Are rare variants responsible for susceptibility to complex diseases?

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 124-137

  Pritchard, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034969437     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321272     Document Type: Article

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