Population genomics: Laying the groundwork for genetic disease modeling and targeting

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 523-527

  Gulcher, Jeff ^a   Stefansson, Kari ^a  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; FAMILY; GENEALOGY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; ICELAND; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; ICELAND;

EID: 0031672085     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1998.089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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