Patterns of linkage disequilibrium between SNPs in a sardinian population isolate and the selection of markers for association studies

Human Heredity

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-22

  Angius, Andrea ^a,b   Hyland, Fiona C L ^c   Persico, Ivana ^a   Pirastu, Nicola ^a   Woodage, Trevor ^c   Pirastu, Mario ^a,b   De La Vega, Francisco M ^c  

^a Shardna Life Sciences   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Founder population; Haplotype; Isolated population; LDU; Linkage disequilibrium; Population isolate; Tagging SNPs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 22; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ITALY; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 35148855824     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106058     Document Type: Article

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