Linkage analysis of a cluster-based quantitative phenotype constructed from pulmonary function test data in 27 multigenerational families with multiple asthmatic members

Human Heredity

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-145

  Reilly, Cavan ^a   Miller, Michael B ^a   Liu, Yuhong ^a   Oetting, William S ^b,c   King, Richard ^c,d   Blumenthal, Malcolm ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Linkage analysis; Locus heterogeneity; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 34249027035     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101992     Document Type: Article

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