1. From the editor’s desk

   Announcement 18 December 2017 Pages: 865 - 865

2. A genetic variant in COL11A1 is functionally associated with lumbar disc herniation in Chinese population

   • Wenjun Liu
   • Guisen Sun
   • Xinhao Yi

   Research Article 14 December 2017 Pages: 867 - 872

3. Genetic variability and structure of an isolated population of Ambystoma altamirani, a mole salamander that lives in the mountains of one of the largest urban areas in the world

   • Rosa-Laura Heredia-Bobadilla
   • Octavio Monroy-Vilchis
   • Armando Sunny

   Research Article 15 November 2017 Pages: 873 - 883

   

4. Mutational screening of PKD2 gene in the north Indian polycystic kidney disease patients revealed 28 genetic variations

   • Sonam Raj
   • Rana Gopal Singh
   • Parimal Das

   Research Article 27 September 2017 Pages: 885 - 893

   

5. Identification of housekeeping genes as references for quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis in Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

   • Xiaohua Xia
   • Weiran Huo
   • Zhongjie Chang

   Research Article 27 November 2017 Pages: 895 - 904

   

6. Influence of thiopurine methyltransferase gene polymorphism on Egyptian children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

   • Azza A. G. Tantawy
   • Fatma S. E. Ebeid
   • Mai Mostafa

   Research Article 28 November 2017 Pages: 905 - 910

   

7. Analysis of two susceptibility SNPs in HLA region and evidence of interaction between rs6457617 in HLA-DQB1 and HLA-DRB1*04 locus on Tunisian rheumatoid arthritis

   • Yosser Achour
   • Mariem Ben Hamad
   • Abdellatif Maalej

   Research Article 28 November 2017 Pages: 911 - 918

   

8. Neuro-fuzzy model of homocysteine metabolism

   • Shaik Mohammad Naushad
   • Akella Radha Rama Devi
   • Vijay Kumar Kutala

   Research Article 08 December 2017 Pages: 919 - 926

   

9. Glutathione S-transferase P1 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to coronary artery disease in a subgroup of north Indian population

   • M. A. Bhat
   • G. Gandhi

   Research Article 28 November 2017 Pages: 927 - 932

   

10. Genetic analysis of 55 northern Vietnamese patients with Wilson disease: seven novel mutations in ATP7B

    • Le Anh Tuan Pham
    • Trong Tue Nguyen
    • Van Khanh Tran

    Research article 19 December 2017 Pages: 933 - 939

    

11. Identification and association of novel lncRNA pouMU1 gene mutations with chicken performance traits

    • Tuanhui Ren
    • Yanting Zhou
    • Zhuanjian Li

    Research Article 08 December 2017 Pages: 941 - 950

    

12. Marker-assisted pyramiding of Thinopyrum-derived leaf rust resistance genes Lr19 and Lr24 in bread wheat variety HD2733

    • Mona Singh
    • N. Mallick
    • Vinod

    Research Article 08 December 2017 Pages: 951 - 957

    

13. Genetic diversity, phylogeographic structure and effect of selection at the mitochondrial hypervariable region of Nigerian chicken populations

    • Abdulhakeem B. Ajibike
    • Oluwagbemiga O. Adeleye
    • Ayotunde O. Adebambo

    Research Article 11 December 2017 Pages: 959 - 968

    

14. The connexin 46 mutant (V44M) impairs gap junction function causing congenital cataract

    • Lijuan Chen
    • Dongmei Su
    • Xu Ma

    Research Article 20 December 2017 Pages: 969 - 976

    

15. Mapping of Id locus for dermal shank melanin in a Chinese indigenous chicken breed

    • Jiguo Xu
    • Shudai Lin
    • Xiquan Zhang

    Research Article 08 December 2017 Pages: 977 - 983

    

16. Genetic variants influencing lipid levels and risk of dyslipidemia in Chinese population

    • Huaichao Luo
    • Xueping Zhang
    • Ying Lin

    Research Article 18 December 2017 Pages: 985 - 992

17. Association of lactase 13910 C/T polymorphism with bone mineral density and fracture risk: a meta-analysis

    • Yougen Wu
    • Yinghua Li
    • Yang Hong

    Research Article 20 December 2017 Pages: 993 - 1003

    

18. Ellis–van Creveld syndrome and profound deafness resulted by sequence variants in the EVC / EVC2 and TMC1 genes

    • Muhammad Umair
    • Heide Seidel
    • Wasim Ahmad

    Research Article 18 December 2017 Pages: 1005 - 1014

    

19. A novel contiguous deletion involving \(\varvec{NDP},\) MAOB and EFHC2 gene in a patient with familial Norrie disease: bilateral blindness and leucocoria without other deficits

    • Bei Jia
    • Liping Huang
    • Mei Zhong

    Research Article 18 December 2017 Pages: 1015 - 1020

    

20. A novel missense mutation of \(\textit{ADAR1}\) gene in a Chinese family leading to dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria and literature review

    • Shuai-Mei Liu
    • Meng-Xia Ni
    • Xin-Yi Xia

    Research Article 18 December 2017 Pages: 1021 - 1026

    

21. Dominance effects estimation of TLR4 and CACNA2D1 genes for health and production traits using logistic regression

    • Masoumeh Bagheri
    • Azadeh Zahmatkesh

    Research Article 08 December 2017 Pages: 1027 - 1031

22. Illumina-based de novo transcriptome sequencing and analysis of Chinese forest musk deer

    • Zhongxian Xu
    • Hang Jie
    • Diyan Li

    Research Article 18 December 2017 Pages: 1033 - 1040

    

23. Genome-based exome sequencing analysis identifies GYG1, DIS3L and DDRGK1 are associated with myocardial infarction in Koreans

    • Ji-Young Lee
    • Sanghoon Moon
    • Bok-Ghee Han

    Research Note 28 November 2017 Pages: 1041 - 1046

24. Venous thromboembolism associated with protein S deficiency due to \(\hbox {Arg}451^{*}\) mutation in PROS1 gene: a case report and a literature review

    • Ewa Wypasek
    • Marek Karpinski
    • Anetta Undas

    Review Article 11 December 2017 Pages: 1047 - 1051

    

25. Drosophila pallidosa: whether a separate species or a light form of D. ananassae

    • B. N. Singh
    • Roshni Singh

    Review Article 11 December 2017 Pages: 1053 - 1059