A susceptibility locus for myopia in the normal population is linked to the PAX6 gene region on chromosome 11: A genomewide scan of dizygotic twins

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 294-304

  Hammond, Christopher J ^a,b   Andrew, Toby ^a   Mak, Ying Tat ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Princess Royal University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIRIDIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 8P; CURVE FITTING; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMEWIDE SCAN; HAPLOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE TAGGING; HASEMAN ELSTON REGRESSION METHOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MYOPIA; OUTLIER; PAX6 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REFRACTION ERROR; REGULATOR GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 3242656225     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423148     Document Type: Article

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