Evaluating differences in linkage disequilibrium between populations

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-247

  Hrafnkelsson, Birgir ^a,b   Helgason, Agnar ^a   Jonsson, Gudbjorn F ^a   Gudbjartsson, Daniel F ^a   Jonsson, Thorlakur ^a   Thorvaldsson, Sverrir ^a   Stefansson, Hreinn ^a   Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur ^a   Vidarsdottir, Nanna ^a   Middleton, Derek ^c   Petersen, Henning S ^d   Martinez, Conrado ^e,f   Snaedal, Jon ^a   Jonsson, Palmi V ^a   Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn ^a   Gulcher, Jeffrey R ^a   Stefansson, Kari ^a  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Primary Health Care Clinic   (Greenland)

^e Castellon Province Hospital Foundation   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Apolipoprotein E gene; Bayesian inference; Bootstrap based inference; The D parameter as a measure of linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME XQ; DNA FLANKING REGION; GAMETE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CAUCASIAN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; ICELAND; POPULATION GENETICS; X CHROMOSOME;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; ICELAND; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77953938644     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2010.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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