GWAS findings for human iris patterns: Associations with variants in genes that influence normal neuronal pattern development

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 334-343

  Larsson, Mats ^a,b   Duffy, David L ^a   Zhu, Gu ^a   Liu, Jimmy Z ^a   MacGregor, Stuart ^a   McRae, Allan F ^a   Wright, Margaret J ^a   Sturm, Richard A ^c   MacKey, David A ^d,e   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Medland, Sarah E ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Örebro University   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CELL MIGRATION; CHILD; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRIS; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 80051623181     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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