1. Genome-wide association scan for stature in Chinese: evidence for ethnic specific loci

   • Shu-Feng Lei
   • Tie-Lin Yang
   • Hong-Wen Deng

   Original Investigation 23 November 2008 Pages: 1 - 9

   

2. Associations of PLA2G7 gene polymorphisms with plasma lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 activity and coronary heart disease in a Chinese Han population: the Beijing atherosclerosis study

   • Liping Hou
   • Shufeng Chen
   • Dongfeng Gu

   Original Investigation 26 November 2008 Pages: 11 - 20

   

3. The association of SNPs in ADIPOQ, ADIPOR1, and ADIPOR2 with insulin sensitivity in a cohort of adolescents and their parents

   • Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik
   • James S. Pankow
   • Alan R. Sinaiko

   Original Investigation 27 November 2008 Pages: 21 - 28

   

4. Mutation update of spinal muscular atrophy in Spain: molecular characterization of 745 unrelated patients and identification of four novel mutations in the SMN1 gene

   • Laura Alías
   • Sara Bernal
   • Eduardo F. Tizzano

   Original Investigation 03 December 2008 Pages: 29 - 39

   

5. Maternal age and risk for trisomy 21 assessed by the origin of chromosome nondisjunction: a report from the Atlanta and National Down Syndrome Projects

   • Emily Graves Allen
   • Sallie B. Freeman
   • Stephanie L. Sherman

   Original Investigation 03 December 2008 Pages: 41 - 52

   

6. Digenic inheritance of non-syndromic deafness caused by mutations at the gap junction proteins Cx26 and Cx31

   • Xue-Zhong Liu
   • Yongyi Yuan
   • Pu Dai

   Original Investigation 03 December 2008 Pages: 53 - 62

   

7. Pathways-based analyses of whole-genome association study data in bipolar disorder reveal genes mediating ion channel activity and synaptic neurotransmission

   • Kathleen Askland
   • Cynthia Read
   • Jason Moore

   Original Investigation 04 December 2008 Pages: 63 - 79

8. Identification of common genetic variants that account for transcript isoform variation between human populations

   • Wei Zhang
   • Shiwei Duan
   • Nancy J. Cox

   Original Investigation 04 December 2008 Pages: 81 - 93

   

9. Sonic hedgehog mutations identified in holoprosencephaly patients can act in a dominant negative manner

   • Samer Singh
   • Robert Tokhunts
   • David J. Robbins

   Original Investigation 05 December 2008 Pages: 95 - 103

   

10. A genetic association study in the Gambia using tagging polymorphisms in the major histocompatibility complex class III region implicates a HLA-B associated transcript 2 polymorphism in severe malaria susceptibility

    • Mahamadou Diakite
    • Taane G. Clark
    • Kirk A. Rockett

    Short Report 28 November 2008 Pages: 105 - 109

    

11. The woman who walked into the sea: Huntington’s and the making of a genetic disease

    • Peter S. Harper

    Book Review 27 November 2008 Pages: 111 - 112

12. David N. Cooper and Hildegard Kehrer-Sawatzki (Eds.): Handbook of human molecular evolution

    • Matthew Cobb

    Book Review 10 December 2008 Pages: 113 - 114

13. Moyra Smith: Translational research in genetics and genomics

    • Patrick J. Morrison

    Book Review 13 December 2008 Pages: 115 - 115