An utter refutation of the 'Fundamental Theorem of the HapMap'

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 426-437

  Terwilliger, Joseph D ^a,b,c,d,f   Hiekkalinna, Tero ^d,e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Association studies; Correlation coefficients; HapMap; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACCURACY; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 33645775067     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201583     Document Type: Article

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