Heritability and demographic analyses in the large isolated population of val borbera suggest advantages in mapping complex traits genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Traglia, Michela ^a   Sala, Cinzia ^a   Masciullo, Corrado ^a   Cverhova, Valeria ^a   Lori, Francesca ^a   Pistis, Giorgio ^a   Bione, Silvia ^a,d   Gasparini, Paolo ^b   Ulivi, Sheila ^b   Ciullo, Marina ^c   Nutile, Teresa ^c   Bosi, Emanuele ^a   Sirtori, Marcella ^a   Mignogna, Giovanna ^a   Rubinacci, Alessandro ^a   Buetti, Iwan ^a   Camaschella, Clara ^a   Petretto, Enrico ^e,f   Toniolo, Daniela ^a,d  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENEALOGY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 70449597270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007554     Document Type: Article

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