Human population genetics: Lessons from Finland

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 103-128

  Kere, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Common disease; Disease gene; Genetic mapping; Genetic marker; Recessive inheritance

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FINLAND; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIFACTORIAL GENETIC DISORDER; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; REVIEW; SAMPLING;

FINLAND; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 0035779379     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genom.2.1.103     Document Type: Review

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