The effective size of the Icelandic population and the prospects for LD mapping: Inference from unphased microsatellite markers

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1044-1053

  Bataillon, Thomas ^a,b   Mailund, Thomas ^a   Thorlacius, Steinunn ^c   Steingrimsson, Eirikur ^c,d   Rafnar, Thorunn ^c   Halldorsson, Magnus M ^c,d   Calian, Violeta ^c,d   Schierup, Mikkel H ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; ICELAND; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 33747801064     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201669     Document Type: Article

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