Epistasis and Its Implications for Personal Genetics

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-320

  Moore, Jason H ^a,b,c,d,e   Williams, Scott M ^f  

^a Department of Community and Family Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c University of Vermont   (United States)

^d TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP D PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA; EPISTASIS; EYE COLOR; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 69449103972     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.08.006     Document Type: Review

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