Combining evidence of natural selection with association analysis increases power to detect malaria-resistance variants

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 234-242

  Ayodo, George ^a   Price, Alkes L ^a   Keinan, Alon ^a   Ajwang, Arthur ^b   Otieno, Michael F ^b   Orago, Alloys S S ^b   Patterson, Nick ^a   Reich, David ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CD36 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISTASIS; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HBB GENE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547782771     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519221     Document Type: Article

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