What can genome-wide association studies tell us about the genetics of common disease?

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Iles, Mark M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TECHNOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME; POPULATION GENETICS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 40149111451     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0040033     Document Type: Review

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