Genome-wide SNP analysis reveals no gain in power for association studies of common variants in the Finnish Saami

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 569-574

  Huyghe, Jeroen R ^a   Fransen, Erik ^a   Hannula, Samuli ^b   Van Laer, Lut ^a   Van Eyken, Els ^a   Mäki Torkko, Elina ^b   Lysholm Bernacchi, Alana ^c   Aikio, Pekka ^b   Stephan, Dietrich A ^c   Sorri, Martti ^b   Huentelman, Matthew J ^c   Van Camp, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome wide association studies; Linkage disequilibrium; Population isolates; Saami

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME, HUMAN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77951620716     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.210     Document Type: Article

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