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Genes, Modifier

Known as: Gene, Modifier, Modifier Gene, Modifier Genes 
GENES with ALLELES that affect the PHENOTYPE associated with a nonallelic gene.
National Institutes of Health

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Epistasis, GeneticGenes, RegulatorMultifactorial InheritancePenetrance

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2010
2010
Maternally inherited hearing loss is associated with the novel mitochondrial tRNA Ser(UCN) 7505T>C mutation in a Han Chinese family.
Review
2010
Review
2010
Common genetic variants and cancer risk in Mendelian cancer syndromes.
Review
2003
Review
2003
Nuclear receptor modifications and endocrine cell proliferation
2002
2002
CGH-targeted linkage analysis reveals a possible BRCA1 modifier locus on chromosome 5q.
Women with germline mutations in BRCA1 have a greatly elevated risk of breast and ovarian cancer. However, considerable variation… 
1999
1999
A candidate recombination modifier gene for Zea mays L.
Maize meiotic mutant desynaptic (dy) was tested as a candidate recombination modifier gene because its effect is manifested in… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
The genetics of hereditary common cancers.
1995
1995
Phenotypic effects of opaque2 modifier genes in normal maize endosperm
The opaque2 modifier genes convert the soft, chalky endosperm, as found in maize opaque2 mutants, to a hard, vitreous phenotype… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Inheritance of mating-system modifier genes in Eichhornia paniculata (Pontederiaceae)
The evolutionary breakdown of tristyly to predominant self-fertilization in Eichhornia paniculata (Pontederiaceae) is associated… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
P transposon-induced dominant enhancer mutations of position-effect variegation in Drosophila melanogaster.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Genetic interactions of modifier genes and modifiable alleles in Drosophila melanogaster.
We have examined the effects of mutations in the six allele-specific modifier genes su(Hw), e(we), su(f), su(s), su(wa), and su… 
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