Comprehensive multi-stage linkage analyses identify a locus for adult height on chromosome 3p in a healthy Caucasian population

Human Genetics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-222

  Ellis, Justine A ^a   Scurrah, Katrina J ^a   Duncan, Anna E ^a   Lamantia, Angela ^a   Byrnes, Graham B ^a   Harrap, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Fine linkage mapping; Shared environment; Stature; Variance components

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY HEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 3P; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOME; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33947188063     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-006-0305-z     Document Type: Article

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