Dissecting linkage disequilibrium in African-American genomes: Roles of markers and individuals

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2049-2058

  Xu, Shuhua ^a,b   Huang, Wei ^c,d   Wang, Haifeng ^c   He, Yungang ^a,c   Wang, Ying ^c   Wang, Yi ^a   Qian, Ji ^a   Xiong, Momiao ^a,e   Jin, Li ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^c CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixture population; African American; Ancestry informative markers; Linkage disequilibrium; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 34548462927     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm135     Document Type: Article

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