Prioritization of positional candidate genes using multiple web-based software tools

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 861-870

  Thornblad, Tobias A ^a   Elliott, Kate S ^b   Jowett, Jeremy ^c   Visscher, Peter M ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DEVICE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 37349005962     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.6.861     Document Type: Article

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