Finding genes underlying risk of complex disease by linkage disequilibrium mapping

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 296-302

  Clark, Andrew G ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0038392950     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(03)00056-X     Document Type: Review

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