Linkage disequilibrium and demographic history of the isolated population of the Faroe Islands

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 381-387

  Jorgensen, Tove H ^a   Degn, Birte ^a   Wang, August G ^b,c   Vang, Maria ^b   Gurling, Hugh ^d   Kalsi, Gursharan ^d   McQuillin, Andrew ^d   Kruse, Torben A ^e   Mors, Ole ^a   Ewald, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Association mapping; Bottleneck; British Danish; Complex diseases; Random genetic drift

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME MAP; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FAROE ISLANDS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC DRIFT; HISTORY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS); HUMAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036021049     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200816     Document Type: Article

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