Is haplotype block identification useful for association mapping studies?

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-83

  Zhai, Weiwei ^a   Todd, Melissa Jane ^a   Nielsen, Rasmus ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 3042651356     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20014     Document Type: Letter

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