Population choice in mapping genes for complex diseases

Nature Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-404

  Wright, Alan F ^a   Carothers, Andrew D ^a   Pirastu, Mario ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032707163     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/70501     Document Type: Review

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