Tandem repeat polymorphisms: modulators of disease susceptibility and candidates for 'missing heritability'

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 59-65

  Hannan, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BRAIN DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 75149154292     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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