An Icelandic example of the impact of population structure on association studies

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-95

  Helgason, Agnar ^a   Yngvadòttir, Bryndís ^a,b   Hrafnkelsson, Birgir ^a,b   Gulcher, Jeffrey ^a   Stefánsson, Kári ^a  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ICELAND; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; ICELAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 11244279011     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1492     Document Type: Article

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