Major factors influencing linkage disequilibrium by analysis of different chromosome regions in distinct populations: Demography, chromosome recombination frequency and selection

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 2947-2957

  Zavattari, Patrizia ^a   Deidda, Elisabetta ^a   Whalen, Michael ^a   Lampis, Rosanna ^a   Mulargia, Annapaola ^a,b   Loddo, Miriam ^a,b   Eaves, Iain ^c   Mastio, Giuseppe ^d   Todd, John A ^c   Cucca, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ASL 3   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME XP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034642291     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.20.2947     Document Type: Article

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