Population-specific patterns of linkage disequilibrium in the human 5q31 region

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 723-727

  Luoni, G ^a   Forton, J ^a,b   Jallow, M ^a,c   Akha, E Sadighi ^a   Sisay Joof, F ^c   Pinder, M ^c   Hanchard, N ^a,b   Herbert, M ^b   Kimber, M ^a   Mott, R ^a   Hull, J ^b   Rockett, K ^a   Kwiatkowski, Dominic ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Paediatrics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 5Q; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKER GENE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 28544440053     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364250     Document Type: Article

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