Approaches to the identification of susceptibility genes

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 225-233

  Collins, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association mapping; Linkage disequilibrium; Linkage mapping; Parasite susceptibility genes; Quality control; Segregation analysis; Software and web resources

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FAMILY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INTERNET; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 64549087653     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2008.01089.x     Document Type: Review

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