Identification of QTLs for serum lipid levels in a female sib-pair cohort: A novel application to improve the power of two-locus linkage analysis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 2971-2979

  Falchi, Mario ^a,b   Andrew, Toby ^a   Snieder, Harold ^a,c   Swaminathan, Ramasamyiyer ^d   Surdulescu, Gabriela L ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10P; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME 8P; CHROMOSOME 9Q; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LOD SCORE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SIBLINGS;

EID: 27544503450     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi327     Document Type: Article

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