Multivariate QTL linkage analysis suggests a QTL for platelet count on chromosome 19q

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 835-842

  Evans, David M ^a,b   Zhu, Gu ^a   Duffy, David L ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Frazer, Ian H ^c   Martin, Nicholas G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Linkage; Multivariate; Platelets; QTL; Variance components

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; THROMBOPOIETIN; THROMBOPOIETIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10P; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 5P; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN GENOME; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 6444232669     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201248     Document Type: Article

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