Genome-wide Study of Families with Absolute Pitch Reveals Linkage to 8q24.21 and Locus Heterogeneity

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-119

  Theusch, Elizabeth ^a   Basu, Analabha ^a   Gitschier, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME 8Q; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 67649581004     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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