Identification and study of Utah pseudo-isolate populations - Prospects for gene identification

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 137 A, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-275

  Cannon Albright, L A ^a,b   Farnham, J M ^a   Thomas, A ^a   Camp, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Genetic Epidemiology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Isolate; Study design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DATA BASE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENEALOGY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MATING; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE; SELECTION (GENETICS); UTAH;

EID: 24344447526     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30893     Document Type: Article

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