A haplotype map of the human genome

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7063, 2005, Pages 1299-1320

  Belmont, John W ^a   Boudreau, Andrew ^b   Leal, Suzanne M ^a   Hardenbol, Paul ^b   Pasternak, Shiran ^a   Wheeler, David A ^a   Willis, Thomas D ^b   Yu, Fuli ^a   Yang, Huanming ^c   Gao, Yang ^c   Hu, Haoran ^c   Hu, Weitao ^c   Li, Chaohua ^c   Lin, Wei ^c   Liu, Siqi ^c   Pan, Hao ^c   Tang, Xiaoli ^c   Wang, Jian ^c   Wang, Wei ^c   Yu, Jun ^c   Zhang, Bo ^c   Zhang, Qingrun ^c   Zhao, Hongbin ^c   Zhou, Jun ^c   Barry, Rachel ^d   Blumenstiel, Brendan ^d   Camargo, Amy ^d   Defelice, Matthew ^d   Faggart, Maura ^d   Goyette, Mary ^d   Gupta, Supriya ^d   Moore, Jamie ^d   Nguyen, Huy ^d   Parkin, Melissa ^d   Roy, Jessica ^d   Stahl, Erich ^d   Winchester, Ellen ^d   Altshuler, David ^d,e   Shen, Yan ^f   Yao, Zhijian ^f   Huang, Wei ^f   Chu, Xun ^f   He, Yungang ^f   Jin, Li ^f   Liu, Yangfan ^f   Shen, Yayun ^f   Sun, Weiwei ^f   Wang, Haifeng ^f   Wang, Yi ^f   Wang, Ying ^f   Xiong, Xiaoyan ^f   Xu, Liang ^f   Waye, Mary M Y ^g   Tsui, Stephen K W ^g   Xue, Hong ^h   Wong, J Tze Fei ^h   Galver, Launa M ⁱ   Fan, Jian Bing ⁱ   Murray, Sarah S ⁱ   Oliphant, Arnold R ^j   Chee, Mark S ^k   Montpetit, Alexandre ^l   Chagnon, Fanny ^l   Ferretti, Vincent ^l   Leboeuf, Martin ^l   Olivier, Jean François ^l   Phillips, Michael S ^l   Roumy, Stéphanie ^l   Sallée, Clémentine ^m   Verner, Andrei ^l   Hudson, Thomas J ^l   Frazer, Kelly A ⁿ   Ballinger, Dennis G ⁿ   Cox, David R ⁿ   Hinds, David A ⁿ   Stuve, Laura L ⁿ   Kwok, Pui Yan ^o   Cai, Dongmei ^o   Koboldt, Daniel C ^p   Miller, Raymond D ^p   Pawlikowska, Ludmila ^o   Taillon Miller, Patricia ^p   Xiao, Ming ^o   Tsui, Lap Chee ^q   Mak, William ^q   Sham, Pak C ^q   Song, You Qiang ^q   Tam, Paul K H ^q   Nakamura, Yusuke ^r,s   Kawaguchi, Takahisa ^s   Kitamoto, Takuya ^s   Morizono, Takashi ^s   Nagashima, Atsushi ^s   Ohnishi, Yozo ^s   Sekine, Akihiro ^s   Tanaka, Toshihiro ^s   Deloukas, Panos ^t   Bird, Christine P ^t   Delgado, Marcos ^t   Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T ^t   Gwilliam, Rhian ^t   Hunt, Sarah ^t   Morrison, Jonathan ^t   Powell, Don ^t   Stranger, Barbara E ^t   Whittaker, Pamela ^t   Bentley, David R ^u   De Bakker, Paul I W ^d,e   Barrett, Jeff ^d,e   Fry, Ben ^d   Maller, Julian ^d,e   McCarroll, Steve ^d,e   Patterson, Nick ^d   Pe'er, Itsik ^d,e   Purcell, Shaun ^e   Richter, Daniel J ^d   Sabeti, Pardis ^d   Saxena, Richa ^d,e   Schaffner, Stephen F ^d   Varilly, Patrick ^d   Stein, Lincoln D ^v   Krishnan, Lalitha ^v   Smith, Albert Vernon ^v   Thorisson, Gudmundur A ^v   Chakravarti, Aravinda ^w   Chen, Peter E ^w   Cutler, David J ^w   Kashuk, Carl S ^w   Lin, Shin ^w   Abecasis, Gonçalo R ^x   Guan, Weihua ^x   Munro, Heather M ^x   Qin, Zhaohui Steve ^x   Thomas, Daryl J ^y   McVean, Gilean ^z   Bottolo, Leonardo ^z   Eyheramendy, Susana ^z   Freeman, Colin ^z   Marchini, Jonathan ^z   Myers, Simon ^z   Spencer, Chris ^z   Stephens, Matthew ^aa   Donnelly, Peter ^z   Cardon, Lon R ^ab   Clarke, Geraldine ^ab   Evans, David M ^ab   Morris, Andrew P ^ab   Weir, Bruce S ^ac   Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko ^s   Mullikin, James C ^ad   Sherry, Stephen T ^ae   Feolo, Michael ^ae   Zhang, Houcan ^af   Zeng, Changqing ^c   Zhao, Hui ^c   Matsuda, Ichiro ^ag   Fukushima, Yoshimitsu ^ah   Macer, Darryl R ^ai   Suda, Eiko ^aj   Rotimi, Charles N ^ak   Adebamowo, Clement A ^al   Ajayi, Ike ^al   Aniagwu, Toyin ^al   Marshall, Patricia A ^am   Nkwodimmah, Chibuzor ^al   Royal, Charmaine D M ^ak   Leppert, Mark F ^an   Dixon, Missy ^an   Peiffer, Andy ^an   Qiu, Renzong ^ao   Kent, Alastair ^ap   Kato, Kazuto ^aq   Niikawa, Norio ^ar   Adewole, Isaac F ^al   Knoppers, Bartha M ^m   Foster, Morris W ^as   Clayton, Ellen Wright ^at   Watkin, Jessica ^au   Gibbs, Richard A ^a   Muzny, Donna ^a   Nazareth, Lynne ^a   Sodergren, Erica ^a   Weinstock, George M ^a   Yakub, Imtiaz ^a   Gabriel, Stacey B ^d   Onofrio, Robert C ^d   Ziaugra, Liuda ^d   Birren, Bruce W ^d   Daly, Mark J ^d,e   Wilson, Richard K ^p   Fulton, Lucinda L ^p   Rogers, Jane ^t   Burton, John ^t   Carter, Nigel P ^t   Clee, Christopher M ^t   Griffiths, Mark ^t   Jones, Matthew C ^t   McLay, Kirsten ^t   Plumb, Robert W ^t   Ross, Mark T ^t   Sims, Sarah K ^t   Willey, David L ^t   Chen, Zhu ^c   Han, Hua ^c   Kang, Le ^c   Godbout, Martin ^av   Wallenburg, John C ^l   L'Archevêque, Paul ^j   Bellemare, Guy ^j   Saeki, Koji ^aw   Wang, Hongguang ^ax   An, Daochang ^ax   Fu, Hongbo ^ax   Li, Qing ^ax   Wang, Zhen ^ax   Wang, Renwu ^ay   Holden, Arthur L ^az   Brooks, Lisa D ^ad   McEwen, Jean E ^ad   Bird, Christianne R ^ad   Guyer, Mark S ^ad   Nailer, Patrick J ^ad   Wang, Vivian Ota ^ad   Peterson, Jane L ^ad   Shi, Michael ^ba   Spiegel, Jack ^bb   Sung, Lawrence M ^bc   Witonsky, Jonathan ^bd   Zacharia, Lynn F ^ad   Collins, Francis S ^ad   Kennedy, Karen ^au   Jamieson, Ruth ^au   Stewart, John ^au   more..

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ParAllele BioScience   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^g CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^h HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

^j Illumina ^*  (Canada)

^k Prognosys Biosciences Inc   (United States)

^l MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

ⁿ Perlegen Sciences Inc   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^s RIKEN   (Japan)

^t WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^u Solexa Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^v Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

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

^x UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^y University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ac NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ad NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ae NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^af BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ag HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^ah SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^ai Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^ak HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^al UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^am CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^an UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ao CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^ap Genetic Interest Group   (United Kingdom)

^aq KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ar NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^as UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^at VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^au WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^av Genome Canada   (Canada)

^aw Japan Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology   (Japan)

^ax Basic Research Service of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the P R China   (China)

^ay Human Genetic Resource Administration of China   (China)

^az SNP Consortium   (United States)

^ba NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^bb NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^bc UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^bd Frost and Sullivan   (United States)

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EID: 79959524146     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04226     Document Type: Article

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