HLA and genomewide allele sharing in dizygotic twins

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1052-1058

  Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Zhu, Gu ^a   Hottenga, Jouke Jan ^b   Duffy, David L ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^c   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Visscher, Peter M ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE SHARING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GAMETE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33845196268     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510136     Document Type: Article

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