INVITED AND SPECIAL SESSIONS
Thursday, October 27
2:00 PM-4:30 PM
Concurrent Platform Sessions II (33-39) Click on abstract number to view full text
SESSION 38 - Insights into the Senses
Ballroom E-H
Co-Moderators: Val C. Sheffield, University of Iowa, Iowa City; and Thomas B. Friedman, NIDCD/NIH, Rockville, MD
127/2:00 eQTL mapping in the mammalian eye: Application to the identification of human disease genes. K. A. Kim, T. E. Scheetz, R. Swiderski, A. R. Philp, T. L. Casavant, J. Huang, E. M. Stone and V. C. Sheffield.
128/2:15 Susceptibility genes for age related maculopathy (ARM) on chromosome 10q26. J. Jakobsdottir, Y. P. Conley, D. E. Weeks, T. S. Mah, R. E. Ferrell and M. B. Gorin.
129/2:30 Mutations in TCF8 cause posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy and ectopic expression of epithelial characteristics by corneal endothelial cells. C. M. Krafchak, H. Pawar, S. E. Moroi, A. Sugar, P. R. Lichter, D. A. Mackey, S. Mian, T. Nairus, V. Elner, C. A. Downs, T. Guckian Kijek, J. M. Johnson, E. H. Trager, F. Rozsa, M. N. Mandal, M. P. Epstein, D. Vollrath, R. Ayyagari, M. Boehnke and J. E. Richards.
130/2:45 Heterozygous and homozygous mutations in PITX3 in a large Lebanese family with posterior polar cataracts and neurodevelopmental abnormalities. C. Bidinost, M. Matsumoto, D. Chung, N. Salem, K. Zhang, D. W. Stockton, A. Khoury, A. Megarbane, B. A. Bejjani and E. I. Traboulsi.
131/3:00 Genetic association analysis of bitter-taste sensitivity in chimpanzees: convergent evolution at TAS2R38. S. Wooding, B. Bufe, A. Stone, C. Grassi, M. Howard, D. Dunn, W. Meyerhof, R. Weiss and M. Bamshad.
132/3:15 Estimating Age Related Changes in the Causes of Deafness by Sentinel Phenotype Analysis. W. E. Nance, A. Pandya, K. S. Arnos, B. G. Lim and C. C. Morton.
133/3:30 Additional Clinical Manifestations in Children with Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Biallelic GJB2 Mutations: Who Should Be Tested for GJB2 Mutations? D. M. Yaeger, M. A. Kenna, A. Frangulov, J. McCallum, I. D. Krantz and H. L. Rehm.
134/3:45 Genomic approaches for pathway identification in regenerating sensory epithelia of the inner ear. D. Alvarado, K. Powder, D. Hawkins, S. Bashiardes, V. Bhonagiri, R. Veile, M. Warchol and M. Lovett.
135/4:00 Prevalence, impact and genetics of slight/mild sensorineural hearing loss in school-age children. H.-H. Dahl, M. Wake, S. Tobin, Z. Poulakis, F. Rickards, B. Cone-Wesson and Hearing In Schools Study Team.
136/4:15 The severity of hearing impairment due to connexin 26 mutations strongly depends on the nature of the mutations: a multi-center study. G. Van Camp and the Connexin 26 Genotype Phenotype Consortium.
