Nature Genetics - Current issue : November 2012 - Vol 44 No 11
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Watermelon genome
Article by Shaogui GuoZhangjun Fei, Yong Xu, Yunfu Li, Jun Wang and colleagues report the draft genome of a Chinese elite watermelon inbred line and resequencing of 20 diverse accessions that represent the 3 subspecies of Citrullus lanatus.
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Sweet orange genome
Article by Qiang XuYijun Ruan, Xiu-Xin Deng and colleagues report the draft genome of the sweet orange, Citrus sinensis. Their data suggest that sweet orange originated from a cross between pummelo and mandarin.
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Environmental adaptation in barley
Letter by Jordi Comadran, Benjamin KilianRobbie Waugh and colleagues identify signatures of selection in cultivated barley accessions with winter and spring growth habits and identify a natural variant in the barley homolog of CENTRORADIALIS that is associated with spring growth habit and environmental adaptation.
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Genetics of craniosynostosis
Letter by Cristina Justice, Garima YagnikSimeon Boyadjiev and colleagues report a genome-wide association study of nonsyndromic sagittal craniosynostosis, the most common form of craniosynostosis. They identify risk loci near BMP2 on chromosome 20 and within BBS9 on chromosome 7.
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Genetics of pancreatitis
Letter by David WhitcombDavid Whitcomb, Bernie Devlin and colleagues report the results of a genome-wide association study of pancreatitis. They identify common variants at two loci associated with risk of this disease, including one on the X chromosome that shows evidence of interaction with alcohol consumption.
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Sandeep Dave and colleagues, and Riener Siebert and colleagues separately report exome sequencing and other genome analyses of Burkitt lymphoma. Each group identifies recurrent somatic mutations in several genes, including ID3.
