Genetic diversity in German and European populations: Looking for substructures and genetic patterns

Gesundheitswesen

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Lamina, Claudia ^a   Steffens, M ^b   Mueller, J ^a   Lohmussaar, E ^a,c   Meitinger, T ^a   Wichmann, H E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Genomic control; Linkage disequilibrium; Population stratification; Structured association; tagSNPs

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, POPULATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 23844456553     PISSN: 09413790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858254     Document Type: Review

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