Exploring causality via identification of SNPs or haplotypes responsible for a linkage signal

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 727-740

  Biernacka, Joanna M ^a,b,c   Cordell, Heather J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Conditional tests; Fine mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INS GENE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INSULIN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 36248968736     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20236     Document Type: Article

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