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A gene potentially linked to epilepsy has been discovered in dogs. A study investigated juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) in Rhodesian Ridgebacks in search of its genetic cause. The genome wide association study (GWAS) revealed DIRAS1 to be a strong candidate gene[ref]Wielaender, F., Sarviaho, R., James, F., Hytönen, M., Cortez, M., Kluger, G., Koskinen, L., Arumilli, M., Kornberg, M., Bathen-Noethen, A., Tipold, A., …

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