Genetic stratification of pathogen-response-related and other variants within a homogeneous Caucasian Irish population

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 798-806

  Dolan, Ciara ^a   O'Halloran, Aisling ^a   Bradley, Daniel G ^b   Croke, David T ^a   Evans, Alun ^c   O'Brien, John K ^a   Dicker, Patrick ^a   Shields, Denis C ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Correspondence analysis; Fst; Population structure; Selection pressures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ARYLSULFOTRANSFERASE; CHEMOKINES, CXC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STARVATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 21744442764     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201382     Document Type: Article

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