, Peter K. Gregersen
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 330–337. Published online 2004 Jun 18. doi: 10.1086/422827
PMCID:
PMC1216068
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A Predominantly Neolithic Origin for Y-Chromosomal DNA Variation in North Africa
Barbara Arredi, Estella S. Poloni, Silvia Paracchini, Tatiana Zerjal, Dahmani M. Fathallah, Mohamed Makrelouf, Vincenzo L. Pascali, Andrea Novelletto, Chris Tyler-Smith
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 338–345. Published online 2004 Jun 16. doi: 10.1086/423147
PMCID:
PMC1216069
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Letter to the Editor

SLEN2 (2q34–35) and SLEN1 (10q22.3) Replication in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Stratified by Nephritis
Ana I. Quintero-Del-Rio, Jennifer A. Kelly, C. Phillip Garriott, David C. Hutchings, Summer G. Frank, Christopher E. Aston, John B. Harley
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 346–348. doi: 10.1086/422460
PMCID:
PMC1216070
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Book Review

The Hereditary Basis of Allergic Disease.
Torben A. Kruse
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 349–350.
PMCID:
PMC1216071
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Announcement

Announcements
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 351–352.
PMCID:
PMC1216072
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Erratum

Erratum
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug; 75(2): 352.
Corrects:
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 May; 74(5): 805–816.
PMCID:
PMC1216073
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