Reply: Microsatellite markers for genome-wide association studies [2]

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Jorgenson, Eric ^a   Witte, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; LETTER; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 33846335496     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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