A new multipoint method for genome-wide association studies by imputation of genotypes

Nature Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 906-913

  Marchini, Jonathan ^a   Howie, Bryan ^a   Myers, Simon ^a   McVean, Gil ^a   Donnelly, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GENOME; GENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 34347344976     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng2088     Document Type: Article

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