Variation in Genes Related to Cochlear Biology Is Strongly Associated with Adult-Onset Deafness in Border Collies

• Jennifer S. Yokoyama ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jennifer S. Yokoyama, Ernest T. Lam

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Ernest T. Lam ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jennifer S. Yokoyama, Ernest T. Lam

  Affiliation Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Alison L. Ruhe,

  Affiliations Neurogenomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Carolyn A. Erdman,

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Kathryn R. Robertson,

  Affiliation Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Aubrey A. Webb,

  Affiliations CullenWebb Animal Neurology and Ophthalmology Centre, Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• D. Colette Williams,

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Melanie L. Chang,

  Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

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• Marjo K. Hytönen,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Research Programs Unit, Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki and Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland

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• Hannes Lohi,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Research Programs Unit, Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki and Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland

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• Steven P. Hamilton,

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Mark W. Neff

  * E-mail: mark.neff@vai.org

  Affiliations Neurogenomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America, The Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

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