Common vs. rare allele hypotheses for complex diseases

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-219

  Schork, Nicholas J ^a   Murray, Sarah S ^a   Frazer, Kelly A ^a   Topol, Eric J ^a  

^a SCRIPPS TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GENETICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOLID TUMOR;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 68649101805     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2009.04.010     Document Type: Review

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