Ocular refraction: Heritability and genome-wide search for eye morphometry traits in an isolated Sardinian population

Human Genetics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 152-159

  Biino, Ginevra ^a,b   Palmas, Maria Antonietta ^b   Corona, Carla ^b   Prodi, Dionigio ^b   Fanciulli, Manuela ^b   Sulis, Roberta ^b   Serra, Antonina ^c   Fossarello, Maurizio ^c   Pirastu, Mario ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Shardna Life Sciences   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; EYE; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SEX FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 12944280869     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-004-1231-6     Document Type: Article

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