Design and analysis of genetic association studies to finely map a locus identified by linkage analysis: Assessment of the extent to which an association can account for the linkage

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-139

  Hanson, R L ^a   Knowler, W C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional linkage analysis; Genetic association; Linkage disequilbrium

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MARKER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ALLELES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOD SCORE; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 37849012936     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2007.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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