Genetically complex cardiovascular traits: Origins, problems, and potential solutions

Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 1 II, 1997, Pages 145-149

  Schork, Nicholas J ^a,b,c,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

complex traits; evolution; gene mapping; genetic epidemiology; linkage analysis; Sewall Wright; statistical models

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITY; HYPERTENSION; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0031027398     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.29.1.145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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