Evaluating potential for whole-genome studies in Kosrae, an isolated population in Micronesia

Nature Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-217

  Bonnen, Penelope E ^a   Pe'er, Itsik ^b,c   Plenge, Robert M ^c,d   Salit, Jackie ^a   Lowe, Jennifer K ^a   Shapero, Michael H ^e   Lifton, Richard P ^f,g   Breslow, Jan L ^a   Daly, Mark J ^b,c   Reich, David E ^d   Jones, Keith W ^e   Stoffel, Markus ^a   Altshuler, David ^c,d   Friedman, Jeffrey M ^a,g  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOME, HUMAN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICRONESIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 31744439285     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1712     Document Type: Article

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