X-linkage does not account for the absence of father-son similarity in plasma uric acid concentrations

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 142-146

  Reed, Danielle R ^a   Price, R Arlen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex traits; Family study; Linkage; Uric acid; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GOUT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0034657053     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(20000515)92:2<142::aid-ajmg12>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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