An evaluation of the performance of tag SNPs derived from HapMap in a Caucasian population

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 0282-0290

  Montpetit, Alexandre ^a   Nelis, Mari ^b,c   Laflamme, Philippe ^a   Magi, Reedik ^b   Ke, Xiayi ^d   Remm, Maido ^b   Cardon, Lon ^d   Hudson, Thomas J ^a   Metspalu, Andres ^b,c,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Estonian Genome Project Foundation   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTONIA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ALLELE; BIOLOGY; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC PROCEDURES;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; ESTONIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33645767434     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020027     Document Type: Article

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