Study of regions of extended homozygosity provides a powerful method to explore haplotype structure of human populations

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-278

  Curtis, David ^a,c   Vine, A E ^a   Knight, J ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extended haplotypes; Homozygosity

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLESIOMORPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949169544     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2007.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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