The Heritability of Ocular Traits

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 561-583

  Sanfilippo, Paul G ^a   Hewitt, Alex W ^a   Hammond, Chris J ^b   Mackey, David A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Familial aggregation; Family study; Heritability; Pedigree

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; CATARACT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUSEN; EYE DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOPIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VARIANCE;

EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 77957754627     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2010.07.003     Document Type: Review

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