Genome partitioning of genetic variation for complex traits using common SNPs

Nature Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 519-525

  Yang, Jian ^a   Manolio, Teri A ^b   Pasquale, Louis R ^c   Boerwinkle, Eric ^d   Caporaso, Neil ^e   Cunningham, Julie M ^f   De Andrade, Mariza ^g   Feenstra, Bjarke ^h   Feingold, Eleanor ⁱ   Hayes, M Geoffrey ^j   Hill, William G ^k   Landi, Maria Teresa ^e   Alonso, Alvaro ^l   Lettre, Guillaume ^m   Lin, Peng ⁿ   Ling, Hua ^o   Lowe, William ^j   Mathias, Rasika A ^o   Melbye, Mads ^h   Pugh, Elizabeth ^o   Cornelis, Marilyn C ^p   Weir, Bruce S ^q   Goddard, Michael E ^r,s   Visscher, Peter M ^a   more..

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^j NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^m MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁿ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^s DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 79957588287     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.823     Document Type: Article

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