Population-specificity of human DNA methylation

Genome Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Fraser, Hunter B ^a   Lam, Lucia L ^b,c   Neumann, Sarah M ^b,c   Kobor, Michael S ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AFRICAN; ARTICLE; ASCIZ GENE; BTN3A2 GENE; CELL LINE; CPG ISLAND; CRIP2 GENE; DNA METHYLATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; FAM83A GENE; FLJ32569 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GSTM5 GENE; HERITABILITY; HLA C GENE; HLA DRB5 GENE; HUMAN; IGSF2 GENE; ITPR1 GENE; LDHC GENE; LTA GENE; LYCAT GENE; MGC3207 GENE; NDUFAF2 GENE; PARK2 GENE; PCGF3 GENE; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SPECIFICITY; PPP4R2 GENE; PSMD5 GENE; PYROSEQUENCING; RAPGEF3 GENE; RNF186 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TACSTD2 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TTC13 GENE; CAUCASIAN; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; NEGRO;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CELL LINE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 84856791176     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2012-13-2-r8     Document Type: Article

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