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Single gene and gene interaction effects on fertilization and embryonic survival rates in cattle by Khatib, H, Huang, W, Wang, X, Tran, A H, Bindrim, A B, Schutzkus, V, Monson, R L, Yandell, B S

“…Decrease in fertility and conception rates is a major cause of economic loss and cow culling in dairy herds. Conception rate is the product of fertilization…”
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On empirical likelihood for a semiparametric mixture model by Zou, F., Fine, J. P., Yandell, B. S.

“…Plant and animal studies of quantitative trait loci provide data which arise from mixtures of distributions with known mixing proportions. Previous approaches…”
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A Bayesian Approach to Detect Quantitative Trait Loci Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo by Satagopan, J. M, Yandell, B. S, Newton, M. A, Osborn, T. C

“…Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques are applied to simultaneously identify multiple quantitative trait loci (QTL) and the magnitude of their effects…”
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Genetic obesity unmasks nonlinear interactions between murine type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci by STOEHR, Jonathan P, NADLER, Samuel T, SCHUELER, Kathryn L, RABAGLIA, Mary E, YANDELL, Brian S, METZ, Stewart A, ATTIE, Alan D

“…Genetic obesity unmasks nonlinear interactions between murine type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci. J P Stoehr , S T Nadler , K L Schueler , M E Rabaglia , B S…”
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Genetic control of obesity, glucose homeostasis, dyslipidemia and fatty liver in a mouse model of diet-induced metabolic syndrome by Sinasac, D S, Riordan, J D, Spiezio, S H, Yandell, B S, Croniger, C M, Nadeau, J H

“…Background/Objectives: Both genetic and dietary factors contribute to the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in humans and animal models. Characterizing their…”
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Relationship of bull fertility to sperm nuclear shape by Ostermeier, G. C, Sargeant, G. A, Yandell, B. S, Evenson, D. P, Parrish, J. J

“…The relationship between sperm nuclear shape and bull fertility was determined. Two groups of bulls, 3 per group, were selected. Bulls differed in fertility…”
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Mapping loci controlling vernalization requirement and flowering time in Brassica napus by Ferreira, M.E, Satagopan, J, Yandell, B.S, Williams, P.H, Osborn, T.C. (Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA). Dept. of Agronomy)

“…Rapeseed cultivars (Brassica napus L.) can be classified into annual and biennial groups according to their requirement for vernalization in order to induce…”
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Loss of Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 Function Protects Mice against Adiposity by Ntambi, James M., Miyazaki, Makoto, Stoehr, Jonathan P., Lan, Hong, Kendziorski, Christina M., Yandell, Brian S., Song, Yang, Cohen, Paul, Friedman, Jeffrey M., Attie, Alan D.

“…Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) is a central lipogenic enzyme catalyzing the synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids, mainly oleate (C18:1) and palmitoleate…”
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Forage Yields of Alfalfa Populations Derived from Parents selected on the Basis of Molecular Marker Diversity by Kidwell, K. K., Hartweck, L. M., Yandell, B. S., Crump, P. M., Brummer, J. E., Moutray, J., Osborn, T. C.

“…It is important to know if forage yields of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cultivars could be improved by using a subset of genetically diverse parents selected…”
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Half Tetrad Analysis in Alfalfa Using Multiple Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Markers by Tavoletti, S., Bingham, E. T., Yandell, B. S., Veronesi, F., Osborn, T. C.

“…A maximum likelihood approach of half tetrad analysis (HTA) based on multiple restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers was developed. This…”
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The Expression of Adipogenic Genes Is Decreased in Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus by Nadler, Samuel T., Stoehr, Jonathan P., Schueler, Kathryn L., Tanimoto, Gene, Yandell, Brian S., Attie, Alan D.

“…Obesity is strongly correlated with type 2 diabetes mellitus, a common disorder of glucose and lipid metabolism. Although adipocytes are critical in obesity,…”
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Magnetic resonance imaging procedures to study the concurrent anatomic development of vocal tract structures: preliminary results by Vorperian, Houri K, Kent, Ray D, Gentry, Lindell R, Yandell, Brian S

“…The vocal tract structures undergo drastic anatomic restructuring during the course of development from infancy to adulthood. This study demonstrates the…”
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Dimension Reduction for Mapping mRNA Abundance as Quantitative Traits by Lan, Hong, Stoehr, Jonathan P, Nadler, Samuel T, Schueler, Kathryn L, Yandell, Brian S, Attie, Alan D

“…The advent of sophisticated genomic techniques for gene mapping and microarray analysis has provided opportunities to map mRNA abundance to quantitative trait…”
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The dilemma of negative analysis of variance estimators of intraclass correlation by Wang, C.S. (Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA). Dept. of Meat and Animal Science), Yandell, B.S, Rutledge, J.J

“…At least two common practices exist when a negative variance component estimate is obtained, either setting it to zero or not reporting the estimate. The…”
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Bias of maximum likelihood estimator of intraclass correlation by Wang, C.S. (Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA). Dept. of Meat and Animal Science), Yandell, B.S, Rutledge, J.J

“…A bias correction was derived for the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of the intraclass correlation. The bias consisted of two parts: a correction from MLE…”
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Bean arcelin. 1. Inheritance of a novel seed protein of Phaseolus vulgaris L. and its effect on seed composition by Romero Andreas, J, Yandell, B.S, Bliss, F.A

“…SDS-PAGE of seed proteins from the seeds of a nondomesticated bean of Mexican origin (Phaseolus vulgaris L., PI 325690) revealed the presence of a novel 38 kd…”
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Rank-based statistical methodologies for quantitative trait locus mapping by Zou, Fei, Yandell, Brian S, Fine, Jason P

“…This article addresses the identification of genetic loci (QTL and elsewhere) that influence nonnormal quantitative traits with focus on experimental crosses…”
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Modeling the effects of light, carbon dioxide, and temperature on the growth of potato by Yandell, B S, Najar, A, Wheeler, R, Tibbitts, T W

“…This study examined the effects of light, temperature and carbon dioxide on the growth of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in a controlled environment in order to…”
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An Estimation Method for the Semiparametric Mixed Effects Model by Tao, Huageng, Palta, Mari, Yandell, Brian S., Newton, Michael A.

“…A semiparametric mixed effects regression model is proposed for the analysis of clustered or longitudinal data with continuous, ordinal, or binary outcome. The…”
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Nonparametric estimation of the effects of quantitative trait loci by Fine, Jason P, Zou, Fei, Yandell, Brian S

“…Interval mapping of quantitative trait loci from breeding experiments plays an important role in understanding the mechanisms of disease, both in humans and…”
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