Positional cloning of disease genes: Advantages of genetic isolates

Human Heredity

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-75

  Peltonen, Leena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disease genes; Finnish disease heritage; Isolation; Linkage disequilibrium; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINLAND; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; POPULATION GENETICS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FINLAND; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 0033992497     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022892     Document Type: Article

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