Genome-wide linkage analysis of age at onset of alcohol dependence: A comparison between microsatellites and single-nucleotide polymorphisms

BMC Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL.1, 2005, Pages

  Tayo, Bamidele O ^a   Liang, Yulan ^a   Stranges, Saverio ^a   Trevisan, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; ONSET AGE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN CHROMOSOME;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOLISM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 30344431983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-6-S1-S12     Document Type: Article

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