Multi-ethnic studies in complex traits

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue R2, 2011, Pages 206-213

  Fu, Jingyuan ^a   Festen, Eleonora A M ^a   Wijmenga, Cisca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; CHINESE; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; DISEASES; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RACE; REVIEW;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84856034868     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr386     Document Type: Article

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