Theoretical strategies for high-resolution mapping of complex genetic disorders in humans

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-198

  Luo, Zewei ^a   Zhang, Rongmei ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complex genetic traits; High resolution genetic mapping; Human; Positional cloning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001145628     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02896271     Document Type: Review

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