Isolated populations as treasure troves in genetic epidemiology: The case of the Basques

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1490-1494

  Garagnani, Paolo ^a,b   Laayouni, Hafid ^c,d   González Neira, Anna ^e   Sikora, Martin ^c,d   Luiselli, Donata ^a   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^c,d   Calafell, Francesc ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 22; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FRANCE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION GROUPS; SPAIN;

EID: 70350380686     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.69     Document Type: Article

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