Comparison of genome-wide variation between Malawians and African ancestry HapMap populations

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 366-374

  Joubert, Bonnie R ^a   North, Kari E ^a,b   Wang, Yunfei ^a,c   Mwapasa, Victor ^d   Franceschini, Nora ^a   Meshnick, Steven R ^a   Lange, Ethan M ^a,b,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

African ancestry; genome variation; HapMap; lactase; LCT; population genetics; population substructure

Indexed keywords

LACTASE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; KENYA; MALAWI; MALE; NEGRO; NIGERIA; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; INFANT; POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION;

EID: 77954171397     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2010.41     Document Type: Article

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