Heterozygosities of 735 microsatellite markers and background linkage disequilibrium in the Korean population

Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 662-667

  Lee, Kyung A ^a   Kim, Jong Won ^b  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asian continental ancestry group; Genetic markers; Linkage disequilibrium; Microsatellite repeats; Population characteristics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOME; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONOGENIC DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 33846229293     PISSN: 12263613     EISSN: 20926413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emm.2006.78     Document Type: Article

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